Advocate Aurora Health

Clinical Research

• Demonstrates understanding of the research and organizes work assignment to maintain the scheduled study times for appropriate research events
• Carries out major experimental protocol events including EKGs, phlebotomy, urine collection, standard measurements, vital signs, and blood pressures
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills interacting with human participants, investigators, and other research support personnel
• Sets up and monitors data collection equipment
• According to protocol, collects and processes biologic specimens, including blood, urine, and saliva
• Conducts standardized chemical and physical tests on experimental or clinical materials/specimens
• Administers written and computerized tests and completes study forms as necessary
• Assists in preparation and distribution of meals as scheduled in protocols and completes documentation as necessary
• Travels to other hospital departments as required conducting clinical research procedures
• Follows universal/standard precautions and maintains clean and safe work and subject areas, reports unsafe work areas to appropriate leadership
• Maintains the safety and wellbeing of participants at all times
• Demonstrates professionalism and respect for subject rights and individual needs

Clinical Research Technician

Vice President

• Participates as a member of the Area’s senior management team, provides visionary leadership, holds service line expertise, and fosters a common vision for the NSL.
• Serve as an NSL representative for Division and Area(s) initiatives and programs such as access, teammate engagement, patient experience, and quality.
• Collaborate with NSL, Division and Area(s) leadership to vet and prioritize major program and clinical services initiatives, model financial impact for new business models before submission to enterprise governance.
• Leads Area(s) monthly operation performance reviews, monitors budgettoactuals, investigates variances, and recommends corrective actions.
• Develops and implements annual business plans, growth strategies, and operational objectives that support the Area’s and NSL goals.
• Oversees both ambulatory and inpatient services across the care continuum, ensuring high standards of clinical quality, patient safety, and operational efficiency.

Area Vice President – Heart and Vascular

• Participates as a member of the Area’s senior management team
• Provides visionary leadership, holds service line expertise and fosters a common vision for the NSL
• Serve as an NSL representative for Division and Area(s) initiatives and programs
• Collaborate with NSL, Division and Area(s) leadership to vet and prioritize major program and clinical services initiatives
• Leads Area(s) monthly operation performance reviews at Area(s) leadership forums
• Develops and implements annual business plans, growth strategies, and operational objectives
• Oversees both ambulatory and inpatient services across the care continuum
• Build effective teams, foster collaboration, and create an atmosphere of open communication
• Supports institutional program planning for new facilities or programs as needed
• Represents the NSL in local and state forums
• Manages administrative service line leaders, including hiring and evaluations
• Ensures compliance with all organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and standards of behavior
• Improves employee experience, maintains low turnover rates, and promotes professional development
• Monitors and improves key financial, quality, and operational metrics

Area Vice President – Heart and Vascular Services

Operations

• Oversee daily operations of patient service areas
• Educate and update staff on changes relevant to their roles
• Manage supplies by ordering within budget guidelines
• Assess staffing needs and communicate requirements to leadership
• Provide leadership and support to patient services staff
• Create and adjust staff schedules for efficiency
• Assist with financial processes including cash reconciliation
• Support HR functions such as interviewing and onboarding
• Ensure accurate patient registration and maintain HIPAA compliance
• Verify insurance coverage and financial responsibility
• Deliver exceptional customer service

Patient Access Operations Coordinator

Account Manager

• Acts as a business HR partner to assigned leaders, functioning as HCM consultant on business and HR related matters
• Utilizes a strong grasp of organizational expectations and culture, translating the brand in how HR services are delivered
• Guides both short and long-term decisions within the business unit, utilizing knowledge of workforce planning and development with sound succession planning processes and programs
• Provides guidance and support for refining or developing new organizational design and implementation of restructures
• Researches and analyzes trends and metrics in partnership with HR centers of expertise, leading to the development of sound HR solutions, programs and policies to help leaders meet business challenges
• Provides effective performance management guidance to management (coaching, counseling, career development, corrective action, discharge) which serves to drive business results

