Executive Director, Service Line, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago provides superior pediatric care in a setting that offers the latest benefits and innovations in medical technology, research and family-friendly design. As the largest pediatric provider in the region with a 140-year legacy of excellence, kids and their families are at the center of all we do. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is ranked in all 10 specialties by the U.S. News & World Report.

Location

875 N Michigan (John Hancock)

Job Description

General Summary:

The Executive Director, Service Line, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, is the business and operations executive responsible for planning, organizing, and directing operations, financial performance, and strategic execution. This individual will partner with the Medical Director(s) and/or Surgical Director(s) of the service line, Medical Group and Department executive leaders, as well as other senior medical center leaders to strategically align and integrate to facilitate highly coordinated patient care with superior clinical outcomes, and achieve strategic, operational, and financial objectives to achieve maximum measurable impact.

The Executive Director’s primary reporting relationship will be to the assigned Lurie Children’s Medical Group (LCMG) Vice President and Chief, with dotted line reporting to Lurie Children’s Hospital EVP and Chief Operating Officer, and accountability to executive leadership of the respective Departments. This leader will supervise and manage departmental administrative personnel and will work closely with other medical center and clinical leaders to effectively coordinate and lead the operations of the service line.

Essential Job Functions:

1.    Facilitate system-integrated planning and implementation of the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, ensuring seamless patient services and navigation across the service lines care continuum, from screening and diagnosis through treatment to long-term health.
2.    Manage the comprehensive financial performance of the service line by leading and coordinating budget development for the various departments, conducting financial analysis and developing action plans where needed.
3.    Engage and coordinate with Lurie Children’s faculty and physicians in multiple specialties across departments, who provide the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders treatment, and other collaborative services, and who are essential to offering the highest standard of multidisciplinary care.
4.    Engage and coordinate with multiple corporate functions and services of Lurie Children’s that are critical to service line strategy implementation (e.g., Strategy, IT, Access, HR, etc.).
5.    Engage and coordinate with multiple corporate functions to provide oversight of finance, operations, quality initiatives, strategic planning, research activities, and marketing to ensure alignment with organizational goals and enhance the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders effectiveness and excellence in each respective area.
6.    Engage and coordinate with multiple corporate functions to provide oversight for inpatient and ambulatory Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders activities with a focus on system initiatives to improve quality, safety, and efficiency across disciplines and locations. Serves as a liaison with clinical staff in the Department(s).
7.    In consultation with other organizational leaders and in partnership with departmental executive leadership teams, implements strategic plan and facilitates annual planning and implementation of priority, fiscal year initiatives.
8.    Prioritizes and facilitates clinical and operational integration of the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders services with a focus on improving patient access and the patient experience, increasing the efficiency of system capacity and resource utilization, and growing the clinical enterprise.
9.    Coordinates actions to achieve and maintain appropriate accreditations.
10.    Leads measurement, management, and reporting of service line performance and achievement of performance targets. Advances and deploys appropriate dashboard and other management tools, and advocates for data and technology needs.
11.    Prioritizes and supports initiatives to achieve the highest levels of physician and employee engagement system-wide, in concert with other key leadership. Supports and coordinates recruitment efforts where needed.
12.    In partnership with the strategy office and LCMG executive leadership, leads implementation of the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders 5-year strategic plan with the goal of growing the impact of t