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System Assistant Vice President, Acute Care Quality and Clinical Process Improvement
The System APV for Acute Care Quality and Clinical Process Improvement provides strategic system level leadership to create, manage, and demonstrate outcomes of improvement collaboratives and teams. The leader applies advanced understanding of improvement science to standardize processes, reduce variability, and foster a proactive culture of continuous improvement, empowering staff at all levels to engage in improvement initiatives and contribute to a culture of learning. Additionally, this role holds functional accountability as a business partner for the overall quality program across multiple hospitals and institutes, ensuring that patient safety, quality, and clinical excellence are consistently achieved. Reporting to the Vice President of Acute Care Quality, this leader regularly partners with executive leaders and clinical, operational, and business intelligence teams to address problems that are significant and complex. Collaborating closely with executive leaders and clinical teams, this leader ensures alignment with national benchmarks and regulatory standards.
Position Highlights :
- Position : System AVP, Acute Care Quality and Clinical Process Improvement
- Location : Evanston, IL or Warrenville, IL
- Full Time / Part Time : Full Time
- Hours : Monday-Friday, during normal business hours
- Required Travel : frequent travel to other Endeavor Health locations will be required
What you will do :
Leads the development of a high-level strategy for clinical process improvement across the acute care system and system Institutes.
Supports business unit to achieve quality / patient safety outcomes, management planning and integration from a system perspective.
What you will need :
Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) or equivalent (preferred).
7 years of progressive leadership experience in performance improvement and quality management.
In-depth understanding of clinical quality, patient safety, risk management, and regulatory compliance in acute care settings.
Benefits (For full time or part time positions) :
Endeavor Health is a fully integrated healthcare delivery system committed to providing access to quality, vibrant, community-connected care, serving an area of more than 4.2 million residents across six northeast Illinois counties. Our more than 25,000 team members and more than 6,000 physicians aim to deliver transformative patient experiences and expert care close to home across more than 300 ambulatory locations and eight acute care hospitals - Edward (Naperville), Elmhurst, Evanston, Glenbrook (Glenview), Highland Park, Northwest Community (Arlington Heights) Skokie and Swedish (Chicago) - all recognized as Magnet hospitals for nursing excellence. For more information, visit www.endeavorhealth.org.
When you work for Endeavor Health, you will be part of an organization that encourages its employees to achieve career goals and maximize their professional potential.
Please explore our website (www.endeavorhealth.org) to better understand how Endeavor Health delivers on its mission to "help everyone in our communities be their best".
Endeavor Health is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. Please refer to the main career page for more information.
Diversity, equity and inclusion is at the core of who we are; being there for our patients and each other with compassion, respect and empathy. We believe that our strength resides in our differences and in connecting our best to provide community-connected healthcare for all.
EOE : Race / Color / Sex / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity / Religion / National Origin / Disability / Vets, VEVRRA Federal Contractor.
