Senior Vice President of Service Line Operations

Overview

The Senior Vice President (SVP), Service Line Operations serves as a senior executive leader responsible for the operational development, growth, integration, and performance of clinical service lines across Appalachian Regional Healthcare. This role provides executive oversight for the operational build-out and advancement of strategically significant service lines including, but not limited to, Orthopedics, Women’s Services, Cardiology, and other emerging clinical programs across the ARH system.

The SVP partners closely with executive leadership, physicians, hospital operations, nursing leadership, and business functions to operationalize service line growth initiatives, improve patient access, strengthen physician alignment, increase volumes, and support long-term organizational sustainability. This role is responsible for building scalable operational structures, leadership models, governance frameworks, and care delivery approaches that support ARH’s continued expansion and modernization of clinical services.

This position plays a critical role in identifying growth opportunities, reducing operational variation, improving coordination across facilities, and supporting the development of integrated, high-performing service line operations across the organization. Consistent with the ARH Executive Level 1 (E1) framework, this position carries Tier 1 organizational impact and supports the execution of short-to-mid-term operational initiatives across multiple hospitals, markets, and clinical service areas.

The Senior Vice President (SVP), Service Line Operations serves as a senior executive leader responsible for the operational development, growth, integration, and performance of clinical service lines across Appalachian Regional Healthcare. This role provides executive oversight for the operational build-out and advancement of strategically significant service lines including, but not limited to, Orthopedics, Women’s Services, Cardiology, and other emerging clinical programs across the ARH system.

The SVP partners closely with executive leadership, physicians, hospital operations, nursing leadership, and business functions to operationalize service line growth initiatives, improve patient access, strengthen physician alignment, increase volumes, and support long-term organizational sustainability. This role is responsible for building scalable operational structures, leadership models, governance frameworks, and care delivery approaches that support ARH’s continued expansion and modernization of clinical services.

This position plays a critical role in identifying growth opportunities, reducing operational variation, improving coordination across facilities, and supporting the development of integrated, high-performing service line operations across the organization. Consistent with the ARH Executive Level 1 (E1) framework, this position carries Tier 1 organizational impact and supports the execution of short-to-mid-term operational initiatives across multiple hospitals, markets, and clinical service areas.

• Provides executive leadership for the operational development, integration, and growth of clinical service lines across the ARH system.
• Leads the operational implementation of service line initiatives designed to improve volumes, patient access, physician alignment, market growth, and operational performance.
• Oversees the development and operational structure of assigned service lines including, but not limited to, Orthopedics, Women’s Services, Cardiology, and additional strategic clinical programs.
• Builds scalable operational leadership structures and governance models to support long-term service line growth and organizational sustainability.
• Partners…