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Hiring Range:

$106,080.00 - $190,944.00

Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

I. Major Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for recruiting, interviewing, coordinating the hiring and training of Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) in collaboration with physician and administrative/operational leadership.
2. Develops and coordinates the schedule for all APPs in assigned service line as required. May manage APP time off requests. 
3. Ensures adequate coverage in certain areas such as OR and Memorial Campus is provided; serves as a liaison with the private physicians and UMass Memorial Health Care (UMMHC) APPs. 
4. Acts as a primary resource for clinic staff by providing guidance and support to clinical staff in the performance of daily activities regarding patient care. 
5. Coordinates and tracks professional development for APPs as assigned.
6. Responsible for facilitation and ensuring timely completion of employee performance reviews in close collaboration with the supervising physicians and other leadership as applicable. 
7. In collaboration with the Compliance Office and Coding Department, establishes and maintains departmental procedures that ensure appropriate APP billing education. Responsible for ensuring optimization of APP billing.
8. Attends departmental meetings. Serves as liaison between the Department Chair and APP staff.
9. Organizes monthly meetings with APP staff.
10. May maintain and present departmental Morbidity and Mortality records.
11. Coordinates care of all patients. Develops standard written algorithms to guide patient care. Provides and coordinates clinical feedback and fosters communication amongst nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurse managers and nurse educators.

12. Participates in process and quality improvement project initiatives. In collaboration with physician leadership, identifies and leads efforts to improve efficiency of care delivery.

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities:

1. Complies with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives.
2. Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.
3. Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
4. Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
5. Respects diverse views and approaches demonstrates Standards of Respect and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.
6. Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
7. Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

All responsibilities are essential job functions.

II. Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:
Required:
1. Master’s degree in Nursing and/or master’s degree in a health care related field, including Physician Assistant.
2. Current Massachusetts licensure.
3. Certification as Acute Care Nurse Practitioner/Physician’s Assistant with controlled substance authorization.
4. BLS certification.
5. ACLS certification, if/as required by department.

Experience/Skills:
Required:
1. Minimum five (5) years of clinical experience.
2. Experience with and ability to provide direct patient management.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Respo