Advocate Health Care · 4 months ago
Vice President, Cancer National Service Line Illinois Division
Oak Brook, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$97/hr - $156/hr
10+ years expAdvocate Health Care is a leading healthcare organization, and they are seeking a Vice President for their Cancer National Service Line in Illinois Division. The role involves leading the development and implementation of new programs and services, optimizing operations, and ensuring alignment with the organization's strategic goals while enhancing clinical quality and workforce strategies.
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Responsibilities
Leads the development and implementation of new programs and services in an efficient and cost-effective manner
Leads integration and optimization of operations across the Division
Supports merger and acquisition activity, including providing subject matter expertise on candidate assessments, facility and equipment needs, existing care gaps, competitive analysis, and workforce plan adjustments
Supports efforts to achieve specialty based national certifications and accreditations to improve clinical quality, enhance payor alignment, and public recognition
Ensures alignment of performance metrics and organizational strategy across the service line and acts as a liaison of indirect service line areas as assigned by the leadership team
Leads fiscal reviews of internal resources to promote an efficient and effective environment for all departments/areas of responsibility
Responsible for overall budget related to respective NSL Division services
Ensures workforce strategy that supports the business strategy of their respective NSL Division, including staffing, aligning skills with roles, leadership development, diversity, and inclusion
Responsible for all staff selection, budgeted FTE, and maintaining salaries of workforce in accordance with policies and guidelines set by Human Resources and Finance
Responsible for enhancing existing services or creating new services across the care continuum based upon observation and development with Enterprise and Division service line stakeholders
Assesses technology, industry, professional and national developments, reimbursement trends, and market dynamics to develop short- term and long-term strategic plans
Responsible for maintaining a broad knowledge of clinical service line products and services and articulates the respective value propositions to enhance safety and health outcomes, reduce clinical variation, cost of care, and enhance revenue opportunities
Responsible for value-based care, episode bundles, and/or population health as related to the respective NSL Division services
Develops and implements specific operational goals and objectives on an annual basis in support of the hospital’s strategic plan and in concert with the overall service line plan for their respective NSL Division services
Provides thought leadership and guidance to facility and physician service group leaders on NSL related issues/decisions
Demonstrates knowledge/expertise regarding change readiness, cultural change, and impact of change on organizations
Leads and oversees quality control during the development of process maps and frameworks that support improved organizational design and alignment for the service line
Assists in defining and developing the necessary resources to appropriately support research and educational missions aligned with a premier health system
In coordination with Division presidents and Area leaders, responsible for the development of long range operational and clinical service line growth plans, growth, and performance excellence initiatives at the facility level
Supports the activities of the enterprise Foundation, participating in community events and representing their respective NSL Division to the greater marketplace
Ensures alignment with Enterprise and Division service line administrators and leaders responsible for local implementation of daily operations
Represents their respective NSL in local, state, regional and national organizations, and societies
Responsible for the social imperative initiative to create greater access to all underrepresented communities
Collaborates with marketing to enhance the brand strength of their respective NSL services
Recognizes and values research, new discoveries, novel care models, and the educational mandates of an academic learning health system; creates a clinical environment that supports and facilitates the academic missions
Qualification
Required
Bachelors degree in Healthcare Administration or Business Administration
Typically requires 10 years of experience in physician practice, healthcare administrative or strategic planning, with at least 5 years of management in/oversight of physician practices, healthcare administration, or strategic planning including developing and executing multiyear business plans
Engages in rigorous problem-solving definition, data collection, and analysis, then makes good decisions in the face of uncertainty and ambiguity; Sees the big picture and has a long-term perspective, while balancing it against short-term realities
Crafts and shares inspiring visions of attainable futures, energizes teams and drives organizational change to achieve these visions, and fosters innovation
Recognizes the critical importance of integration and collaboration in achieving high performance; Convenes and nurtures cross-system teams and works effectively in the 'white spaces.'
Experience and knowledge of the principles and practices of healthcare planning and management sufficient to manage, direct and coordinate the operation of a large, multi-specialty service line
Experience and knowledge of the medical environment, physician group practice, managed care, physician compensation, healthcare contracting, acute care delivery, ancillary services and regulations, financial and operational systems
Must possess exceptional communication skills that will foster trust, clear vision, mutual respect and positive staff and physician relations
Skill in exercising a high degree of initiative, judgment, creativity, discretion, and decision-making to achieve organizational objectives
Preferred
Masters degree in Healthcare Administration or Business Administration preferred
Specific service line knowledge preferred
Company
Advocate Health Care
Advocate Health Care is an integrated healthcare delivery system based in Illinois, United States.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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$18M2013-10-03Series Unknown· $18M
Leadership Team
Barbara Hancock
Executive Assistant to the President and Chief Operating Officer
David Rich
Clinical Practice Partner
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