Location: 825 S 8th St Ste 400, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55404-1208, United States of America
DaVita Integrated Kidney Care (IKC) is seeking a Nurse Practitioner Manager (NPM) to lead, manage, and oversee our Flex Nurse Practitioner Team.
The Nurse Practitioner Manager provides direct day-to-day management, operational oversight, and clinical leadership for a dynamic team of Nurse Practitioners deployed flexibly across multiple geographies, high-need markets, and emerging clinical lanes (CKD, ESKD, and specialized care pathways). In this role, you will be responsible for the daily supervision, coaching, performance tracking, workflow coordination, and onboarding of Nurse Practitioners to ensure that high-quality, cost-effective, and evidence-based care is delivered to complex patient populations.
You will drive daily clinical execution, quality, and productivity while participating in population health management, and supporting the overall viability of the program. This role functions autonomously with direct accountability for team operations and performance, yet in close partnership with leadership, dyad partners, and clinical peers on quality initiatives, capacity planning, outcomes and performance measurements, and strategy.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities
Day-to-Day Clinical Leadership & Team Oversight
- Serve as the clinical lead and direct day-to-day manager for a team of NPs, actively supervising and overseeing their daily work, schedules, and clinical execution.
- Ensure NP quality and productivity on a daily basis, including documenting findings, appropriate diagnoses, closing plan of care gaps, and accurate diagnosis capture to the highest level of specificity.
- Provide ongoing clinical guidance, coaching, and regular case-level training to NPs to improve understanding of CKD, ESKD, and commonly associated chronic conditions.
- Manage daily workflow, task allocation, and patient coverage across diverse market assignments to ensure balanced caseloads and optimal productivity.
Performance Metric Execution & Quality Assurance
- Drive the execution of team performance metrics, clinical quality goals, patient engagement targets, and productivity benchmarks across all assigned markets and lanes.
- Monitor, analyze, and leverage operational and clinical performance dashboards to identify trends, address metric variances, and implement targeted action plans.
- Conduct routine clinical competency evaluations, chart audits, and quality reviews to maintain high documentation integrity and achieve programmatic clinical outcomes.
Clinical Resource & Complex Case Support
- Serve as an expert clinical resource and trusted advisor for NPs, providing accessible, real-time clinical and documentation guidance and support for complex, high-risk patient escalations.
- Assist NPs in navigating complex clinical decision-making, comorbid disease management, and transition-of-care barriers, partnering as needed with specialized resources, interdisciplinary care teams, and external providers.
Hiring, Onboarding, & Teammate Development
- Support NP hiring efforts and lead the end-to-end onboarding, clinical orientation, and training of new NPs.
- Conduct regular 1-on-1s, clinical competency evaluations, chart audits, and performance reviews to drive continuous improvement, accountability, and professional growth.
- Address day-to-day teammate escalations, performance gaps, and operational barriers promptly and effectively.
Clinical & Operational Strategy
- Serve as a key leader of clinical and operational strategy, working in partnership with team leadership, clinical peers, and dyad partners.
- Identify opportunities to streamline daily NP workflows, eliminate operational bottlenecks, and focus management intensity on high-risk, high-utilization members.
- Partner across market lanes to dynamically align and optimize Flex NP resources where patient need and coverage intensity are greatest.
Regulatory Compliance & Standards
- Know and comply with DaVita policies and procedures in accordance with State and Federal regulations for patient care and services (CMS, HIPAA, OSHA, or other governing agencies).
- Uphold standards necessary to maintain organizational accreditation (such as NCQA) and State or Federal regulations of Injury Prevention and Safety Training programs.
- Ensure team adherence to state-specific nurse practitioner scope of practice, credentialing, and collaborative practice agreements across all active operating jurisdictions.
Other duties as assigned.
Required Experience
- Supervisory / Leadership: At least 2 years' experience in direct supervision, management, or clinical leadership, with demonstrated success managing day-to-day clinical operations, driving team performance metrics, productivity, and quality benchmarks.
- Clinical Experience: 4+ years of NP experience; experience in population health, Primary/Family Care, internal medicine, and/or nephrology a plus.
- Risk & Documentation: Experience documenting and coding from a value-based risk perspective and conducting health risk assessments on high-risk/chronically ill patients.
- Education: Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) (required) or Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) (preferred) from an accredited program.
- Licensure & Certification:
- Active, unrestricted APRN / Nurse Practitioner license (FNP, AGNP, ACNP, or related specialty).
- National Board Certification (AANP or ANCC).
- Core Competencies:
- Demonstrated proficiency in clinical assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, documentation, and evaluation regarding the needs and care of chronic disease.
- Deals with confidential information and/or issues using discretion and judgment.
- Strong competency in EHR systems (Cerner, Epic), dictation software, and telehealth platforms.
- Minimum of Intermediate computer skills and proficiency in MS 365.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, organizational skills, and strong attention to detail.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in value-based care, population health, CKD/ESKD management, complex chronic disease, primary care, or palliative care models.
- Demonstrated proficiency in compliant risk-adjustment documentation, Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC) coding, and comprehensive Health Risk Assessments.
- Proven track record managing remote or travel/flex clinical teams across multi-state footprints.
- Exceptional organizational agility, communication, and interpersonal skills to build trust across distributed teams and cross-functional partners.
The Salary Range for the role is $141,000.00 - $175,000.00 per year.