Cardiology OR - APP Manager

Manager Advanced Practice Professionals - Cardiology

Here at Baylor Scott & White Health, we promote the well-being of all individuals, families, and communities. Baylor Scott and White is the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas that empowers you to live well.

Job Description

• Oversee a team of Advanced Practice Professionals, being accountable for hiring, onboarding, training, development, and performance management. You will also work closely with physician and administrative leadership on these tasks.
• Partner with the Advanced Practice Professionals Administrator on any relevant issues related to Advanced Practice Professionals.
• Deliver patient services under the guidance of a supervising physician and/or the assigned supervising staff physician.
• Conduct patient interviews and examinations to identify their symptoms and create or update patient records.
• Carry out comprehensive examinations and relevant medical screening procedures. You must accurately document complete and precise information in patient records.
• Assist in forming diagnostic, therapeutic, and follow-up plans or treatment protocols when necessary.
• Evaluate laboratory data when needed, order pertinent lab tests, and follow established protocols. You will follow up on patient status and diagnostic tests and report necessary information to the supervising physician.
• Communicate crucial information to the patient, supervising physician, and other caregivers involved in the patient's care. This includes preparing clinical progress notes and other required paperwork in alignment with Baylor Scott & White Health policies.
• Advocate for suitable use of Advanced Practice Professionals across the region or specialty.

Requirements

• Understanding Federal and local Texas laws as well as legislation related to medical and nursing board governance of Advanced Practice Professionals.
• Familiarity with Joint Commission regulations regarding Advanced Practice Professional practice in hospitals and clinics.
• Excels in communication. Should be able to effectively interact with a variety of medical staff and personnel with high-quality verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge about Medicare and Medicaid guidelines.
• Definite skills in analysis, to gather details from various sources, apply principles professionally in doing several analyses, and comprehensively summarizing this information and data to solve problems or to create relatively complex systems and programs that cross departmental lines.
• Effective in guiding, directing, mentoring, training, and collaborating with a team in a consensus-building environment.
• Well-acquainted with computer systems including Electronic Health Records, databases, as well as Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Familiarity with prevailing system and institutional policies, bylaws, and credentialing requirements is preferable.
• Proven capability for self-direction and initiating action is a necessary requirement.

Qualifications

• Education: Masters' or Bachelors plus 2 years of work experience above the minimum qualification.
• Experience: 3 years of experience in OR.
• Certification/License/Registration:
  • Basic Life Support (BLS): Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of hire or transfer.
  • Physician Assistants (PA):
  • Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA), Nurse Practitioner (NP): A CNS must currently be credentialed as a provider within the BSWH system and employed in a CNS Provider role. Must be an Advanced Practice Professional: Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant or Nurse Anesthetist.

Benefits

Our competitive benefits package empowers you to live well and provides:

• Eligibility on day 1 for all benefits
• Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match, up to 5%
• Debt-free tuition assistance, offering access to many no-cost and low-cost degrees, certificates, and more
• Immediate access to time off benefits

Belonging Statement

We believe that all people should feel welcomed, valued, and supported, and that our workforce should be reflective of the communities we serve.