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Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s degree from an ARC-PA accredited Physician Assistant (PA) program / Advanced practice Registered Nurse (APRN) program with a national certification or degree in a similar field preferred. 
• Must possess current licensure as a Registered Nurse and/or Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in the State of Texas. 
• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience as an Advanced Practice Provider and two (2) years of leadership or supervisory experience in either an ambulatory or ancillary setting.

Job Summary:

The Manager, Advanced Practice Providers is a matrix position with responsibilities as a clinical practice manager and an advanced practice provider.  Primary responsibilities include the operational oversight of a multidisciplinary practice and direct patient care under the direction of a physician.

Job Duties:

Clinical Practice Manager 

• Operational and clinical oversight of a multidisciplinary clinical practice with varying specialties and sub-specialties with responsibilities including but not limited to\: 
•  Personnel Management 
• Financial Management & Budget Oversight 
• Collaborates with physicians, nursing staff and managers, practice and division leaders, and other stakeholders to implement best practices, address operational, clinical, and/or administrative concerns to ensure efficient operations of the practice. 
• Communication 

• Effectively communicates with medical, clinical, clerical staff, patients, and other stakeholders to ensure the efficient operations of the medical practice and high level patient care. 

   

   

   

   

  Advanced Practice Provider 

• Performs routine examinations and preventive healthcare for patients seen in the clinic. 
• Obtains medical histories, organizes relevant data, performs physical examinations, and suggests pertinent laboratory, radiographic or other studies that are needed to establish or support a diagnosis. 
• Performs preliminary reviews of radiographs, laboratory data, ECG’s and other relevant clinical information; formulates and orders (Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner license) therapeutic regimens for treatment of pathologic states or disabling entities. 
• Documents histories, physical examinations, and relevant clinical information, ensuring adequate documentation of existing medical conditions; medically classifies patients according to physical, functional and emotional capabilities. 
•  Monitors treatment progress and protocols of patients in chronic care clinical settings; counsels patients on preventive medicine regimens; reviews medical records or therapeutic regimens to insure proper content and appropriateness of medical regimen. 
•  Provides patient counseling and health instruction about medical problems, nutrition, medication and principles of health promotion and maintenance. 
• Serves as representative and emissary of the physician in delegated matters of related duties as required. Interdisciplinary coordination and clinical care responsibilities. 
• Documents all health care encounters and relevant clinical information in the electronic medical records. 
•  Identifies appropriate internal controls for department; provides mechanisms to monitor and enforce compliance. 
•  Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure. 
•  Identifies appropriate internal controls for department; provides mechanisms to monitor and enforce compliance. 
•  Performs related duties as required.
   

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities\: 

•  Ability to manage the daily operations of an outpatient practice. 
• Personnel management and supervision. 
•  Ability to function in a highly complex environment, interpret, analyze and present data of a complex nature. 
•  Proven ability to foster collaborative and constructive relationships. 
• Experience with preparation of operating budgets, analyze/evaluate clinical & operational data, and utilize this information to make appropriate decisions and recommendations. 

• Exceptional communication, leadership and organizational skills.
   

   

   

   

  Preferred Qualifications\: 
   

• BA, MHA, or related area. 
• Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant with a minimum of five (5) years’ experience in a specialty or sub-specialty in desired field.
   

Salary Range:
Commensurate with experience 
 

SUPERVISION 

Received\: Department Chair or Service Line Director 

Given: Clinic Staff – PSS’s , nurses, medical assistants, etc.
 

WORKING ENVIRONMENT/EQUIPMENT Standard office and clinical equipment. Standard hospital, clinical and/or office environment. May be exposed to such occupational hazards as communicable diseases, blood borne pathogens, ionizing & non-ionizing radiation, hazardous medications and disoriented or combative patients or others.