Division Vice President Cancer Service Line - IL

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…