Strategic Clinical Operations Director

Advocate Health Care; Oak Lawn (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health Care seeks a senior leader to direct clinical and administrative operations across care locations, implementing enterprise priorities and service line guidance.

You will partner with service line leadership to establish operational plans, monitor budgets, drive performance improvements, and ensure compliant, high-quality patient care across networks. Frequent local travel and collaboration with Nursing and clinical leaders are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in healthcare or related field.
• Typically 7 years of experience in operational leadership roles.
• Experience leading across clinical and administrative operations.

Responsibilities

• Directs clinical and administrative operations across assigned care locations to ensure priority execution.
• Establishes operational plans, performance expectations, and management routines across practices.
• Manages budgets, monitors performance, and directs corrective actions to achieve targets.
• Drives integration across care settings and specialties to improve access, capacity, growth, and consistency.
• Leads workforce oversight, recruitment, and engagement through frontline leaders.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Operational leadership

Financial analysis

Performance improvement

People management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare or related field

Job description

Advocate Health Care seeks a senior leader to direct clinical and administrative operations across care locations, implementing enterprise priorities and service line guidance.

You will partner with service line leadership to establish operational plans, monitor budgets, drive performance improvements, and ensure compliant, high-quality patient care across networks. Frequent local travel and collaboration with Nursing and clinical leaders are expected.