Director Invasive Cardiology North Area

Advocate Health • Park Ridge, IL

4d • $63 - $95

About The Position

The Director Invasive Cardiology provides operational leadership across assigned care locations, integrating clinical and administrative operations to advance service-line, divisional, and enterprise priorities. In partnership with the service line leadership team, the director establishes operational plans and performance expectations, monitors operating and labor budgets, and directs corrective action to meet financial and operational targets. The role drives access, capacity, growth, and consistency across care settings and specialties, using measures such as throughput, quality, patient experience, and financial performance to guide operational decisions.

The director leads managers and supervisors through coaching, development, and performance management, and holds frontline leaders accountable for performance, quality, teammate engagement, and patient experience. The role supports recruitment, onboarding, workforce planning, and resolution of teammate concerns through frontline leaders, while ensuring compliance with organizational policies and applicable requirements.

Working with clinician leadership and the service line leadership team, the director aligns operations with clinical priorities, removes barriers, coordinates stakeholders, and implements workflow, scheduling, coverage, and resource decisions that support clinicians and patient care. The role supports clinician recruitment, onboarding, retention, and engagement through operational and administrative coordination.

The director leads improvement efforts focused on quality, safety, access, efficiency, and patient experience; uses data and benchmarking to identify risks and opportunities; and directs workforce planning and talent development. The role also develops or recommends operating and capital budgets, controls expenditures, and ensures compliance with the organization's Code of Ethical Conduct and applicable policies, regulations, and laws. Frequent local travel is required, and clinician meetings may occur before or after normal business hours. The position is full-time, with a 40-hour work week and an M-F schedule.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare or a related field.
• Typically 7 years of experience in operational leadership roles.
• Strategic thinking and the ability to translate service-line priorities into operational plans and measurable results.
• Strong operational leadership, execution, and performance-improvement skills in complex healthcare environments.
• Financial, analytical, and problem-solving acumen, including the use of data to identify risks, trends, and improvement opportunities.
• Ability to lead through managers, establish accountability, and drive results through clear expectations, coaching, and change management.
• Strong relationship-building and collaboration skills, with the ability to partner effectively with clinicians, executives, and cross-functional teams.
• Executive presence and strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to fostering an engaged, high-performing work environment.
• Frequent local travel to various care settings.
• Availability for clinician meetings that may occur before or after normal business hours, and for development and unplanned team needs.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree.
• Clinical certification, licensure, Fellow status, or previous clinical experience.

Responsibilities

• Direct clinical and administrative operations across assigned care locations, ensuring consistent execution of service-line, divisional, and enterprise priorities.
• Establish operational plans, performance expectations, and management routines in partnership with the service line leadership team.
• Monitor approved operating and labor budgets, operational performance, risks, and variances; direct corrective actions to meet targets.
• Integrate care settings and specialties to improve access, capacity, growth, and operational consistency.
• Monitor key performance indicators, including throughput, quality, experience, and financial metrics, and lead operational responses to performance trends.
• Lead managers and supervisors through coaching, development, and performance management, and hold them accountable for operational results, quality, teammate engagement, and patient experience.
• Direct recruitment, onboarding, development, and resolution of teammate concerns through frontline leaders.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and performance standards.
• Partner with clinician leadership to align operational execution with clinical priorities and care delivery needs.
• Remove operational barriers and coordinate stakeholders, workflows, scheduling, and resources to support clinician effectiveness and patient care.
• Support clinician recruitment, onboarding, retention, and engagement through operational leadership and administrative coordination.
• Optimize coverage models, scheduling, and resource allocation across sites in partnership with enterprise, divisional, local, and clinician leaders.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts in quality, safety, access, efficiency, and patient experience, including root cause analysis and corrective action follow-through.
• Use data, benchmarking, and performance reviews to identify risks, improvement opportunities, and operational priorities.
• Direct workforce planning, staffing models, recruitment support, and performance expectations through frontline leaders.
• Design and direct assigned areas, including talent development, succession planning, feedback, recognition, and performance improvement.
• Develop or recommend operating and capital budgets and control expenditures within approved objectives.
• Ensure understanding of and compliance with the organization's Code of Ethical Conduct and applicable policies, regulations, and laws.

Benefits

• Paid time off programs.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible healthcare and dependent-care expenses.
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.
• Premium pay, such as shift and on-call pay, for eligible roles.
• Incentive pay for select positions.
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director