Critical Care APP Supervisor

UCSF Health; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

UCSF Health is seeking an adult Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider Supervisor to lead, supervise, and mentor APPs in the adult ICU setting. The role includes clinical leadership and coordination of staffing, education, and program development.

The supervisor supports the CC APP Manager, ensuring high-quality care and staff development across multiple units, with emphasis on credentialing and clinical excellence.

Qualifications

• Supervisory experience in healthcare leadership.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements affecting APPs.
• Ability to develop differential diagnoses and lead care teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert adult critical care clinical services in ICUs.
• Lead and mentor APPs; coordinate staffing and education.
• Oversee credentialing, privileging, and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Supervision

Critical care

Nurse Practitioner

Physician Assistant

Education & mentoring

HR management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

NP/PA graduate degree

California RN license / PA license

Job description

Job Description

The adult Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider Supervisor supervises, coordinates, and administers the practice of advanced practice professionals (APP), including nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Ensures quality of care and serves as a role model, expert clinician, and mentor. Assists with the administration and management of personnel, fiscal, and material resources.

The adult Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider Supervisor provides leadership to advanced practice providers in adult critical care and supports the adult Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider Manager. The primary managerial responsibility of the supervisor is to provide professional support in the Critical Care APP department. The primary clinical responsibility is to provide expert level critical care clinical services to patients and families in the adult intensive care units at UCSF Health.

In addition to serving as a clinician, the administrative and supervisory responsibilities fall into four major areas: Administrative; Staff Development; Education; Leadership. The primary responsibility of the adult Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider Supervisor is the direct application of expertise in the adult intensive care units at UCSF Health within the divisions of Critical Care Medicine. The individual will assume full responsibility for adult Critical Care APP clinical services in the absence of the manager.

Receives predetermined work assignments that are subject to a moderate level of control and review.

UCSF Health requires all Advanced Health Practitioners (APP) to be credentialed through OMAG to practice and be privileged through CIDP to function in their clinical role. This applies to both adult and pediatric APPs in the inpatient and outpatient clinical settings at all UCSF Health sites and affiliates. Credentialing, health plan enrollment, and approval of privileges must be completed prior to the first working day. Inability to comply with the requirements of OMAG/CIDP AT ALL TIMES will result in either, a LOA or suspension of privileges designation.

Required Qualifications

• Min 1 year experience in a supervisor, or leadership role.
• 4-6 years of recent experience as a nurse practitioner or physician assistant in adult critical care.
• Responsible for understanding and communicating an advanced knowledge of national, state, and local educational and legislative issues affecting advanced practice providers. Demonstrated knowledge of state and national regulatory requirements.
• Ability to gather clinical information, develop differential diagnoses, and create problem lists independently. Competent to direct patient management and lead care team.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively supervise a team and to manage the complex workflow and competing priorities involved with providing quality care as an Advanced Practitioner.
• Solid knowledge of the clinical and operational issues for nurse practitioners performing advanced-practice nursing within departments and specialty areas, including evaluation, testing, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as patient-care concepts, policies, outcomes measurement, quality standards, ethics issues, quality improvement, and continuing staff education and professional development.
• Strong knowledge of human resources management policies, with the ability to train, monitor, evaluate, and document staff issues and performance, and to participate in decision-making on human resources matters.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to quickly analyze problems, determine appropriate level of intervention, and develop and apply effective solutions.
• Advanced interpersonal skills for effective collaborations with all levels of clinical staff and management, consultants, researchers, and outside agencies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to train and mentor subordinates, convey complex clinical and technical information in a clear and concise manner, and to prepare and present a variety of reports, documentation, analyses, and project proposals.

Preferred Qualifications

• Related healthcare management or Nurse Practitioner III or Senior Physician Assistant experience in a highly matrixed healthcare organization.
• Knowledge of clinical and administrative software and specialized applications and data management systems used by advanced practice providers in providing advanced-practice care, research, documentation, and employee supervision.
• For PA candidates: Completion of a recognized graduate master’s degree program as a physician assistant.
• Doctorate Degree.

License/Certification

• Bachelor's Degree (also complete a recognized graduate master's degree program as an acute care/adult-geriatric acute care nurse practitioner).
• Registered Nurse in State of California (for NP applicants).
• Nurse Practitioner license in State of California (for NP applicant) or Physician Assistant license/certification in the State of California (for PA applicant).
• Possess National Provider Identification (NPI).
• California furnishing license upon hire as required by specialty.
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) License – including Schedule II.
• Current AHA BLS and ACLS.
• Current Neurocritical Care Society Emergency Neurological Life Support (ENLS) certification.
• ANCC or AANP certification as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (for NP applicants), or Certified as a Physician’s Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).

About The Team

The Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider (CC APP) team at UCSF provides expert care in the adult intensive care units at UCSF Health. The CC APPs are an element of the interdisciplinary critical care team that includes attending physicians, physicians in training, pharmacists, registered nurses, rehabilitation therapists, and UCSF students. The CC APPs provide care in all of the adult intensive care units including Cardiac, Neurologic, Medical, and Surgical intensive care units. These units provide care for patients undergoing cardiac surgery, organ transplantation, thoracic surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgical surgery, general surgery, or patients requiring complex medical management. The CC APP team collaborates with the UCSF School of Nursing and supports the UCSF Surgical and Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship. The CC APP group is active in various quality improvement, cost reduction, and professional development projects.