Advanced Practice Clinician (APC) Director, Clinical Education & Student Placement (Any Sutter Health Location)

Sutter Health seeks an experienced internal and highly motivated Advanced Practice Clinician (APC) leader to serve as the Director of APC Clinical Education and Student Placement. This systemwide leadership role is responsible for the strategic oversight, coordination, and continuous improvement of advanced practice clinician student clinical placements across Sutter Health. 

As part of Sutter Health Academic Affairs, this position supports the organization's broader workforce development strategy by strengthening clinical education partnerships, expanding learner capacity, and ensuring high-quality clinical learning experiences for Advanced Practice Clinician including Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA), and Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) students. The Director will work collaboratively with academic institutions, clinical leaders, preceptors, and operational partners to develop scalable, sustainable approaches to APC education that align with Sutter Health's academic mission and Destination 2030 workforce goals.

This role serves as the central point of leadership for APC student placement activities across the organization and supports the development of a coordinated, systemwide approach to advanced practice clinical education.

• Provide systemwide oversight of NP, PA, and CNM student clinical placements across Sutter Health.
• Develop and implement strategies to expand high-quality clinical training opportunities while balancing operational and educational priorities.
• Partner with clinical leaders, service lines, and local placement coordinators to optimize placement capacity and learner distribution.
• Establish standardized processes, policies, and expectations for APC student placements across the organization.
• Monitor placement metrics, capacity utilization, learner demand, and institutional partnerships.

• Serve as the primary Academic Affairs liaison for APC educational institutions.
• Develop and maintain strong academic partnerships to support workforce pipeline goals.
• Collaborate with educational partners to align clinical experiences with curricular objectives and accreditation requirements.
• Support affiliation agreement development and ongoing partnership management.

• Promote excellence in clinical education across APC learning environments.
• Establish standards for learner experiences, evaluation processes, and educational quality.
• Monitor student and preceptor feedback and implement quality improvement initiatives.
• Support development of innovative educational models, including longitudinal, interprofessional, and distributed learning experiences.
• Collaborate with UME, GME, and faculty development leaders to advance educational best practices.

• Develop and oversee systemwide APC preceptor recruitment, engagement, and retention strategies.
• Partner with clinical leaders to identify and cultivate high-quality preceptors.
• Create and support faculty development opportunities related to teaching, assessment, coaching, and feedback.
• Promote recognition and support programs for APC and physician preceptors.

• Provide oversight of APC placement workflows, systems, and operational processes.
• Collaborate with Academic Affairs staff and local stakeholders to coordinate placement logistics.
• Ensure compliance with institutional policies, accreditation standards, regulatory requirements, and affiliation agreements.
• Develop reports, dashboards, and performance metrics related to APC education and workforce development.
• Participate in strategic planning and continuous quality improvement activities within Academic Affairs.
• Participate in the Sutter APC Counsel planning and programming.

• Support Sutter Health's workforce pipeline strategy through effective APC learner engagement and recruitment.
• Identify opportunities to transition learners into employment pathways within Sutter Health.
• Collaborate with workforce development, recruitment, and operational leaders to align educational activities with future workforce needs.
• Contribute to broader Academic Affairs initiatives related to health professions, education and workforce sustainability.

• Current licensure as either:
  • Nurse Practitioner (NP), or (APRN)
  • Physician Assistant (PA-C)
• Active California licensure and certification.
• Minimum five years of clinical practice experience.
• Demonstrated experience in clinical teaching, precepting, learner supervision, or health professions education.
• Experience leading projects, programs, or educational initiatives.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to work effectively across diverse clinical, operational, and academic environments.

• Experience in academic leadership, clinical education administration, or workforce development.
• Familiarity with APC educational standards and accreditation requirements.
• Experience managing multi-site educational programs.
• Experience in faculty development, curriculum design, program evaluation, or educational quality improvement.
• Master's degree or doctoral degree relevant to healthcare, education, leadership, or administration.

Ability to develop scalable solutions that support organizational workforce and educational goals.

Creates strong partnerships across academic institutions, clinical departments, and operational teams.

Committed to high-quality learner experiences and continuous improvement in clinical education.

Effectively engages stakeholders and builds consensus across complex systems.

Demonstrates strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities across a large health system.

Identifies opportunities to improve learner placement processes, educational quality, and workforce development outcomes.

We deliver high-quality care, have courage to take on the toughest challenges and model stewardship.

We are constantly learning and creating new ways to advance healthcare. 

We show empathy and understanding in every personal interaction.

We cultivate a sense of belonging by creating spaces for all of our people to feel valued.

We collaborate with humility to create a unified experience at Sutter.

We earn trust by doing the right thing and delivering on our commitments.

Sutter Health is a not-for-profit, integrated healthcare system serving more than 3.5 million patients in California. With a sharp focus on delivering comprehensive, exceptional and equitable care, our 14,000+ clinicians and 57,000+ employees serve patients through Sutter's hospitals, clinics, imaging and surgery centers, and home health services.

Sutter patients can access high-quality coordinated care across our entire system. We are continuing to improve access by recruiting more physicians and clinicians into our system and opening 160 hospital beds by 2025 and 25 new ambulatory care centers across our California footprint by 2027. 

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• Sutter Coast Hospital
• Sutter Lakeside Hospital
• Memorial Hospital Los Banos
• Sutter Independent Physicians
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• Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group
• Sutter East Bay Medical Group
• Sutter Medical Group of the Redwoods
• Sutter West Bay Medical Group

It is the policy of Sutter Health and its partners to provide equal employment for all qualified individuals; to prohibit discrimination in employment because of basis of race, color, creed, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, registered domestic partner status, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, national origin (including possession of a driver's license issued to individuals who did not present proof of authorized presence in the U.S.), age, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military or protected veteran status, political affiliation, pregnancy or perceived pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition, genetic information or any other characteristic made unlawful by local, state or federal law, ordinance or regulation. We promote the full realization of equal employment opportunities through a positive continuing program within each medical group, company, hospital, department, and service area. Equal employment opportunities apply to every aspect of Sutter's employment policies and practices.