Lead APP - Nantucket Cottage Hospital

APP Lead - NANTUCKET COTTAGE HOSPITAL

APP Lead - Emergency Medicine PA/NP

Full-Time

Interested in joining a physician-owned and physician-led emergency medicine group?  BlueWater Health is seeking an experienced Emergency Medicine PA or NP for full-time work as APP Lead at our Nantucket Cottage Hospital location on Nantucket Island, MA.

About the Position:

The Local APP Lead will, in conjunction with BlueWater's Director of APPs for the South Region and the Medical Director(s) at NCH, help build a strong team of collaborative Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants for BlueWater,  specifically for the NCH location.

The Primary role will be to serve as a lead for all APPs, counting as stakeholders:

• The Medical Director(s) at Nantucket Cottage Hospital
• BlueWater's South Region Director of APPs
• The APPs at the NCH location

Responsibilities include:

• Assessing APP staffing needs and scheduling APPs
• Help to create a culture of teamwork
• Serving as a role model for APPs
• Attending department meetings, as expected of all staff APPs
• Conducting APP specific meetings on a regular basis based on local need, no less than twice yearly
• Coordinating APP student rotation in conjunction with both BW central office and the Medical Director
• Acting as a resource for the Medical Directors to provide input on clinical and workflow processes in clinical facilities as it pertains to the APPs
• Participating in the recruiting and interviewing of prospective candidates for employment with BlueWater, for both physicians and APPs
• Onboarding of new APPs
• Maintaining a positive relationship with APPs in order to understand issues specific to APPs

Reports to:

• Local Medical Director(s)
• A secondary reporting line to the BlueWater Director of Advanced Practice Providers for the Southern Region

Clinical Role:

• Highly capable clinical skills in Emergency Medicine
• Works clinically within BlueWater's South Region and willing to work where leadership is needed within their region

Benefits include:

• Yearly stipend w/ administrative time credit toward FTE
• Additional leadership training opportunities

• Competitive Compensation and Best-in-Class Benefits Package (fully covered Family Health, Dental, Disability Insurance)
• Generous company-direct Health Savings Account (HSA) contributions
• 401k contributions and Guaranteed Profit Sharing
• Malpractice Insurance
• Generous CME allowance
• Travel Stipend
• Housing Provided
• 10-hour shifts

About Nantucket Cottage Hospital:

Since 1911, Nantucket Cottage Hospital has cared for island residents and visitors with compassion and integrity. Today, more than 100 years since the founding, the hospital is providing more care to more people than ever before by leveraging advanced technology and forging new partnerships.

Through their affiliation with Massachusetts General Hospital, NCH is able to give Nantucket residents and visitors the best of both worlds: the comfort and familiarity of a small, community hospital and the world-class medical resources of one of the finest hospitals in the country.

About the Area:

Nantucket, an island off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is a summer destination with dune-backed beaches. It’s marked by unpainted cedar-shingled buildings, many surrounded by manicured privets. The wharves and cobblestoned streets of the Town of Nantucket are lined with restaurants, high-end boutiques and steepled churches. 

BlueWater Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.