Physician Executive, Critical Care

Position Highlights:

• Position: Physician Executive, Critical Care
• Location: Evanston, IL (with oversight across 8 hospitals: Evanston, Glenbrook, Highland Park, Skokie, Swedish, Northwest Community, Edward, Elmhurst)
• Full Time: Full-Time; 40 hours/week
• Required Travel: Travel across sites as needed

• What You Will Do:

• Lead Endeavor Health Critical Care programs, overseeing 65 intensivists, 46 APPs, 17 ICU nocturnists, and trainees.
• Partner with hospital and EHMG leadership to build physician/APP care models that are safe, cost-effective, and consistent.
• Drive clinical performance, quality, and operational consistency across all ICUs.
• Oversee regulatory compliance, accreditation readiness, and clinical standards.
• Develop scholarly, teaching, and research initiatives aligned with organizational priorities.
• Collaborate across ED, hospital medicine, surgery, and anesthesia to ensure seamless patient care and capacity management.
• Lead dissemination of best practices, process improvement, and innovation (telemedicine, AI, simulation).
• Partner with administrative leaders on budgeting, financial performance, and service line strategy.

• What You Will Need:

  Education:

  Graduate of an accredited medical school; MBA or leadership degree preferred

  Licensure & Certification:

• Eligible for medical license in Illinois
• Board certified in Critical Care
• Maintain 0.4 FTE clinical practice

• Experience:

• Minimum 10 years clinical critical care experience
• Minimum 5 years administrative leadership experience (Medical Director, Vice Chair, Division Chief, or similar)

• Skills & Abilities:

• Strategic, innovative, and results-oriented leader
• Strong business acumen and financial oversight experience
• Proven ability to lead complex, matrixed organizations
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication, and influence skills
• Commitment to inclusive culture, health equity, and high-quality patient care

• Benefits (Full-Time Eligible Positions)

• Annual Incentive Plan eligibility (where applicable)
• Performance-based pay increases and premium pay (where applicable)
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Pet Insurance options
• Tuition Reimbursement, Wellness Program, and Retirement Options with match
• Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay
• Community involvement opportunities

• About Endeavor Health

  Endeavor Health is a fully integrated healthcare system serving over 4.2 million residents across six northeast Illinois counties. With 8 Magnet-recognized hospitals, 25,000+ team members, and 6,000+ physicians, we are committed to safe, seamless, personal care and professional growth for our teams.

  EOE: Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets, VEVRRA Federal Contractor

Endeavor Health is a Chicagoland-based integrated health system driven by the mission to help everyone in their communities be their best. Illinois’ third-largest health system and third-largest medical group serves an area of more than 4.2 million residents across seven northeast Illinois counties. More than 27,600 team members and more than 7,100 physician and advanced practice provider partners deliver seamless access to personalized, pioneering, world-class patient care across more than 300 ambulatory locations and nine hospitals, including eight Magnet-recognized acute care hospitals and one behavioral health hospital: Edward (Naperville), Elmhurst, Evanston, Glenbrook (Glenview), Highland Park, Northwest Community (Arlington Heights), Skokie and Swedish (Chicago) and Linden Oaks Hospital (Naperville). For more information, visit www.endeavorhealth.org.

Our Hospitals:

NorthShore

Evanston Hospital | 2650 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201

Glenbrook Hospital | 2100 Pfingsten Road, Glenview IL 60026

Highland Park Hospital | 777 Park Avenue West, Highland Park, IL 60035

Skokie Hospital | 9600 Gross Point Road, Skokie, IL 60076

Edward-Elmhurst Health

Edward Hospital | 801 S. Washington Street, Naperville, IL 60540

Elmhurst Hospital | 155 E. Brush Hill Road, Elmhurst, IL 60126

Linden Oaks Behavioral Health | 852 South West Street, Naperville, IL 60540

Northwest Community Healthcare

Northwest Community Hospital | 800 W. Central Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60005

Swedish Hospital

Swedish Hospital | 5140 N. California Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625

Endeavor Health is committed to strengthening our community’s health and wellbeing. Through our Community Investment Fund (CIF) we partner with organizations committed to enhancing community health and wellbeing, advancing health equity and supporting local economic growth. We conduct, support, and sponsor a variety of impactful initiatives aimed at these goals. By collaborating with local partners, we invest in meeting community needs to uplift every neighbor we serve.

Each year, we provide more than $498 million in community benefit, including donations, community education, research, charity care and subsidized health services. Community benefit efforts include support for programs to address chronic disease, behavioral health, women’s health, food insecurity, patient access and many other community needs.

Learn more about our community initiatives ›