APP Director, Pediatrics
LCMC Health
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Manning Family Children’s, part of LCMC Health, seeks an experienced APP Director, Pediatrics to lead pediatric advanced practice providers and drive innovation, quality, and operational excellence across pediatric programs in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The role partners with physician leaders and executives to optimize care delivery, advance APP practice, and develop workforce strategies for the pediatric services. Requires NP/PA/DNP leadership background and Louisiana licensure.
Qualifications
- Master's degree in an Advanced Practice clinical discipline: NP/PA/DNP or CRNA.
- Minimum two (2) years of leadership experience in a pediatric healthcare setting.
- Louisiana RN/APRN or PA licensure required; board certification preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership for pediatric APPs and drive quality, safety, and operational excellence.
- Develop and implement department/ service line strategic plans aligned with LCMC Health goals.
- Recruit, onboard, mentor, and retain APP teams; promote top-of-license practice.
- Collaborate with physician leaders, operational executives, and APP teams to optimize care delivery.
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At Manning Family Children's, part of LCMC Health, we are committed to delivering exceptional care to children and families across Louisiana and the Gulf South. We are seeking an experienced and visionary APP Director, Pediatrics to provide strategic leadership for pediatric Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) while driving innovation, quality, operational excellence, and professional development across our pediatric programs.
This is a unique opportunity for a clinically experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant leader to help shape the future of pediatric advanced practice within one of the region's leading healthcare systems.
Reporting directly to the Chief of Advanced Practice, the APP Director, Pediatrics serves as a key leader within the LCMC Health Office of Advanced Practice. The Director partners closely with physician leaders, operational executives, service line leadership, and APP teams to optimize care delivery, strengthen clinical operations, and advance APP practice across pediatric settings.
The APP Director is responsible for strategic planning, workforce development, regulatory compliance, quality improvement, operational management, and APP engagement while fostering a culture of collaboration, professional growth, and patient-centered care.
- Lead and support pediatric APP practice across Manning Family Children's and affiliated pediatric services.
- Develop and implement department and service line strategic plans aligned with LCMC Health goals.
- Partner with physician and operational leaders to evaluate program growth opportunities and workforce strategies.
- Drive system-wide initiatives that improve pediatric care delivery, access, quality, and efficiency.
- Monitor departmental performance metrics and implement improvement strategies.
- Recruit, onboard, mentor, and retain high-performing APP teams.
- Promote top-of-license practice and optimize APP scope of practice across pediatric specialties.
- Support APP professional development, education, and leadership growth opportunities.
- Collaborate with academic partners to strengthen APP student and residency pipelines.
- Ensure compliance with institutional policies, state regulations, and professional practice standards.
- Identify and mitigate clinical and operational risks affecting patient care and provider performance.
- Support continuous quality improvement initiatives focused on patient outcomes, safety, service excellence, and operational effectiveness.
- Facilitate best practices related to documentation, coding, billing, EHR utilization, and regulatory requirements.
- Partner with physicians, executives, department directors, and service line leaders to advance pediatric care programs.
- Represent APP practice on committees, quality councils, task forces, and professional organizations.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on APP strategy, workforce planning, and program development.
- Master's degree in an Advanced Practice clinical discipline: Nurse Practitioner (NP) Physician Assistant (PA) Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
- Minimum two (2) years of leadership experience in a pediatric healthcare setting
- Experience recruiting, mentoring, developing, and retaining APPs
- Experience leading operational, quality, and strategic initiatives
- Advanced degree in leadership, healthcare administration, or business (MBA, MHA, DNP, or equivalent)
- Registered Nurse (RN) license in Louisiana
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) license in Louisiana
- National Nurse Practitioner Certification
- Current Louisiana Physician Assistant Licensure
- Basic Life Support (BLS), American Heart Association
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within six (6) months of hire
At LCMC Health, our mission is simple: to bring a little extra to extraordinary care.
As APP Director, Pediatrics, you'll join a collaborative leadership team committed to:
- Innovation in pediatric care delivery
- Professional growth and leadership development
- Clinical excellence and quality outcomes
- Supporting APPs to practice at the top of their license
- Building the next generation of pediatric healthcare leaders
You'll have the opportunity to influence care across a premier children's hospital while helping shape strategic initiatives that impact patients, families, providers, and communities throughout Louisiana.
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Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little 'come on in' attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary
- Deliver healthcare with heart.
- Give people a reason to smile.
- Put a little love in your work.
- Be honest and real, but with compassion.
- Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
- Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
- See opportunities, not problems - it’s all about perspective.
- Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
- Love what makes you, you - because we do
LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.
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