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Advocate Health Care

Nonprofit health system delivering comprehensive care

Director of Hospital Programs

Business & StrategyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBarrington, IL, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Master’s degree in Health Care Administration or a related field is required.
  • Typically requires 7 years of experience in health care administration, including 3 years of management experience in a large, complex health care organization overseeing clinical operations, growing revenue, and implementing care management and patient experience objectives.
  • Knowledge of external market forces affecting assigned hospital clinical areas, practitioners, and third-party payers.
  • Knowledge of the health care industry sufficient to manage multiple clinical programs.
  • Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite or similar products.
  • Advanced knowledge of computer applications in a medical practice setting.
  • Demonstrated success working closely with physicians and providers to foster satisfaction, effective relationships, and loyalty.
  • Knowledge of guidelines and requirements of applicable regulatory agencies.
  • Hospital Incident Command System 100 training.
  • Ability to operate all equipment necessary to perform the job.

Responsibilities

  • Provide leadership, direction, and administration over assigned operations while growing revenue and improving operating margins.
  • Direct leaders to meet fiscal responsibility and productivity standards in resource utilization, staffing patterns, and operational efficiency.
  • Ensure effective resource utilization, including length of stay and use of inpatient, home, and outpatient care to support care in the right place at the right time.
  • Implement clinical operations consistent with programs that optimize patient care practices and align with organizational initiatives.
  • Interpret marketplace changes, generate ideas, and participate in quality assurance initiatives that increase market advantage.
  • Establish goals and objectives by creating and managing structures and processes for efficient operations, superior clinical performance, and projected growth.
  • Identify opportunities to grow or improve programs and advance care management improvements.
  • Assess services and programs to ensure they meet care, quality, and state and federal regulatory standards.
  • Execute system specialty or market growth planning and business strategies.
  • Work with market and service-line leaders to integrate services, develop market-based growth strategies, and coordinate services throughout the market or system.
  • Collaborate with the governing body, management, medical staff, and clinical areas to plan, promote, and conduct quality assessment and improvement activities.
  • Implement and assess care management and patient experience initiatives, and ensure service delivery meets the expectations of patients, families, physicians, and employees.
  • Resolve provider and patient concerns not resolved at the local leadership level.
  • Develop and implement improved services and coordinate market relationships to meet patient and community needs.
  • Represent the market in the community through participation in outside organizations.
  • Ensure compliance with government regulatory agencies, accrediting bodies, and state and federal codes and requirements.
  • Interview and select employees; oversee promotions, staff development, performance evaluations, compensation changes, employee concerns, corrective actions, terminations, and employee morale.
  • Develop and recommend operating and capital budgets, and control expenditures within approved budget objectives.
  • Adhere to the organization’s Health Care Code of Ethical Conduct and ensure supervised employees comply with applicable policies, regulations, and laws.
  • Manage special projects as needed.
  • Perform other related duties as required.

About the Company

Advocate Health Care

Nonprofit health system delivering comprehensive care

Advocate Health Care is a faith-based nonprofit health system serving Illinois and Wisconsin with a network of hospitals, clinics, and providers. It delivers a broad range of medical services using current techniques and ongoing research, coordinated through clinical integration. The organization offers financial advocacy and assistance to help uninsured or underinsured patients manage hospital bills. Its goal is to improve patient care and expand access by combining high-quality medical services, financial support, and a commitment to clinical excellence.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Late Stage VC
Total funding
$18M
Headquarters
Oak Brook, IL
Founded
1976

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