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AVP Patient Contact Center Operations

Advocate Health · IL · $75.40–$120.65 an hour · Full time

Posted Oct 1, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a centralization project you led. What did practices push back on?

What they are checking: Whether they have pulled work into a central model and handled the loss of local control well.

The posting says manage by objective and report by exception. What does that look like in your week?

What they are checking: Whether they can lead through goals and flagged problems instead of micromanaging.

Tell me about a time you had to win over a skeptical executive on an operational change.

What they are checking: Whether they can use data and diplomacy to get support, as the posting asks.

What would you do

How do you lead a fully remote contact center team and keep quality high?

What they are checking: Whether they have real methods for coaching and monitoring remote agents.

A physician group complains that the central team books their schedules wrong. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they investigate with data, fix the template or training, and rebuild the relationship.

Agent turnover is high. What would you look at first?

What they are checking: Whether they look at pay, scheduling, workload and leadership instead of blaming agents.

About the work

Patients are waiting too long on hold to schedule appointments. Walk me through how you'd diagnose and fix it.

What they are checking: Whether they can use call data, staffing models and workflow fixes to improve access in a contact center.

Which contact center metrics matter most to you, and which can mislead?

What they are checking: Whether they know metrics like abandonment rate and first-call resolution and how chasing one can hurt another.

How would you use technology like self-scheduling or automation without making access worse for some patients?

What they are checking: Whether they think about older or less tech-comfortable patients when changing how people reach the system.

How do you balance clinical safety with speed when calls involve symptoms?

What they are checking: Whether they know agents must route clinical calls to nurses through clear protocols.

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The full job description

As published by Advocate Health.

Department: 12709 Enterprise Corporate - Executive Administration Status: Full time Benefits Eligible: Yes Hou rs Per Week: 40 Schedule Details/Additional Information: This is a full-time, remote role. Pay Range: $75.40 - $120.65 Assists with the development and management of central services. Works with Practices, Physicians, Executive leaders, and System partners with new and established improvement strategies by providing leadership, guidance, and direction in achieving outcomes consistent with mission, philosophy, goals, and objectives. Assists with centralized implementations, tracking and reporting. Implements strategy and supports a constructive relationship with all stakeholders through effective communication and diplomacy. The AVP Central Practice Operations manages by objective, reports by exception and works with a keen eye to clinical and financial excellence in the stewardship entrusted to them. Essential Functions • Provides programmatic support services to the Medical Group for central services including: strategic system program development and daily management of contact centers, data collection and analysis, problem solving and conflict resolution, relationship management and process evaluation and improvement. • Understands and applies the management information, concepts and principles necessary to address a broad range of medical practice tasks and situations in the following domains, Financial Management, Telephony Management and Reporting, Customer Relationship Management, Human Resource Management, Governance and Organizational Dynamics, Planning and Marketing, Information Management, Risk Management and Business and Clinical Operations. • Recommend knowledge-based solutions and courses of action that will promote quality improvement. • Integrates and coordinates operations and optimal resource management between multiple locations. • Organizes and manages human and physical resources to achieve input, buy-in, and optimal performance and efficiency. • Effective communication with all teams and stakeholders for the highest transparency and to instill trust and reliability with daily operations. • Supervises daily operations of multiple practices through on-site practice managers. • Assesses, plans, coordinates, and evaluates the clinical and operational functions of the practices in their divisions to ensure high quality, cost effective health care is provided by an educated and competent staff. Physical Requirements Work requires lifting and moving reports and notebooks weighing up to 10 pounds. Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines. May experience prolonged periods of sitting utilizing the computer to read reports, 10-key calculator and answering the telephone. Education, Experience and Certifications Bachelor's Degree required; MBA/MHA or relevant graduate degree preferred. Minimum of 10 years of effective/operation group practice management experience. Experience working with an integrated delivery system is highly desirable. Our Commitment to You: Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including: Compensation • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job • Incentive pay for select positions • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance Benefits and more • 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 Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview. About Advocate Health Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

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