Director of APP (CRNA) - Surgical Services
Company: Stamford American International Hospital
Location: Stanford
Posted on: March 4, 2026
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Job Description:
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(United States of America) Stanford Health Care is a 600 bed
quaternary academic medical center and in complex, high-acuity
care, innovation, research, and education. With nearly 100
operating rooms, Stanford delivers highly specialized surgical and
procedural care across a wide range of inpatient, outpatient, and
interventional service lines, supporting one of the most advanced
perioperative environments. As surgical volume, patient acuity, and
procedural complexity continue to grow, Stanford Health Care is
committed to transforming and continuously elevating anesthesia
care delivery through evidence-based practice, interdisciplinary
collaboration, and forward-thinking workforce models. The
organization places strong emphasis on professional practice,
innovation, quality improvement, education, and research to advance
patient outcomes and clinician experience. The CRNA workforce has
grown to more than 50 CRNAs, providing comprehensive anesthesia
coverage across diverse clinical settings. The CRNA Director plays
a pivotal role in transforming and elevating CRNA practice within
the operating rooms, ensuring excellence in clinical care while
advancing professional practice standards, leadership development,
and academic engagement. In addition to CRNA leadership, this role
includes oversight and collaboration with other advanced practice
providers across the perioperative and interventional platforms,
supporting integrated, team-based models of care. The CRNA Director
partners closely with anesthesiology leadership, surgical teams,
nursing, APP leaders, and executive stakeholders to drive
innovation, research participation, quality improvement
initiatives, and practice advancement within a rapidly evolving
academic environment. This role is instrumental in shaping the
future of CRNA practice at Stanford Health Care strengthening
clinical excellence, fostering professional growth, advancing
scholarly and quality work, and ensuring the sustainability of a
high-performing perioperative workforce aligned with Stanford’s
mission and values. This is a Stanford Health Care job. A Brief
Overview Provides direction and supervision for Advanced Practice
Providers (APPs) including Nurse Practitioners (NP), Physician
Assistants (PA), Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) and
Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) in designated in-patient and
out-patient services lines in collaboration with the Center for
Advanced Practice. Leads and supports advanced practice to ensure
quality and efficient patient care and ensuring all clinical
standards are met. Assists with identifying, measuring and
evaluating clinical and departmental outcomes and provides
direction and oversight of hiring, onboarding, terminating and
managing disciplinary action within the Service Line. The Director
will be responsible for staffing allocation, ensuring independent
practice where appropriate and the presence of consistent and fair
coverage across the Service Line. The Director also supports both
clinical operational teams including CRNA and APP leadership within
the perioperative and procedural environments on Interventional
Platform, ensuring high standards in surgery and anesthesia care
delivery, fostering collaboration between CRNAs, anesthesiologists,
surgeons, and APPs along with cross collaboration with
Interventional Platform teams in advancing the clinical and
professional practice in alignment with Stanford Health Cares
mission, regulatory compliance, and patient safety initiatives.
Locations Stanford Health Care What you will do Responsible for the
recruitment, hiring, orientation, onboarding, ongoing mentorship
and preceptorship and managing Service Line APPs and CRNAs in
collaboration with Service Line operational and medical leadership
and the Center for Advanced Practice. In conjunction with
operational leaders, allocates staffing and ensures appropriate
coverage of patient care needs during transitions or leave of
physicians or APPs. Provides leadership and direction for the other
operational clinical teams as well as the CRNA and APP teams in
collaboration with the Department of Anesthesiology and Surgery,
including staffing models, onboarding, scope of practice, and
quality of care. Coordinates and integrates independent practice
and monitors quality of care within and among the sections to
achieve desired goals and outcomes. Oversees the quality of
clinical practices and procedures for Staff APPs and Lead APPs in
collaboration with medical leadership. Partners with physician
leadership to advance multidisciplinary collaboration and optimize
anesthesia service line operations. Collaborates with operational
managers to implement and evaluate new programs in conjunction with
division/service physicians and hospital and clinic leadership.
