APP Manager Neurosurgery Neuro ICU

Overview

Hackensack Meridian Health is seeking a Inpatient APP Manager for Neurosurgery and Neuro ICU to provide leadership and managerial oversite to neuroscience APP Staff employees. The Neuro PA /Acute Care APN Manager will perform administrative, managerial, teaching, and service‑oriented functions to ensure 24/7 inpatient service coverage of neurosurgical service to assigned hospitals and neurosurgical outpatient clinics. In addition the Neuro PA / Acute Care APN manager will perform a variety of clinical duties and technical procedures to assist in the delivery of healthcare services to patients.

The successful candidate will work in collaboration with the Neurosurgical Chair and administrative neuroscience service line administration to provide patient centered care. The Neuro PA / Acute Care APN manager will report to the Administrative Director of Neurosurgical Services and the Neurosurgical Chair.

• Coordinates schedules of mid‑level providers to ensure adequate 24/7 coverage. Assesses staff supply and demand and ensures appropriate delegation of clinical staff coverage, considering complexity of care and volume. Adheres to budgetary expectations associated with staffing at the direction of Administrative leadership. Ensure updates to hospital on call schedule (Amion Schedule).
• Handles all administrative issues including but not limited to: payroll, moonlighting/Per diem shift payments, staff CME tracking, APP license and DEA renewal, staff medical & payer credentialing, OPPE/FPPE staff compliance, receive and respond to all Care Links received for Neurosurgery, and regular attendance at local, regional, and network meetings pertaining to clinical care and service line operations. Works collaboratively to resolve administrative and operational issues.
• Provides managerial oversite to all APP neuroscience staff including:
  Staff onboarding and training of core duties, clinical competency assessment and documentation of skills in compliance with medical staff privileging, staff education and guidance for skill development/improvement, conducting disciplinary action and as required by HR policy and create action plans for improvement, conduct 90 day, 6 month, and annual reviews of staff, participate in APP and Physician 360 reviews, and mentor/precept medical students, APP interns, and APP residents.
• Develops clinical protocols and policies to ensure best practice adherence to clinical care and maintains staff training and compliance manual. Ensures EMR documentation and compliance with staff.
• Identifies teaching, research, and administrative opportunities for team members and self to further advance skills and abilities.
• Manages APP staff supplies and resources, ensuring ability for staff to perform required duties.
• Plan, organize, and conduct monthly APP staff meetings.
• Enforces compliance with hospital regulations regarding medication reconciliation, venous thromboembolism prophylaxis, present on admission diagnosis, and any future quality assurance programs, yet to be developed.
• Manages the relationship with, and satisfaction of, voluntary and employed physicians with services provided to assure optimal relationships with admitting physicians. Communicates issues to departmental leadership as needed.

Core Clinical Responsibilities:

• Initiates and completes consultations, as the urgency and complexity of the clinical scenario dictates, and initiates treatment for the neuroscience cases in which a consultation is requested and in cases referred for evaluation and treatment in collaboration with the attending physician.
• Charts via written, dictation, or electronic means: admission notes, history and physical examinations, consultations, daily patient encounter notes, urgent evaluation notes, minor procedure notes, and brief post‑operative notes as it pertains to patients in the inpatient or outpatient setting; present this information to the supervising physician.
• Participate in house staff rounds with the supervising physician including, but not limited to recording daily, detailed progress notes, determining and implementing therapeutic plans as discussed with physician in charge.
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