Associate Director Advance Practice- Full Time NP/PA

Advocate Health

Winston-Salem (NC)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Advocate Health is seeking an Area Director of Advanced Practice-SL to lead the specialty across a defined geographic Area. You will align APPs and site leaders to Area, Divisional, and enterprise priorities, ensuring access, quality, productivity, and patient experience.

You will partner with the administrative dyad to drive operations, workforce planning, and strategic execution, translating divisional goals into local action while elevating Area needs to Divisional leadership.

Qualifications

APRN/PA licensure and national certifications.
Minimum 5 years clinical practice experience.
3–5 years progressive APP leadership experience.

Responsibilities

Lead specialty clinical and operational performance across Area sites/venues.
Use dashboards to identify trends and drive improvement.
Oversee APP workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, retention, and succession.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Analytics & dashboards

Stakeholder influence

People management

Education

APRN: Master’s Degree

PA: Master’s Degree

Job description

The Area Director of Advanced Practice-SL is the primary APP leader for a defined Service Line or specialty within a specific geographic Area. This role provides clinical, operational, and workforce leadership for the specialty across all sites and venues of care within the Area, ensuring high performance in quality, utilization, productivity, access, patient and clinician experience, and cultural alignment. In close partnership with the Area specialty administrative dyad, the Area Director of Advanced Practice-SL is jointly accountable for day-to-day operations, clinical performance, and APP workforce management within the Area. The role also contributes to Divisional Service Line strategy, both in aggregating and by bringing Area-specific context, insights, and performance realities into Service Line planning and decision-making. The Area Director of Advanced Practice-SL operates between Division-level strategy and site-level execution, ensuring that divisional priorities are effectively translated into local action while elevating Area needs, risks, and opportunities to Divisional leadership.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Leads specialty clinical and operational performance across Area sites/venues (access, quality, utilization, productivity, experience).
Uses dashboards and analytic thinking to identify trends/variation and drive sustained improvement.
Influences effectively within an area specialty dyad and across stakeholders without direct authority.
Leads and develops site-based/assistant APP leaders; supports engagement, retention, and succession planning.

Area Clinical & Operational Leadership

Serves as the primary APP leader for the specialty within the Area, accountable for aligning APPs and site leaders to Area, Divisional, and enterprise priorities.
With the administrative dyad, oversees all specialty operations within the Area, including access, throughput, utilization optimization, productivity, quality, and patient experience across all relevant venues of care.

Performance, Quality & Utilization Management

Leads Area-level efforts related to clinical quality, safety, utilization management, productivity, and variation reduction, escalating issues as appropriate and driving corrective action.
Reviews and interprets performance dashboards; accountable for trend analysis, action planning, and sustained improvement within the Area.

Workforce & Culture Leadership

Provides APP leadership for culture, professionalism, engagement, and disciplinary matters within the specialty, in partnership with Medical Group leadership and HR.
Leads Area-level APP workforce planning with the administrative dyad and Divisional partners, including recruitment needs, onboarding support, retention risks, and succession planning.
Provides direct leadership, mentorship, and performance oversight of site-based or assistant APP leaders within the Area of specialty.

Strategy & Divisional Alignment

Contributes to Divisional Service Line strategy by bringing forward Area-specific insights related to market dynamics, growth opportunities, access constraints, workforce realities, and operational performance.
Supports implementation of Divisional and Service Line strategies within the Area, ensuring local execution is aligned while appropriately adapted to market and operational context.

Growth & Market Development

Partners with Area and Market leadership to identify and advance specialty growth opportunities, aligned with Divisional prioritization.
Supports evaluation and integration of new sites, practices, or providers within the Area specialty footprint.

Integration & Cross-Functional Collaboration

Ensures seamless coordination of care between the specialty and other clinical services whose patients or workflows interface with the specialty.
Collaborates with Quality, Operations, Finance, Access, and Growth partners to drive integrated solutions at the Area level

Academic, Education & Best Practice Deployment

Supports the academic and learning health Enterprise mission by promoting evidence-based practice, education, and adoption of best practices across Area sites.
Participates in pilots or innovation initiatives sponsored at the Divisional or enterprise level as appropriate.

Compliance & Ethical Leadership

The Area Director of Advanced Practice-SL is the primary APP leader for a defined Service Line or specialty within a specific geographic Area. This role provides clinical, operational, and workforce leadership for the specialty across all sites and venues of care within the Area, ensuring high performance in quality, utilization, productivity, access, patient and clinician experience, and cultural alignment.
This role is not required or expected for every specialty and is established based on span of control, clinical complexity, strategic importance, and impact to performance within the Area.
In close partnership with the Area specialty administrative dyad, the Area Director of Advanced Practice-SL is jointly accountable for day-to-day operations, clinical performance, and APP workforce management within the Area. The role also contributes to Divisional Service Line strategy, both in aggregate and by bringing Area-specific context, insights, and performance realities into Service Line planning and decision-making.
The Area Director of Advanced Practice-SL operates between Division-level strategy and site-level execution, ensuring that divisional priorities are effectively translated into local action while elevating Area needs, risks, and opportunities to Divisional leadership.
Ensures compliance with all applicable policies, regulations, accreditation standards, and the organization’s Code of Ethical Conduct.
Models ethical, professional leadership and accountability for APPs within the Area specialty.

Minimum Job Requirements

Education (minimum education level and field of study)

APRN: Master’s Degree required; Doctorate of Nursing Practice preferred.
Physician Assistant: Graduate from an accredited Physician Assistant program. Master’s Degree required. Clinical or Leadership Doctorate preferred.

Certification / Registration / License

APRN: Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of practice. Approved to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in state in which work is being completed. Must have or be eligible for a DEA license. Certification in the area of practice from a nationally recognized certifying body required. Board certification preferred according to population served.
Physician Assistant: Approved to practice as a Physician Assistant by the Medical Board in the state of practice and in which work is being completed. Must have or be eligible for a DEA license. Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants required.

Work Experience