People and Culture Business Partner Manager

Manager

• Assess clinical technologies and equipment performance to identify opportunities for standardization, consolidation, and improvement
• Conducts cost-benefit analyses and total cost of ownership evaluations for new and replacement technologies
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure technology decisions align with clinical needs, patient safety, and regulatory compliance
• Participate in Enterprise Equipment Standards Committees for assigned verticals
• Stay current on industry trends, emerging technologies, and vendor offerings
• Aid in facilitating conversations and connecting with the Medical Sourcing teams on contracting needs
• Support the development and maintenance of a multi-year capital equipment replacement plan for all fleet clinical equipment
• Work with Finance and stakeholders to align replacement schedules with capital budgets
• Serve as project manager for major equipment acquisitions, upgrades, and buyouts
• Negotiate bulk purchase of equipment above and beyond Advocate contract pricing
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including clinicians, IT, facilities, and vendors to ensure successful implementation and integration
• Develop project timelines, budgets, and deliverables; monitor progress and resolve issues to ensure on-time, on-budget completion

Capital Equipment Manager – Imaging

Therapist

• Uses Respiratory therapy processes to support assessment of patient utilizing a variety of skills such as pulmonary diagnostics, chest radiograph, hemodynamic values, laboratory values, and correlates blood gases and electrolytes.
• Can identify and address the special needs of patient population specific to department services.
• Operates specialized ventilators in critical and non-critical care venues.
• Assists physician with bedside or other procedures as applicable to facility.
• Provides medication treatments and therapies per physician order and/or patient driven respiratory protocols as prescribed.
• Cleans, maintains, and ensures proper functionality of equipment.
• Troubleshoots equipment as necessary and identifies the need for service and/or repair.
• Educates and instructs patients in purpose, technique, self-care, goal of therapy, and disease management.

Respiratory Therapist, Float

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Validate, approve, and provide oversight to the team in purchasing of IT software, hardware, and telecom circuit orders
• Validate, manage, and adhere to negotiated terms and pricing for products and/or contracted services
• Work with extended teams if accruals need to be reported and/or variances are needed to be reviewed for funding
• Manage and process IT hardware and software maintenance renewals
• Monitor and track all IT maintenance contracts (new and renewals) in our budgeting/forecast software
• Review, monitor, and approve invoice payments to contracts and POs
• Supply Chain coordination – acts as liaison and partners with groups to facilitate contracting and purchasing
• Software audit management and compliance including maintenance of licensing documentation, true-ups, and reconciliation with vendor values.
• Works with IT Finance to forecast any changes to budget and mitigate variances
• Identifies and assesses potential DEI vendors (Tier 1 and Tier 2)
• Performs human resources responsibilities for staff including interviewing and selection of new employees, promotions, staff development, and performance evaluations.
• Develops and recommends operating and capital budgets and controls expenditures within approved budget objectives.

Manager, IT Financials – Purchasing

• Directs and oversees the safe and compliant planning, operation, repair, maintenance and testing of heating/cooling, power plant, electrical, emergency power, fire protection systems, plumbing, grounds, and carpentry within the assigned area/market sites
• Implements departmental operating expense budget and assures budget is maintained within acceptable parameters for each assigned site
• Directly responsible for development of capital infrastructure budgets
• Collaborates with Planning, Design, and Construction to ensure conditions of plans and specifications/standards are met for construction projects
• Oversees an accurate computer maintenance management system (CMMS)
• Collaborates with the Energy Management Team to develop short and long-term hospital energy plans
• Responsible for regulatory compliance and appropriate policies and procedures to assure compliance applicable to federal, state, and local ordinances/building codes
• Provides leadership that supports a facilities training program that develops teammate growth and maintains consistency of training for specific certifications and skill sets to support a highly expertise work force

Area Director – Facilities Operations

• Provide patient care 36 hours per week, including four hours per week co-treating with a faculty mentor
• Attend weekly lecture and lab sessions as well as directed learning activities
• Monitor and evaluate outcomes and appropriately adjust the individualized treatment plan
• Plan for and complete patient discharge including providing written home programs, patient/family teaching, referral for community services
• Collaborate with appropriate stakeholders to assist in achieving optimum care for the patient
• Manage assigned caseload, informing site leadership of coverage needs and ability to cover
• Pursue professional growth through participation in continuing education courses, department in-services, and reading professional literature

Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Clinical Residency

• Recruits, interviews and obtains informed consent from prospective subjects for entrance into clinical trials and studies
• Coordinates appropriate laboratory tests and other procedures for subjects participating in studies; including drawing blood or collection of other samples
• Coordinates with Investigational Pharmacy for subjects to receive required drugs
• Communicates with Sponsored Programs Administration to ensure proper management of charges and billing
• Coordinates and submits IRB protocols, reports, revisions, updates, approvals
• Records appropriate clinical and laboratory data on forms provided by the principal investigator(s), federal government, and/or industry sponsors
• Communicates with study sponsors, federal agencies, principal investigators, and sub-investigators about research projects
• Provides resources for staff, patients, families, and community regarding research
• Travels to clinical research sites, hospitals, physician offices, and facilities within the System as necessary
• Performs other duties as assigned within department

Clinical Research Nurse

• Manages the cybersecurity team members and coordinates work efforts with Privacy, Risk Management, Legal Department, and law enforcement.
• Maintains confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the computing environment and enforces the Acceptable Use Policy.
• Communicates project status to appropriate leadership.
• Defines policy, recommends security controls, and provides costs for cybersecurity solutions.
• Manages and prepares budgets and seeks input from team members.
• Evaluates needs, identifies risks, and manages team members to provide security solutions.
• Assumes designated leader role for the Computer Incident Response Team.
• Provides leadership, guidance, and identifies development opportunities for the cybersecurity team members.
• Provides cybersecurity training and performs presentations on cybersecurity topics.
• Performs human resources responsibilities for staff including interviewing, promotions, and performance evaluations.

Manager, Incident Detection and Response

Salesforce Administrator

• Designs and develops applications using a variety of development languages such as Java, C++, C# and SQL.
• Complies with coding standards and development processes to ensure quality.
• Analyzes system requirements and existing business processes and information systems.
• Participates in business process reviews.
• Assists in systems planning, scheduling and implementation.
• Initiates corrective action to stay on schedule.
• Assists with server troubleshooting/configuration and site architecture.
• Designs and develops components for all application tiers, including but not limited to UX, business logic, database access and web services.
• Develops automation techniques to enable end-user content publishing and communicating with existing content management systems.
• Creates prototypes and codes, tests, debugs, documents and implements moderately complex software applications.
• Provides assistance and guidance to other staff on issues related to Java development.

Counselor

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary clinical teams and healthcare providers to deliver high‑quality genetic and genomic care.
• Partner with physicians and research teams to plan and implement genetics‑related clinical research initiatives.
• Identify patients who may benefit from genetic or genomic services through comprehensive assessment of medical and family histories.
• Explain the genetic evaluation process to patients, including available testing options, and clearly outline risks, benefits, and limitations.
• Order genetic tests and conduct clinical assessments in compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.
• Integrate genetic test results with personal and family medical history to assess and communicate disease risk.
• Interpret and explain the clinical implications of genetic and diagnostic test results to patients and care teams.
• Provide accurate, current, and credible genetic information, resources, and referrals tailored to each patient’s culture, beliefs, literacy level, and preferred language.
• Advocate for patient‑centered decision‑making using an unbiased, non‑coercive, and respectful approach.
• Support patients in expressing their goals and pursuing informed choices related to genetic services.
• Evaluate the effectiveness and outcomes of genetic technologies, interventions, and treatments.
• Document case information clearly and concisely in the medical record and in correspondence with referring providers.
• Participate in case discussions with members of the healthcare team as appropriate.
• Plan and deliver public and professional education programs related to genetics, genetic counseling, and patient care.
• Conduct regular self‑assessments to identify knowledge or skill gaps and take action to maintain clinical excellence.
• Maintain ongoing professional growth by staying current with standards of practice, emerging research, and societal developments in genetics and genomics.

Genetic Counselor

Customer Support

• Provides short-term individual bereavement counseling
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team and completes initial and ongoing bereavement assessment and care plan for identified bereaved family members after the death of a patient
• Provides ongoing assessment of client’s bereavement needs and maintains accurate and appropriate documentation in accordance with organizational policies, procedures, and regulations
• Facilitates ongoing and time-limited bereavement groups for hospice and community individuals
• Develops and provides educational programs for families, staff, and community members on loss, grief, and related topics
• Participates in planning and implementing bereavement related events (such as socials, workshops, educational series, support groups, and memorial services) and ensures timely communication of events
• Designs materials for distribution to families eligible for and/or receiving Hospice services
• Participates in staff orientations specific to bereavement as requested by leader
• Collaborates with hospice volunteer coordinator to train and supervise volunteers/interns to provide hospice grief support services