Division Vice President Cancer Service Line - IL

Advocate Health Care; Oak Brook (IL); On-site; USD 137,415 - 219,864; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization based in Illinois seeks a Division Vice President for its Cancer Service Line. This key role demands a visionary leader with over 10 years of experience in healthcare administration and a proven track record in management, strategic planning, and operational performance. The incumbent will coordinate cancer services, manage financial performance, and build relationships with physicians to align goals with organizational strategy. A bachelor's degree is required, and a master's degree is preferred. The position offers competitive compensation based on experience.

Qualifications

• Typically requires 10 years of experience in healthcare administration or strategic planning.
• At least 5 years of management experience in physician practices or healthcare administration.
• Experience developing and executing multiyear business plans is required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee strategic and operational performance of the Cancer National Service Line.
• Lead development and implementation of programs in a cost-effective manner.
• Ensure the alignment of performance metrics with organizational strategy.
• Develop short-term and long-term strategic plans based on technological and market dynamics.
• Enhance existing services and create new services across the care continuum.

Skills

Problem-solving

Leadership

Healthcare planning

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration or Business Administration

Master's degree in Healthcare Administration or Business Administration

Job description

Overview

Division Vice President, Cancer Service Line (IL)

This role is administratively responsible for strategic oversight and operational performance of the Cancer National Service Line services across their division. They co-lead the strategy council with physician co-leaders, focusing on clinical quality and operational excellence; manages both ambulatory outpatient and acute inpatient services, including various specialties. Reports to the Enterprise National Service Line (NSL) Administrative Leader and works in a dyad leadership model with the Division-Based physician leader to advance programs for clinical quality, growth, innovation, and affordability. Key responsibilities include supervising administrative service line leaders, coordinating inpatient and outpatient services, building strong physician relations, and ensuring strong financial performance. The incumbent must be a visionary leader with a proven track record in hospital/service line operations, patient experience, and employee engagement. They must also excel in building effective relationships with physicians and stakeholders to align goals with the enterprise\\'s strategic vision across a highly matrixed environment. This division leader has accountability for end-to-end service line operations across the full care continuum as well as participation in strategic work in support of REWIRE 2030, the Advocate Health strategic plan.

Major 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.

Licensure, Registration, And/or Certification Required

• None

Education Required

• Bachelors degree in Healthcare Administration or Business Administration.
• Masters degree in Healthcare Administration or Business Administration preferred

Experience Required

• 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.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required

• 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. Specific service line knowledge preferred.
• 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.

Physical Requirements And Working Conditions

• Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.
• Exposed to a normal office environment

Salary Range: $99.75 - $159.60/hour

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.