Job Description: Chief Advanced Practice Provider Officer

Chief Advanced Practice Provider Officer

Dartmouth Health

Dartmouth Health announces a national search for the system’s Chief Advanced Practice Provider Officer.

Dartmouth Health is a non-profit academic health system primarily serving New Hampshire and Vermont as well as patients from across New England.  As the largest private health care employer and only academic health system in New Hampshire, Dartmouth Health is an integrated health care system comprised of providers and member health care organizations committed to providing the highest quality of care to the nearly 2 million community members throughout the region.  Dartmouth Health includes, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics comprised of Dartmouth Health’s flagship hospital Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, New Hampshire and a multispecialty physician group practice, employing more than 1,500 physicians and more than 700 Advanced Practice Providers throughout New Hampshire and Vermont, with major community practice locations in Lebanon, Concord, Keene, Manchester, and Nashua, New Hampshire and Bennington, Vermont as well as through a network of smaller practice sites at over 24 locations throughout the region; Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital (Lebanon, NH), Cheshire Medical Center (Keene, NH), Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (Windsor, VT), New London Hospital (New London, NH) and the Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire (based in White River Junction, VT, offering 51 ACGME-accredited medical education training programs to nearly 450 graduate medical education residents and fellows annually, and 6 APP fellowship programs. DHMC serves as the teaching hospital for the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, the School of Nursing and Health Sciences at Colby-Sawyer College and numerous other college and university health profession programs across New Hampshire and Vermont.  Led by CEO and President Joanne M. Conroy, MD, the leadership team is invested in an era of transformation and growth and is committed to patient care, innovation, research, education, service, and financial strength.

The system’s next Chief Advanced Practice Provider Officer is responsible for providing system-wide leadership for all Advanced Practice Providers (APP) including Physician Assistants (PA) and  Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) including: Nurse Practitioners; Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM); and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA).  This includes, the oversight, direction and development of APP practice that serves to advance the strategic plan of Dartmouth Health and working collaboratively with other senior leaders to promote the highest levels of patient care, service and quality of APRNs and PAs.

This role is responsible for ensuring the appropriate utilization of APP’s including compliance with State of New Hampshire and Vermont Statutes, Federal regulations and any other regulatory bodies impacting the APP practice. Support and facilitate the integration and collaboration of services among health care professionals, focused on optimal patient care outcomes, ensuring APP practice to full extent of scope, continuing professional development, and a work environment conducive to excellence and cost effectiveness.  Works in collaboration with Dartmouth Health system members to ensure APP strategies are aligned.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced leader of Advanced Practice Providers in the areas of clinical care, research and education, practice management, teaching, and mentoring of colleagues. We are seeking a dynamic and inclusive leader for our engaged providers and support staff as they continue to optimize the quality and efficiency of our team-based services. 

Dartmouth Health is highly dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive group of faculty, staff, and trainees to meet the vast needs of our community and patient populations. We are especially interested in applicants who are able to work effectively with and care for individuals from all backgrounds, including and not limited to: racial and ethnic minorities, women, individuals who identify with LGBTQ+ communities, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and/or individuals from lower income backgrounds. We invite applicants to state in their cover letter how their professional and/or life experiences prepare them to advance Dartmouth Health’s commitments to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.

What Dartmouth Health has to offer you:

• An established and growing patient base
• A collegial work environment with all medical and other specialists, subspecialists, and members of the multidisciplinary care team
•  Strong ties to our medical school, affiliated VA Medical Center, and partnerships with many programs supporting the core training and academic growth of advanced practice providers
• A national reputation for quality at our academic medical center, Medical School, and affiliated Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
• Competitive compensation and benefits packages
• Dedicated CME time and funds
• Eligibility for faculty appointment at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

What our location in the Heart of New England has to offer you:

• Four beautiful and distinct seasons to enjoy
• Local access to mountains, hiking trails, lakes, bike routes, and winter sports venues
• Easy access to Manchester and Boston airports and major airlines
• Superb cultural opportunities locally in art, theater, and music at Dartmouth’s Hopkins Center and other local venues

Dartmouth Health is New Hampshire’s largest, and only academic, health system.   Dartmouth Health serves a population of 1.9 million patients across northern New England and provides access to more than 1,800 providers. Anchored by the academic Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, the system includes the NCI-designated Dartmouth Cancer Center, the Dartmouth Health Children’s Hospital, 5 member hospitals, 30 ambulatory clinics across the region, a Visiting Nurse Association and the Jack Byrne Center for Palliative and Hospice Care.

The Dartmouth Health system stretches over New Hampshire and Vermont and offers the quintessential New England experience. This beautiful area combines history, industry, and business and has been ranked consistently as one of the best places in the US to live and work.

Dartmouth Health and Geisel are headquartered in the historical Upper Connecticut River Valley, consisting of the 37 towns straddling the river between Vermont and New Hampshire.  The “Upper Valley” boasts cultural opportunities through venues including the Hopkins Center for the Arts and the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, as well as the Lebanon Opera House and Northern Stage in White River Junction, VT. The region is noted for its abundance of recreational activities. With destinations like Boston, New York, Montreal, the seacoast and ski country available within short driving distances, it is easy to understand why this region has ranked consistently as one of the best places in the US to live and work.

Candidates are requested to include CV, cover letter, and diversity statement in order to be considered for review by the search committee.

The cover letter should be addressed to the Co-Search Chairs:

Dwayna M. Covey, MEd

Vice President for the Center for Learning and Professional Development

Dartmouth Health System

Debra A. Fournier, APRN

Lead Advanced Practice Provider

Department of Psychiatry

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics

All candidate application material should be submitted to:

Juliann Hamblin, CPRP-DEI
Provider Recruiter Team Lead, Talent Acquisition
Dartmouth Health

Juliann.Hamblin@hitchcock.org

• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant (PA) OR an Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner (APRN) program
• Master’s degree required; Doctoral degree desirable
• Minimum of 10 years of clinical experience as a PA or APRN
• Minimum of 5 years of supervisory leadership experience including: personnel management, budget and finance, strategic planning, and project implementation
• Must have the ability to work on matters of high sensitivity and confidentiality with diplomacy and discretion.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, communication and supervisory skills are required.
• Continuous quality improvement knowledge and experience
• Affiliation with the professional organization is a strong recommendation

• Current certification by NCCPA (Physician Assistant) or Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner Certifying Board
• Current New Hampshire and Vermont PA or APRN license
• Yellow Belt certification or attained within the first year