Senior Vice President Access and Care Coordination

Department:

12906 Enterprise Corporate - Administration: Clinical EnterpriseStatus:

Full timeBenefits Eligible:

YesHours Per Week:

40Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Days Monday-Friday

Compensation grade 5027

Accountable for revolutionizing the way we understand, predict, and consistently deliver on the needs of patients and the population – by building a pervasive, AI-powered orchestration engine that consistently drives access to the right care, the right way, and every time.

Responsible for providing enterprise-wide strategic and operational leadership for Advocate Health’s integrated care coordination, navigation and patient flow ecosystem through:

• Building core capabilities

• Optimizing resources

• Scaling solutions

• Accelerating impact

• Monetizing platforms

• Driving superior outcomes (agreed upon KPIs)

Responsible for optimizing inpatient and ambulatory care management, care transitions, care navigation and coordination, access, and patient flow across the continuum, creating platform, processes and structure that ensure inpatient, ambulatory, and virtual care operations function as a single, integrated system across the enterprise.

To achieve key system strategic priorities and platform solution builds the role must partner closely with physicians, nursing, IT, Virtual Health, Clinical Transformation, operations, strategy, and divisional leadership throughout the health system to translate enterprise strategy and design into coordinated execution at scale and in a way that is financial sustainable. Specifically, rewiring, designing, developing and implementing the end –to-end orchestration of Care Management, and the PACT (Patient Access & Care Team), with accountability for clinical outcomes, access, throughput, patient experience, and total cost of care.

This position is accountable at the enterprise level, setting up system standards, driving performance through data and technology enablement, and leading large, complex teams across multiple geographies and care settings.

Major Responsibilities:

• Serve as an operational architect, shaping access,efficiencyand continuumoptimization in designingsolutions and as the primary point of contact for the vetting of Mission Control primary and secondary impacts for all technology, algorithms, care pathways, etc. that wouldimpactpatient care access and/or care coordination.

• Serve as the enterprise “mission control” leader for care coordination, patient flow, and access acrossthe care continuum.

• Translateclinicalenterprise and system strategy into integrated operating models, priorities, and performance expectations forall “mission control” functions and capabilities.

• Establish enterprise-wide governance, decision rights, escalation pathways, and standard work for patient progression and care coordination.

• Provide executive leadership and strategic direction forInpatient Care Management,Ambulatory Care Managementand Care Coordination,UtilizationManagement and Care Transitions (as applicable within enterprise scope)

• Ensure consistent clinical standards, workflows, and performance metrics while enabling local flexibility whereappropriate.

• Drive integration across care settings to reduce fragmentation, improve outcomes, andoptimizelength of stay, readmissions, and post‑acute transitions.

• Provide enterprise oversight of the PACT Call Center, aligning access, triage, and navigation functions with clinical care management strategies.

• Ensure the call centeroperatesas a clinical front door and command center, tightly integrated with ambulatoryteams (and inpatient whereappropriate)

• Leverage digital tools, analytics, and workforce models to improve access, responsiveness, and patient experience.

• Responsible for clinical quality and outcomes in the areas where clinical care is delivered as part of the “mission control” platform.

• Accountable for deployinghighly reliablepeople, processes and technology that drive an integrated and high performing patient experience for every encounter.

• Responsible foroptimizingoperational efficiencies and performance of areas withinscopeof responsibility.

• Responsible for creating and operationalizing financially sustainable models of care.

• Usesadvanced analytics andreal-timedata toanticipatedemand, manage capacity, and drive proactive interventions.

• Partner withkey corporate partners and stakeholdersto ensure transparency and accountability for outcomes and act as a key enterprise partner to physician, nursing, and clinical executives, ensuring alignment between care delivery models and operational execution.

• Collaborate with market, medical group, and hospital leadership to deploy enterprise models while respecting local operational realities.

• Influence system-wide change through matrixed leadership, not direct authority alone.

• Setsexpectations,identifydependencies, duplicativeeffortsand handoffs, clarifyownershipand prioritize work

• Lead and develop senior leaders across multiple portfolios and geographies.

• Build a high-performing, accountable leadership team grounded in Advocate Health values.

• Serve as an executive role model for collaboration, urgency, anddata-drivendecision making.

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:

None Required.

Education Required:

Master’s degree in healthcare administration, Business Administration, Nursing, Medicine, or related field (or equivalent experience). Minimum15+ years of progressive leadership experience in healthcare, including enterprise ormultimarketscope.

Experience Required:

• Demonstrated success leading large, complex clinical or operational organizations across multiple care settings.

• Deepexpertisein care management, patient flow, access, and clinical operations.

• Proven ability tooperateat the executive strategy level while driving disciplined execution.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

Exposed to a normal office environment.

Some travel necessary

Position will be remote based with a strong preference to live within one of the Advocate Health main states, NC, GA, IL, WI.

DISCLAIMER

All responsibilities and requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only responsibilities to be performed by an employee occupying this job or position. Employees must follow any other job-related instructions and perform any other job-related duties requested by their leaders.

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

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

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