LEAD ADV PRACTICE PROVIDER, BMT-CT Inpatient and ITA

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Day - 12 Hour (United States of America)

We are excited to announce an opportunity for a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to be the lead advanced practice provider in the inpatient BMT and cell therapy team at Stanford Health Care Cancer Center. The essential functions of a Lead Advanced Practice Professional fall into three categories: Clinical Oversight and Leadership, Administration, and Internal/External Legal/Regulatory Issues.  The Lead APP is 0.4 FTE administrative and 0.6 FTE clinical. Stanford Division of BMT and Cell Therapy team is a fully accredited, nationally recognized center of excellence and a proud member of the Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network of the National Cancer Institute. The BMT-CT program at Stanford performs autologous and allogeneic transplantations for over 700 patients each year. This APP leader will manage a large team of APPs in the inpatient service and infusion center. The APP team is part of a multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, and Trainees committed to transforming care and elevating patient experience throughout their care.

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview
Provides supervision and management of advanced practice providers (APPs) in a distinct clinical service line. Provides clinical direction and education, works closely with operational and physician leaders, and has oversight of hiring, termination, and professional growth and development of their APPs. Also functions under the general Nurse Practitioner (NP), Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), or the Physician Assistant (PA) Job Description approved by the Interdisciplinary Practice Committee (IDPC).

Locations
Stanford Health Care

What you will do

• The essential functions of a Lead Advanced Practice Professional fall in three categories: Clinical Oversight and Leadership; Administration; and Internal/External Legal/Regulatory Issues. The Lead APP must supervise a minimum of 10 APPs.
• Clinical Oversight and Leadership:
• Co-direct the clinical, operational, and administrative initiatives of the service line Medical Director and unit nursing management team.
• Conduct regularly scheduled meetings with the staff APPs.
• Ensure clinical competency and adherence to policy through practice analysis and case review of APPs with physicians.
• Investigate and respond to patient/family complaints from patients and families about care.
• Orient new staff APPs.
• Provide education to staff APPs.
• Participates as a representative the in hospital-wide committees.
• Serve as a representative on the professional and evaluation committees.
• Ensures all operational mandates and initiatives are completed (e.g., C-I-CARE rounds).
• Administration:
• Review and participate in financial planning and issues for the service.
• Participate in the hiring, evaluation, coaching, mentoring, and discipline of staff APPs.
• Investigate and resolve operational issues.
• Coordinate quality improvement/process improvement programs.
• Provide 24-hour administrator on-call coverage for the service line.
• Coordinate the scheduling of the APPs.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Internal and External Legal/Regulatory Issues:
• Ensure compliance and participate in Medical Staff Services initiatives, policies and procedures.
• Be informed of and advocate for practice models that allow clinicians to practice to the fullest extent of their scope of practice.
• Participate in regional and national discussions that affect APP practice.
• Work with hospital operations in regards to funding/billing/reimbursement models.
• Participate in the legislative and health policy issues affecting advanced practice.

Education Qualifications

• Advanced Practice Nurse: Master's or Doctorate Degree in Nursing or other healthcare-related field from an accredited university.
• Physician Assistant: Bachelors degree in Science, Physician Assistant Studies, or Healthcare related field from an accredited university.

Experience Qualifications

• A minimum of one (1) year of experience as a licensed advanced practice provider: (Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist or Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist).
• Three (3) years of APP e