Supervisor APP - Medical Oncology

Coordinates day to day clinical practice within the Advanced Practice Provider team.

• →Monitors advance practice practitioner performance, situations, and indicators to identify problems and opportunities to improve the level of patient care provided.
• →Attends a variety of clinical team meetings to ensure that the plan of care and communication is accomplished accurately and in a timely manner. 
• →Reports to Advanced Practice Provider manager and functions as a resource for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants nurses, and administrative team.  Works to resolve immediate clinical operational concerns/errors.
• →Responsible for coordinating monthly schedules and advanced practice practitioner team assignments in collaboration with the management team. 

Builds an effective work unit through evaluating staff and providing input to APP Manager.

• →Collaboration with leadership to support department.
• →Participates in the credentialing, orientation, education, training, and competency development of new team members in collaboration with the physician and management led teams.
• →Identifies and recommends staffing levels necessary to effectively manage the work of the program.
• →In collaboration with management team, develops, updates, and maintains advance practice provider educational materials, policy, and procedures. 
• →In collaboration with Manager supervises staff, providing education, annual evaluations, and merit planning.

Supports performance improvement and quality initiatives within the department.

• →Attends departmental quality committees and shares information with team members to ensure high quality care standards are achieved.
• →Sets the advanced practice provider priorities in alignment with those of both the university and hospital. 
• →Networks and build relationships with national, state, and local provider organizations and universities.
• →Acts as liaison with institutional marketing departments to assist with continued education in local markets to support referral patterns.  

Manages the care of patients.

• →Demonstrates the ability to review complex history and medical records of patients to formulate a summary to the attending physician.
• →Communicates recommended treatment plans and pertinent history to initiate plan of care across the continuum.
• →Stays current with new regulatory policies and procedures according to program standards.
• →Seeks and maintains competency for other technical skills and procedures according to the direction of the collaborative arrangement and departmental objectives. 
• →Serves as a health care resource to the inpatient and outpatient nursing service by being available for assessment, diagnosis, evaluation, and implementation of treatment plans. 
• →Initiates and coordinates Advanced Nurse Practitioner and/or Physician Assistant research efforts. 

Promotes continuous learning and Advanced Practice Provider Development.

• →Provides continued education/ updates about practice changes as handed down by governing bodies.
• →Builds a system approach to ensure that employees are properly supported in their development, and in continued education/ regulatory requirements. System supports professional practice guidelines of certifying body, State Board credentialing requirements, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, and other certifying bodies.  
• →Recognizes and rewards significant work results of the team.
• →Allow employees to influence change and to set goals. 

Works to establish a shared vision, champions innovation, and supports change.

• →Shows a clear vision for the future of the department and inspires others toward future direction.
• →Conveys a sense of purpose and mission that captures the imagination of others.
• →Articulates clearly desired outcomes/expectations of new projects, change and assignments so that all team members understand.

Supports teamwork.

• →Respects differences in people.
• →Adapts style and approach to match the needs of different groups and individuals.
• →Actively participates in the institution’s cultural diversity efforts.
• →Cooperates and contributes as a clinical team member to achieve departmental goals. 

Job Location

• Normal office environment

Physical Effort

• Typically sitting or standing at a desk or table

Equipment

• Office equipment

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