Inova Fairfax Hospital is looking for a dedicated Advanced Practice Provider Lead (NP/PA) for Advanced Heart Failure to join the team. This role will be a full-time role.
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
The APP Lead is a role that exists only for Inova Service Lines. The APP Lead is charged with optimizing daily function of and care delivery provided by Apps. The role serves as the direct supervisor for front-line APP providers in a Service Line.
Featured Benefits:
• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision
coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on
your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in
education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their
spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy
sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work
schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.
Job Responsibilities
monitors day-to-day APP performance and manages and coaches APPs on clinical and operational work functions, in partnership with site leaders and collaborating physicians
Works with the APP Manager, site leaders and collaborating physicians:
Recruiting and on-boarding APPs into the Service Line
Implement practice agreements and DOPs
Set individual APP professional advancement/training plans, productivity ramp-ups and work schedules
Implement billing standards for APPs
Develop APP communications
Develop SL education curriculum for APPs
Provides input to the APP Manager on strategies to optimize the use of APPs in the Service Line, including role of APPs as members of the care team, APP competencies and professional advancement ladder, onboarding/training strategy, productivity targets, staffing levels, leadership model, and communications strategy
Assists the APP Manager in other duties as assigned
Additional Responsibilities
Key liaison between APPs, nursing, physicians and other providers
Promotes psychological safety among all APPs
Focuses on improving the quality of care delivered by APPs
Upholds and promotes Inova’s mission, vision, values, and care imperatives
Straight line reporting to Service Line APP Manager (where in place) or Executive APP Director
Dotted line reporting to relevant Service Line physician leader (e.g., Section/Division Chiefs, Unit/Practice/Program Directors)
The APP Lead is an experienced APP who is charged with overseeing the daily functions of and care delivery provided by APPs in a Service Line
The APP Lead serves as the direct supervisor for front-line APP providers in a Service Line
Requirements
Graduate of accredited NP or PA program
Current board certification and license to practice in Virginia
Specialty trained, where appropriate
3 to 5 years experience as an APP
BLS with American Heart Association
We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 25,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.
Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.
We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.
Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.
We are Inova, Northern Virginia and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. With expertise and compassion, we partner with our patients to help them stay healthy. We treat illness, heal injury and look at a patient’s whole health to help them flourish. Through our expansive network of hospitals, primary and specialty care practices, emergency and urgent care centers, and outpatient services, Inova provides care for more than 1 million unique patients every year. Total patient visits exceed 4 million annually, demonstrating our ability to deliver the best clinical care and ensuring a seamless experience for all who rely on us for their healthcare needs.
Consistently ranked and recognized as a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience, Inova’s world-class care is made possible by the strength and breadth of our network, our 26,000 team members, our technology and our innovation. In 2025, Inova was named the Health System of the Year by Press Ganey, a national leader in healthcare experience, recognizing our excellence in patient care, team member engagement, and commitment to continuous improvement.
Inova is home to Northern Virginia’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and Level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and provides high-quality healthcare to each person in every community we are privileged to serve – regardless of ability to pay – every day of their life. More information about Inova can be found at www.inova.org.
