Hartz Search is excited to announce the placement of Dr. April Tinsley as the Vice President of Clinical Performance at Kaiser Permanente!
After an extensive national search, Kaiser Permanente selected April Tinsley as the Vice President of Clinical Performance. Dr. April Tinsley will have national accountability and provide strategic leadership to drive nursing performance initiatives and strategies through the Program Office Department of National Patient Care Services (NPCS) and work collaboratively with leaders across all KP markets. April will report directly to the SVP, National Patient Care Services & Chief Nurse Executive, and is responsible for leading and operationalizing the national strategy for nursing practice to include monitoring, measuring, and improving clinical and operational performance metrics. This role also leads the management of national consulting services that align to and advance excellence in Nursing Quality & Safety, Nursing Care Experience, Care Without Delay, Maternal Child Health, Pharmacy collaboration, Nursing Clinical Practice, Evidence-Based Nursing Practice, and Scope of Nursing Practice Standards.
Our sincere congratulations to Dr. April Tinsley and Kaiser Permanente!
April joins Kaiser after holding multiple roles at Ascension in St. Louis, MO. While at Ascension, she held multiple progressive leadership roles at a national system level with responsibility and oversite of 2,600 sites of care, including 142 hospitals and 40 senior living facilities. Her portfolio includes a proven track record in Nursing Leadership, Performance Improvement, Clinical Practice and Operations, Person Family Engagement, and Consumer Relationship Management.
April most recently held the title of National Vice President of Ascension Clinical Operations, Nursing Center of Excellence, where she was responsible for nursing transformation throughout the organization, particularly concerning nursing practice, retention, and leadership development. She was successful in creating the Nursing Center of Excellence and built a community of 60,000 nurses and nursing support professionals across the continuum for them to develop and embrace a growth mindset and create opportunities for nurses to flourish personally and professionally.
April holds a BSN from Barnes College of Nursing at the University of Missouri and an MBA from Lindenwood University. She has also pursued her Doctorate Nursing Practice in Executive Leadership from Baylor University, which she received in December 2023.
Kaiser Permanente, commonly known simply as Kaiser, is an integrated managed care consortium, based in Oakland, California. Kaiser Permanente is made up of three distinct but interdependent groups of entities: the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and its regional operating subsidiaries; Kaiser Foundation Hospitals; and the regional Permanente Medical Groups. Kaiser Permanente operates in eight states (Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, Maryland, Virginia, and Georgia) and the District of Columbia, and is the largest managed care organization in the United States.
Kaiser Permanente is one of the largest nonprofit healthcare plans in the United States, with over 12 million members. It operates 39 hospitals and more than 700 medical offices, with over 300,000 personnel, including more than 87,000 physicians and nurses.