Collaborates with faculty, patient care directors, clinic managers,
nursing staff and support services to determine staffing standards
and ensure the appropriate number of APP staff; assessing
scheduling practices based on service requirements, establishing
productivity guidelines, and monitoring implementation of these
guidelines and scheduling practices. Manages patient care, human
resources, systems and workflow processes to achieve and maintain a
budget neutral status. Demonstrated leadership in CRNA, APP, or
anesthesia practice, including regulatory compliance, scope of
practice, and team-based perioperative models. Participates in the
Interdisciplinary Practice Committee and other APP leadership
committees as appropriate. Supports CRNA professional development
and credentialing, and participates in privileging processes and
ongoing competency validation. Provides mentorship and assists Lead
APPs and staff APPs to accomplish inpatient and outpatient patient
care mission and goals. Collaborates with perioperative and
surgical services leadership to ensure CRNA and APP coverage and
workflow support for all procedural and operative sites. Initiates
and maintains an organizational structure for the APPs and creates
a culture that facilitates collaboration and participation within
the service line. Works collaboratively with the Center for
Advanced Practice and the Nursing Shared Leadership structure in
developing house wide APP initiatives. Aligns CRNA and APP practice
with evolving perioperative models such as care pathways with
surgical optimization clinics, and other institutional initiatives.
Communicates institutional and service line goals, develops a plan
collaboratively for implementation and then operationalize quality
goals and improvements in patient care. Fosters collaborative
relationships between CRNAs and physician anesthesiologists within
an academic medical center or integrated health system. Collects,
analyzes and synthesizes clinical, quality, financial and outcomes
data for effective decision-making. Serves on appropriate
leadership committees in the Service Line and provides routine
updates at those meetings to promote necessary changes and report
on quality/outcomes data. Education Qualifications Masters degree
in a related field from an accredited college or university
Graduation from an accredited Nurse Anesthesia program Experience
Qualifications Minimum of five (5) years of experience as an
Advanced Practice Provider In addition, five (5) years of broad and
extensive experience managing and leading programs, work units or
departments of comparable size, scope and complexity Minimum of
five (5) years of CRNA experience with at least five (5) years in a
leadership, supervisory, or administrative role within anesthesia
services preferred Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Demonstrated experience providing effective staff supervision,
including planning and assigning work according to the nature of
the job to be accomplished, the capabilities of subordinates and
available resources; controlling work through periodic reviews
and/or evaluations; determining subordinates training needs and
arranging for such training; motivating subordinates to work
effectively; determining the need for disciplinary action and
either recommending or initiating disciplinary action Ability to
lead investigations and mitigation strategies related to adverse
events or clinical incidents involving CRNA and APP care. Knowledge
of anesthesia billing practices, preoperative optimization
pathways, and intraoperative workflows involving CRNA and
APP-delivered care. Knowledge of professional nursing theory,
clinical practice standards, medical practice guidelines, and scope
of APP roles. Ability to evaluate anesthesia-specific quality and
safety metrics, and drive performance improvement projects related
to anesthesia outcomes. Demonstrated experience providing
leadership and promote change in a positive manner that supports
all employees of the department and health system Demonstrated
experience independently seeking out resources and solving complex
problems under stressful and/or crisis situations Demonstrated
experience communicating effectively with APPs, team leaders,
patients, families, visitors, healthcare team, physicians,
administrators, leadership, and others Ability to prepare reports
and presentations Demonstrated proficiency in using standard
business software applications and ability to quickly learn new
software programs Demonstrated experience providing leadership in
clinical area of expertise and in meeting organizational goals
Demonstrated experience to navigate the Hospital to provide
clinical expertise to specific patient populations Knowledge of the
principles and practices of leadership and management, including
planning, organizing, directing, motivating, controlling and
decision making; organization and operation of hospitals; standards
and requirements relating to compliance with external regulatory,
accrediting, and certifying bodies for assigned programs/areas of
responsibility; principles and practices of human resources
management, employee relations, organizational behavior, program
planning, and financial management Demonstrated ability to sell a
vision, strategic planning/thinking abilities, values diversity and
team work; collaborative work style, demonstrates integrity and
ethics in conduct and decision-making, demonstrates initiative,
creativity and flexibility, demands accountability of self and
others, even when "others" are not direct reports Licenses and
Certifications CRNA - Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
required These principles apply to ALL employees: SHC Commitment to
Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience Stanford
Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an
exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates
for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute
C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each
other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience
and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions.
Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and
families to focus on health, healing and recovery. You will do this
by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient
and family’s perspective: Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status
to deliver effective care Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my
actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health Coordinate
for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination Equal
Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values
diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and
non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including
the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate
against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual
orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age,
national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status,
medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or
disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all
genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with
disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified
applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an
individualized assessment of the conviction and the job
requirements. Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $119.11 -
$157.83 per hour The salary of the finalist selected for this role
will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not
limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and
training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.
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