Advocate Health Care

Area Vice President Clinical Delivery Service Line Administration

Advocate Health Care$113K — $144K *
Healthcare
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration or related field required
  • Minimum 10 years of healthcare administrative experience required
  • At least 5 years of management experience overseeing clinical operations
  • Strong skills in communication, healthcare planning, and financial management
  • Proven ability to lead large, multispecialty service lines in complex environments

Responsibilities

  • Provide leadership as part of senior management in the Northern Wisconsin market
  • Represent the service line in initiatives focused on access, engagement, and quality
  • Evaluate and model the financial impact of clinical initiatives
  • Lead monthly performance reviews and monitor budgets
  • Oversee ambulatory services, ensuring clinical quality and operational efficiency
  • Build and lead high-performing teams promoting collaboration and accountability
  • Develop business plans and growth strategies aligned with organizational priorities

Benefits

  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits including medical and dental
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match
  • Educational Assistance Program
Full Job Description

Department:

09388 AMG Corporate - Clinical Services: System Primary Care

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Schedule varies based on responsibilities.

Pay Range:

$86.75 - $138.80

Major Responsibilities
  • Participates as a member of Service Line senior management, providing leadership and subject matter expertise across the Northern Wisconsin market.
  • Represents the Service Line in Division and Area initiatives related to access, teammate engagement, patient experience, and quality.
  • Partners with leadership to evaluate, prioritize, and model financial impact of strategic programs and clinical initiatives.
  • Leads monthly operational performance reviews, monitors budgets, analyzes variances, and implements corrective actions.
  • Develops and implements annual business plans, growth strategies, and operational objectives aligned with Service Line and Area priorities.
  • Oversees ambulatory services across the care continuum, ensuring clinical quality, patient safety, and operational efficiency.
  • Builds and leads high-performing teams, fostering collaboration, engagement, and accountability.
  • Supports program planning for new facilities and services; leads integration and optimization of operations and best practices.
  • Partners with physician and nursing leaders to advance clinical programs and innovation.
  • Leads negotiation, oversight, and management of physician contracts to ensure alignment with organizational objectives.
  • Directly manages service line administrative leaders, including hiring, development, performance management, and disciplinary actions.
  • Leads workforce strategy, including staffing, leadership development, and retention efforts.
  • Collaborates on development and management of operating and capital budgets and long-term financial planning.
  • Identifies and implements efficiency opportunities and value capture initiatives across sites of care.
  • Monitors financial, quality, and operational performance metrics and drives continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Champions patient safety, quality improvement, and patient experience efforts in partnership with clinical leadership.
  • Supports development and implementation of new programs and services based on community and market needs.
  • Partners with marketing and community relations to enhance access and awareness of services.
  • May support academic mission by aligning clinical operations with research, education, and innovation initiatives.
  • Leads talent management processes including performance management, succession planning, and team development.
  • Ensures compliance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and ethical standards.

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Health, or related field.

Certification / Registration / License

  • None required.

Work Experience

  • Minimum of 10 years of healthcare administrative experience, including at least 5 years of progressively responsible management experience overseeing clinical operations or service lines.
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
  • Strong communication skills with ability to promote transparency and collaboration.
  • Demonstrated expertise in healthcare planning, operations, and financial management.
  • Proven ability to lead large, multispecialty service lines in a complex, matrixed environment.
  • Exceptional relationship-building and change management capabilities.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions
  • Standard office environment.
  • Ability to operate equipment necessary to perform job duties.
  • Regular travel throughout assigned Area(s).

Preferred Job Requirements

Education

  • Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Health, or related field, or a terminal degree such as PhD, JD, or PharmD.

Certification / Registration / License

  • Not specified.

Experience

  • Not specified.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

  • Not specified.

Disclaimer

All responsibilities and requirements are subject to modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. This job description does not imply these are the only duties to be performed by the employee. Employees are expected to perform other job-related duties as assigned by leadership.

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

  • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training

  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job

  • Incentive pay for select positions

  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

  • Paid Time Off programs

  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability

  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses

  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave

  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

  • Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.


About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system providing comprehensive health care services to the people of Illinois. The organization is the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois, with more than 500 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, five Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area’s largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region’s largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $1.6 billion in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2019.
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75,000 employees
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Founded
1976

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