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Capital Health is the region's leader in providing progressive, quality patient care with significant investments in our exceptional physicians, nurses and staff, as well as advance technology. Capital Health is a five-time Magnet-Recognized health system for nursing excellence and is comprised of 2 hospitals. Capital Health Medical Group is made up of more than 250 physicians and other providers who offer primary and specialty care, as well as hospital-based services, to patients throughout the region.

Position Overview:

Assists Medical Director/Admin Director in facilitating development, support and management of NP/PA/CNM department, including all activities related to direct and facilitated patient care, admission, daily medical care, improving patient throughput, early patient discharge, patient and staff education, hospital task forces, and patient satisfaction.Identifies problems/barriers with NP/PA/CNM models of health care delivery and develops solutions in collaboration with other stakeholders. Provides clinical expertise for group.Develops and strengthens relationships with various stakeholders including other clinical Lead APPs, medical team attending physicians, primary care physicians, network providers, key decision makers, and site functional team members.Provides overall clinical supervision, including work assignments, training and evaluation in accordance with Capital Health, respective policies and procedures. Interviews and recommends hiring of NPs/PAs/CNMs in collaboration with Medical Director/Admin Director or their designee. Conducts annual performance evaluations of staff and recommends disciplinary measures when necessary.Models appropriate judgment in follow-up of patient care issues, including use of physician, nursing and administrative chain of command. Models effective leadership behaviors. Facilitates learning for other staff to become more effective in their role.Assures maximal effectiveness and efficiency of staffing plan for model/program, including experience, skill mix and scheduling. Develops staffing systems which respond effectively and quickly to changes in patient volume, acuity or service demands.Uses a variety of data and information resources to assess evolving program requirements and evaluate program performance. Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members to assess, redesign and continually improve effectiveness and productivity of clinical programs.Actively participates with Quality Management in development and implementation process improvements. Monitors competency, documentation and outcomes of care provided by NPs/PAs/CNMs. Identifies ways to facilitate working relationships among all levels of staff to meet patient care requirements.Actively participates in and leads discussion of quality results and patient feedback, problem solving and development of plans to improve quality of care and service. Follows up and supports efforts of colleagues to implement improvement action plans.Identifies annual learning needs of staff. Develops and oversees orientation plans for newly hired NPs/PAs/CNMs. Develops department level education, including in-services and teaching materials. Promotes professional and academic development of staff.Provides coaching and team building to increase employee productivity and satisfaction. Serves as a resource to staff for problem solving.Develops policies and procedures related to patient care by following established applicable best practice guidelines.Is an active, regular and productive participant, working with other leadership, process improvement and operations teams.Attends meetings and participates in committees as assignedHandles administrative aspects of payroll, CME requests, PTO requests and other day to day supervision of advanced practice provider team.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Physician Assistant

Graduate of an accredited physician assistant program, approved by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).Five years’ experience working with primary care management of patient population. Experience with policy development and implementing evidence-based practice.ICU/ER experience or related experience required.NJ Physician Assistant License.

Nurse Practitioner

Bachelor's degree in nursing and Master's degree in advanced clinical practice or graduate of post Master's certificate program for nurse practitioner.Five years’ experience working with primary care management of patient population. Experience with policy development and implementing evidence-based practice.ICU/ER experience or related experience required.Advanced Practice Nurse – NJ License

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENTFrequent physical demands include: Sitting , Standing , Walking , Carry objects , Push/Pull , Twisting , Bending , Reaching forward , Pinching/fine motor activities , Keyboard use/repetitive motionOccasional physical demands include: Climbing (e.g., stairs or ladders) , Squat/kneel/crawl , Wrist position deviation , Taste or SmellContinuous physical demands include: Talk or HearLifting Floor to Waist 35 lbs. Lifting Waist Level and Above 35 lbs.Sensory Requirements include: Accurate Near Vision, Accurate Far Vision, Accurate Color Discrimination, Accurate Depth Perception, Accurate HearingIND123.

Offers are contingent upon successful completion of our onboarding process and pre-employment physical.  Capital Health will require all applicants (including contractors, travelers and consultants) to have an annual flu vaccine prior to start date, with the exception of individuals with medical and religious exemptions.

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