Experienced PMHNP | Chief Psychiatry Advanced Practice Provider

Chief Advanced Practice Provider

The Chief Advanced Practice Provider provides supervision and guidance to a team of APPs, ensuring high quality, cost-effective care that fits patient needs. This role collaborates with physicians and other healthcare professionals to provide comprehensive care to patients, while also overseeing the day-to-day operations of the APP team. The chief acts as a liaison between leadership, physician colleagues and staff and promotes patient-centered care and supports organization values.

Essential Job Functions:

• Clinical essential job functions of the APP job description related to their field.
• Provides primary supervision, support and resources for APPs including promoting APP compliance, planning and conducting APP meetings, and updating APPs on policy and process changes.
• Acts as a liaison between Human Resources and the APP team to coordinate recruitment, selection of candidates and directs hiring, on boarding, orientation and on job training for new hires.
• Develops or oversees the APP schedule, schedule changes and updates including PAL and CME approval per policy.
• Performs and documents iCompass evaluations and annual job performance review for APPs including discipline issues, when necessary, in conjunction with practice director and human resources.
• Coordinates with the practice leaders and medical director in the development of quality metrics for the APP team (non-P&L practices only).
• Supports APP growth in the organization by acting as a liaison and resource for system wide initiatives, strategic priorities and true north metrics.
• Protected administrative time for direct supervision of 12-25 APPs 30% protected administrative time.
• 26+ APPs consider adding additional protected administrative time or APP Lead with shared administrative time as noted above dependent on APP group size.

Education:

• Required: Master's degree Nursing or Master's degree Physician Assistant studies. Physician Assistant employed at Cone Health prior to October 14, 2024, with a Bachelor's degree will have the Master's degree requirement waived provided they have maintained employment and PA licensure with Board Certification.

Experience:

• Required: 3+ years
• Preferred: 5+ years

Licensure/Certification/Listing:

• Required: Valid NC RN and Nurse Midwife or NP license OR NC PA license Board Certified within 1 year of date of hire by either the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) for PA's OR the American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the National Certification Corporation (NCC) for NP's OR the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB) or The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) or Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB)BLS (CPR)-American Red Cross or AHA Healthcare Provider Neonatal Resuscitation Protocol (NRP) Certification required for Neonatal Advanced Practice Providers IV. Must possess and maintain a current, unrestricted DEA registration in accordance with federal and state regulations.
• Certified within 90 days of employment for Behavioral Health Advance Practice Provider.