Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA) Manager - Transplant Surgery

Position Summary: Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin (F&MCW) seeks an experienced NP or PA to serve as APP Manager – Transplant Surgery. This role provides clinical, operational, and strategic leadership for APPs across inpatient transplant services, the Transplant ICU (TICU), consult teams, and ambulatory clinics. The manager works within a triad leadership model to support clinical excellence, program growth, workforce development, and patient safety across multi-organ transplant programs, including liver, kidney, and pancreas. The position includes ongoing clinical practice with high-acuity transplant patients. Position Highlights: Lead and develop a high-performing APP team in a nationally recognized transplant program; Provide care in high-acuity settings including TICU and multidisciplinary teams; Oversee APP recruitment, onboarding, training, and performance; Foster engagement, retention, and professional growth; Mentor APPs in transplant-specific competencies; Collaborate with transplant surgeons, physicians, intensivists, and APPs across adult and pediatric programs; Support quality, operational efficiency, and program expansion; Participate in education, research, and quality improvement.

Responsibilities

Provide clinical, operational, and strategic leadership for APPs across inpatient transplant services, the Transplant ICU (TICU), consult teams, and ambulatory clinics; Work within a triad leadership model to support clinical excellence, program growth, workforce development, and patient safety across multi-organ transplant programs, including liver, kidney, and pancreas; Provide ongoing clinical practice with high-acuity transplant patients; Lead and develop a high-performing APP team; Provide care in high-acuity settings including TICU and multidisciplinary teams; Oversee APP recruitment, onboarding, training, and performance; Foster engagement, retention, and professional growth; Mentor APPs in transplant-specific competencies; Collaborate with transplant surgeons, physicians, intensivists, and APPs across adult and pediatric programs; Support quality, operational efficiency, and program expansion; Participate in education, research, and quality improvement

Requirements

Advanced Practice Nurse: Master's Degree or higher in Nursing from a nationally accredited organization; Physician Assistant: Bachelor's Degree or higher in Physician Assistant Studies from an ARC-PA-accredited organization; Advanced Practice Nurse/Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner: Wisconsin RN License; Wisconsin Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber License; Nurse Practitioner Certification from a nationally accredited professional nursing organization; Physician Assistant: Wisconsin Physician Assistant License; Certification by National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA); American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS); American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS); Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) required within 6 months of start date; DEA registration

Nice to have

Minimum 3 years of APP experience; Strong preference for transplant, critical care, or surgical inpatient experience; Acute care nurse practitioner preferred; Will consider FNP or adult care with 2 or more years' experience on Inpatient service or ICU