Area Vice President Heart and Vascular, North Chicago

American Addiction Centers • Park Ridge, IL

19h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Area Vice President Heart and Vascular will serve as a key member of the Area’s senior management team and leadership table, providing visionary leadership and service line expertise. This role fosters a common vision for the National Service Line (NSL) and acts as an NSL representative for Division and Area(s) initiatives. The position involves collaborating with leadership to prioritize initiatives, model financial impacts, and lead monthly operational performance reviews. The Area Vice President will develop and implement annual business plans, growth strategies, and operational objectives, overseeing both ambulatory and inpatient services to ensure high standards of clinical quality, patient safety, and operational efficiency. This role also focuses on building effective teams, fostering collaboration, influencing organizational goals, and leading the integration and optimization of NSL operations. Representation in local and state forums, coordination with physician co-leaders, and management of physician contracts are also key responsibilities. The position directly manages administrative service line leaders, leads workforce strategy, and fosters a culture of engagement and accountability. Ensuring compliance with policies, improving employee experience, and collaborating on budget preparation are critical. The role identifies value capture and efficiency opportunities, monitors financial, quality, and operational metrics, champions quality improvement and patient safety, and enhances patient experience. Support for new program development, continuous quality improvement, and the academic mission, including research and education, is expected. The Area Vice President will ensure the translation of discovery into the clinical environment to offer advanced patient care.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Health or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of healthcare administrative experience.
• At least 5 years of demonstrated progressively responsible management experience overseeing clinical operations or service lines.
• Effective communication, ensuring 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 communication, relationship-building, and change management skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Must be able to operate all equipment necessary to perform the job.
• Regular travel throughout the designated Area(s).

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Participates as a member of the Area’s senior management team and leadership table, providing visionary leadership and service line expertise.
• Serves as an NSL representative for Division and Area(s) initiatives and programs.
• Collaborates with NSL, Division and Area(s) leadership to vet and prioritize major program and clinical services initiatives, and model financial impact for new business models.
• Leads Area(s) monthly operation performance reviews, monitors budget-to-actuals, investigates variances, and recommends corrective actions.
• Develops and implements annual business plans, growth strategies, and operational objectives.
• Oversees both ambulatory and inpatient services across the care continuum, ensuring high standards of clinical quality, patient safety, and operational efficiency.
• Builds effective teams, fosters collaboration, and creates an atmosphere of open communication.
• Influences others to gain support, commitment, and action across the organization.
• Supports institutional program planning for new facilities or programs.
• Leads integration and optimization of NSL operations and best practices across the Area(s), including supporting merger, acquisition, and new partnership activities.
• Represents the NSL in local and state forums, enhancing the brand and reputation of the service line.
• Coordinates with physician co-leaders to advance clinical programs and innovation.
• Collaborates with independent physician practice groups and leads negotiation, management, and oversight of physician contracts.
• Directly manages administrative service line leaders, including hiring, evaluations, development, and disciplinary procedures.
• Leads workforce strategy for the Area(s), including staffing and leadership development.
• Fosters a culture of engagement, accountability, and excellence among all teammates and physician partners.
• Ensures compliance with all organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and standards of behavior.
• Improves employee experience, maintains low turnover rates, and promotes professional development.
• Collaborates on preparation of annual operating and capital budgets, review and endorse NSL budgets and reforecasts.
• Identifies value capture and efficiency opportunities across Area(s) sites of care, create measurement and monitoring methods and tools to track realization.
• Ensures effective resource allocation, budget management, capital planning, and financial performance for all NSL services within the Area(s).
• Monitors and improves key financial, quality, and operational metrics; drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Champions quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, leveraging data and best practices to achieve superior outcomes.
• Enhances patient experience measures across all markets.
• Supports the development and implementation of new programs and services, responding to community needs and market dynamics.
• Promotes continuous quality Improvement, focusing on error reduction, process improvement, and benchmarking for growth.
• Collaborates with marketing and community relations to enhance access and awareness of NSL services.
• Supports the academic mission by facilitating research, education, and innovation within the Area(s).
• Partners with clinical and academic leaders to ensure clinical operations appropriately support educational and research programs.
• Ensures the translation of discovery into the clinical environment, offering patients the most advanced care.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Generous retirement offerings
• Programs that invest in your career development
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees