Lead Advanced Practice Provider - Outpatient ENT

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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)

Position Overview:
Our outpatient Comprehensive ENT practice provides high-quality care to patients with a wide variety of ear, nose, and throat conditions. We are committed to providing compassionate, evidence-based, and patient-centered care. Join a supportive team where innovation and collaboration drive our success in delivering the best possible outcomes for our patients. We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Lead Advanced Practice Provider (APP) to join our dynamic outpatient Comprehensive ENT team. This hybrid role offers an exciting blend of clinical and administrative responsibilities, where you will provide high-quality patient care while also taking on leadership and team development duties. The position is a mix of 60% clinical and 40% administrative work. You will collaborate closely with a team of 7 APPs working across our locations in Redwood City, Palo Alto, and San Jose.

Key Responsibilities:
• Conduct both independent visits as well as collaborative care in coordination with physicians and other healthcare team members.
• Perform detailed assessments, diagnosis, and management plans for ENT patients.
• Administer treatments, procedures, and follow-up care for patients as appropriate.
• Educate patients and families on conditions, treatment plans, and preventative care.
• Serve as a mentor and leader for the team of 7 APPs across the three locations, providing guidance and support.
• Lead team meetings, attend monthly Center for Advanced Practice leadership meetings, conduct performance evaluations, recruit and hire new APPs as well as onboard new hires.

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