VP, Clinical Operations

The Vice President, Clinical Operations is a member of the Carle leadership team and serves as part of a dyad leadership team with the medical director and works closely with the administrative team and associate medical directors in Carle's specialty care division. The Vice President also collaborates with physician and administrative leaders across the Carle Health System to advance Carle's key strategic goals. The Vice President, Clinical Operations is responsible to supervise overall business and clinical operations, lead quality improvement initiatives, oversee financial performance, and ensure optimal patient experience.

The Vice President, Clinical Operations will have an entrepreneurial focus and record of growing clinical services, combined with a strong skill set for operations and clinical program development. The Vice President, Clinical Operations will have responsibility for planning, directing, and coordinating initiatives related to quality, growth, patient experience/customer service, physician group practice management, and advancement of clinical teaching and research activity. The Vice President provides executive leadership to support the delivery of care and services and across Carle Health System and the communities we serve.

Certifications:

• N/A

Education:

• Master's Degree - Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or related.

Work Experience:

• Healthcare leadership - 5 years (Director level, VP preferred)

Specialized Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to lead groups from various professional backgrounds, help set priorities, focus the team and others on what's important and sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal.
• Energized, enthusiastic, passionate, and engaged leader with strong intellect and creativity.
• Advanced communication skills.
• Dynamic and empowering leader who possesses a positive attitude that will impart a vision for excellence across Carle Health System
• Focused on developing strategic plans and priorities to effectively achieve established goals and vision.
• Skilled decision-making capability that allows for openness, resolution, and ethical decision making, with high personal integrity with the ability to create, build and foster trust.

• Establish a patient-centric leadership approach.
• Develop a strong administrative leadership team
• Manage and support operational, clinical, and program development goals.
• In collaboration with Medical Director, develop a strategic plan for each clinical area.
• Build credibility and trust with physicians, senior leadership and staff across the organization.
• Facilitate collaborative communication

• Exchange of information between clinical institute, clinic division and departments, hospital leadership groups, and ambulatory clinics.
• Define processes to clearly report quality and financial outcomes.
• Create a shared vision to work collaboratively to achieve a common vision.
• Ensure clinical and operational performance contributes to the overall financial health of the system.
• Oversight of budgeting processes and management of operational budget.
• Responsible for building a dynamic team dedicated to attaining optimal outcomes.

• Be sure that the human, financial and material resources are aligned to produce successful operational results and of a competitive market advantage in the following areas: financial outcomes, customer service, work force (physician & support staff) capability and patient experience and service.
• Monitor employee performance and ensure timely communication of goals, performance evaluations and continued personnel development.
• Provide leadership, vision, and management to assigned departments.
• Set departmental strategic direction and develop appropriate tactical plans to meet current and future strategic objectives Support achieving the overall objectives of the Carle Experience.
• Assume a leadership role in quality improvement activities throughout the service line and system. Support physician engagement strategy.
• Develop near and long-term financial goals for growth; responsible for coordinating appropriate growth for patient benefit and system efficiencies.
• Initiate outreach programs to support referral patterns of community-based physicians and strategic partners. Develop marketing efforts that effect physician and community collaboration and partnerships.

Find it here.

Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. The supportive and inclusive team where you can thrive. The place where growth meets balance - and opportunities meet flexibility. Find it all at Carle Health.

Based in Urbana, IL, Carle Health is a healthcare system with nearly 16,600 team members in its eight hospitals, physician groups and a variety of healthcare businesses. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet designations, the nation's highest honor for nursing care. The system includes Methodist College and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world's first engineering-based medical school, and Health Alliance. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. | For more information: human.resources@carle.com.