Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant Clinical Manager - Division of Urology

SHIFT:

• Direct Patient Care
• Maintains clinical practice as outlined in delineation of privileges
• Maintain and demonstrate ongoing competency by providing direct patient care at least once per month
• Compliance with OPPE and other accountability metrics as a member of the licensed staff under Medical Staff Affairs (CRNP, PA and CNM roles only)
• Practice
• Formulates standards for professional practice consistent with national standards and/or evidence-based practice.
• Compliance with institution wide patient safety initiatives including transparent practice through system reporting mechanisms and demonstration of shared accountability for safe practices.
• Professionalism/Leadership
• Establish and maintain collaborative partnerships to ensure safe patient care
• Serve as a change agent to lead innovation through exemplary clinical practice
• Collaborate with colleagues to promote the advancement of clinical practice of the advanced practice provider
• Participate in the identification and review of patient safety issues and implementation of process improvement plans
• Serve as a physical presence in the clinical setting for evaluation and application of identified processes improvement
• Communicates effectively with APP teams as well as senior leadership to ensure streamlined care
• Assumes responsibility for oversight of all processes associated with onboarding, ongoing education, and maintaining standards and competency for all APPs
• Ensures the delivery of safe, exemplary patient care through established systems related to the development of APP teams, while also ensuring an environment of professional growth to promote retention
• Provides leadership for the APP team leads in practice area and communicates any updates and clinical practice changes in a timely fashion.
• Establishes an environment of shared decision making. Sets a standard for nursing and inter-professional shared governance.
• Creates an environment which is blame free, a spirit of appreciative inquiry. Promotes team building and colleague development
• Holds APPs accountable for maintaining licenses, certifications, reappointment and APP policies
• Represents Center for Advanced Practice and unit level APPs at a variety of venues including: Nurse Manager meeting, DON/NM meeting, Unit Leader Partners, Business/Finance Operations meetings, etc.
• Resource Management
• Leads APPs in promoting quality, efficient, and cost-effective care.
• Prepares and manages operating and capital budget for assigned areas. Maintains deadlines and can address variances.
• Monitors APP clinical productivity.
• Accountable for OPPE metrics and outcomes related to APP work and practice
• Ensures compliance with APP billing regulations.
• Participates in Divisional/Departmental and network wide initiatives to represent APP practice and leverage the role of APPs.

• Master's Degree Nursing or Physician Assistant Required
• Doctorate Nursing or Physician Assistant Preferred

• At least three (3) years experience as an APP Required
• At least five (5) years experience as an APP Preferred
• Management/leadership experience Preferred

• Ability to work in an inter-professional team setting with multiple responsibilities.
• Ability to use computer and electronic medical record effectively.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong conflict management skills
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to facilitate and lead groups
• Proactive and independent
• Implements process improvement
• Highly accountable
• Please refer to Scope of Practice document and Clinical Responsibilities checklist for specific requirements.
• Computer Competency
• Basic use of a computer (mouse, keyboard, printer, USB ports).
• Basic use of Microsoft Office (Word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and Skype).
• Web browsing, intranet search, document access.
• Use of shared network file space.
• Basic use of patient facing technology. (e.g. IV pumps, point of care devices, CR monitors).
• Navigation and use of clinical communication systems.
• Information Literacy
• Determines the nature and extent of clinical information needed and uses the appropriate technology to access it.
• Accesses needed information effectively and efficiently.
• Evaluates information and its sources critically and appropriately incorporates it into clinical practice.
• Evaluates outcomes of the use of information.
• Information Management Literacy
• Navigation of the electronic health record system.
• Ability to locate and review specific patient data in various clinical information systems.
• Effectively uses clinical decision support tools.
• Understands policies and procedures, confidentiality, security, and privacy regulations regarding the use of clinical information systems.
• Ability to collect clinical data using quality improvement tools.

• Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - Pennsylvania State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required or
• Registered Nurse (New Jersey) - New Jersey State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required or
• Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) (New Jersey) - New Jersey State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required and
• Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) - Pennsylvania State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required and
• Certified Physician Assitant (PA-C) (Pennsylvania) - Pennsylvania State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required or
• Certified Physician Assitant (PA-C) (New Jersey) - New Jersey State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required or
• Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP) (Pennsylvania) - Pennsylvania State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required and
• Prescriptive Authority (Pennsylvania) - Pennsylvania State Licensing Board - within 3 months - Required or
• Specialty Certification - in area of education/subspecialty practice. - upon hire - Required and
• Basic Life Support (BLS) - issued through on organization that requires a hands-on instructor lead psychomotor skills verification (ex. American Heart Association or Red Cross). - upon hire - Required or
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - issued through on organization that requires a hands-on instructor lead psychomotor skills verification (ex. American Heart Association or Red Cross). - upon hire - Required or
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - issued through on organization that requires a hands-on instructor lead psychomotor skills verification (ex. American Heart Association or Red Cross). - upon hire - Required or
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - issued through on organization that requires a hands-on instructor lead psychomotor skills verification (ex. American Heart Association or Red Cross). - upon hire - Required