[Hiring] Associate Vice President, Nursing - Cancer National Service Line @Advocate Health

Role Description

The AVP will serve as the executive nursing leader for Advocate Health’s National Cancer Service Line, providing nursing leadership across the full national cancer-care footprint.

• Support one of the largest cancer programs in the nation and lead nursing strategy across the national footprint rather than focusing on a single cancer subspecialty.
• Guide nursing strategy across infusion, navigation, medical oncology, hematology-oncology, and other cancer-related services.
• Lead cross-functional teams to execute nursing and service line strategic priorities and initiatives.
• Develop and oversee clinical quality improvement initiatives, which are service line focused, cross the care continuum, and achieve continuous improvements using measurable monitoring tools and processes.
• Utilize complex data analysis to drive clinical performance and excellence through business intelligence.
• Redesign care delivery alongside nursing leaders, optimizing workforce contributions, and increasing efficiency, efficacy, and overall clinical outcomes.
• Implement national standards and best practices across the service line in partnership with enterprise, divisional and site clinical leadership.
• Standardize and align clinical practices at the enterprise and division levels, optimizing partnership with the site Clinical Nurse Specialist and Practice Leaders.
• Promote professional governance structures and processes for caregivers to influence improvements in their clinical practice.
• Function as an expert consultant on nursing practice, ensuring patient services are in compliance with nursing standards, evidence-based practices, as well as state and federal regulations.
• Drive digital health transformation, building processes and innovative solutions and platforms to improve clinical practice workflows and the work environment aligning to the enterprise nursing strategic plan.
• Drive clinical inquiry and embed evidence into clinical practice, policy, and procedure. Support service line alignment with enterprise EBP strategy.
• Advance the practice of nursing by implementing evidence-based practice interventions; use data measures to improve clinical outcomes for service lines; support and lead while guiding and using nursing research.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in nursing required.
• Current Registered Nurse license required.
• Current Clinical Nurse Specialist certification required.
• Current Advanced Practice Registered Nurse recognition, licensure, or authorization as applicable by state required.
• Current specialty population certification required or obtained within two years.

Requirements

• Minimum of seven years of progressive clinical nursing experience required.
• Minimum of five years of experience in the assigned specialty population or service line required.
• Demonstrated clinical leadership experience in service line, specialty practice, clinical quality, evidence-based practice, advanced practice nursing, or system-level nursing practice roles required.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams, clinical practice standardization, quality improvement, and change management across complex organizations required.
• Combination of inpatient, ambulatory, procedural, post-acute, and/or virtual care experience preferred.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Strong skills in building clinical partnerships with fellow Chief Medical Officers (CMOs), Chief Nursing Officers (CNOs), Service Line Leaders, Enterprise Nursing Practice, and other administrative and operational leaders.
• Effective communication skills.
• Skills in comprehensive data analysis.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• This position will be remote and periodically require travel.
• Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.

Preferred Job Requirements

• Doctorate in nursing practice, nursing science, healthcare leadership, or related field preferred.
• Current certification as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Clinical Nurse Leader, CENP/NEA-BC/NE-BC, or OCN preferred.

Benefits

• 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.