Ontario Cervical Screening Program, Clinical Lead

Role title: Ontario Cervical Screening Program, Clinical Lead

Reports to: Provincial Medical Director, Cancer Control

Operational accountability: Riley Crotta, Manager, Ontario Cervical Screening Program

Location: Virtual

Anticipated time commitment: 1 day per week (0.2 FTE)

Term: 2 years with the option for 2-year renewal

Number of opportunities: 1

Posting date: August 27, 2025

Closing date: September 26, 2025

Position summary

Ontario Health is seeking expressions of interest from physicians for the position of Ontario Cervical Screening Program, Clinical Lead. This is a unique opportunity to provide strategic leadership to the evolution of the Ontario cancer system and provide advice on all aspects of the Ontario Cervical Screening Program. This opportunity is open to all qualified candidates.

Questions about the role may be submitted by email no later than September 15, 2025.

A consolidated list of all questions and answers will be available to any party, by request, by September 19, 2025.

Interested parties should forward their expression of interest and curriculum vitae, electronically, with the subject line as “Application for OCSP, Clinical Lead - [Your Name]” no later than 5:00 P.M. on September 26, 2025.

To send a question, receive a copy of the consolidated list of questions and answers, or to submit your expression of interest, please contact Sourcing@ontariohealth.ca.

*Note: Responses to the expression of interest should address all of the qualifications listed and any potential conflict of interest.

Accountabilities

The key responsibilities of this role are:

• Provides strong, visionary leadership at the provincial level as well as clinical and strategic advice to the Ontario Cervical Screening Program (OCSP).
• Ensures evidence-based guidance for cervical screening and management of screen-detected abnormalities in colposcopy.
• Champions initiatives to promote alignment with Ontario Health’s cervical screening recommendations and colposcopy best practice pathways in the clinical community.
• Provides strong leadership for the regional Cervical Screening and Colposcopy Leads (CSCLs), including leading CSCL face-to-face and virtual meetings and providing guidance for the CSCLs.
• Collaborates with the Provincial Primary Care Lead and Ontario Health leadership and staff to provide strategic guidance and expertise in the development of program policy, design and management.
• Establishes and maintains effective links with relevant clinical communities on behalf of Ontario Health.
• Develops and supports execution of strategies to engage health care providers (including primary care providers, colposcopists and pathologists) involved in cervical screening and colposcopy.
• Champions/promotes the strategic vision of the OCSP and the program goals to improve screening participation and follow up of abnormal results.
• Responds to clinical questions, and represents the program in the community, at regional, provincial and national meetings, and in the media.
• Identifies and responds to system and program level issues.
• Participates as an active member of Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario)’s Clinical Council.
• Chairs expert panels and working groups as well as the Ontario Colposcopy Community of Practice webinars.
• Represents Ontario Health in pan-Canadian groups (e.g., Canadian Partnership Against Cancer’s Pan-Canadian Cervical Screening Network).
• Collaborates, where necessary, with other groups within Ontario Health on issues which impact cervical screening (e.g., Ontario Gynecologic Cancers Lead) as well as with the clinical leads of the other cancer screening programs.

Qualifications

• A Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada with subspecialty training in obstetrics and gynecology, licensed to practice in Ontario for the duration of the contract.
• Active staff appointment at a public hospital in Ontario for the duration of the contract.
• Formal training in colposcopy.
• Perform a minimum of 100 combined cervical and vaginal colposcopies per year, primarily arising from abnormal cervical screening.
• Expertise in population-based cancer screening programs.
• Enthusiasm for, and commitment to, quality improvement in cervical screening and colposcopy at the provincial/system level.
• Knowledge of both hospital and out-of-hospital colposcopy practices.
• Demonstrated evidence of continuing education in relevant fields.
• Recognized as an opinion leader within the professional community.
• Experience in leadership positions at provincial, regional and/or local level.
• Knowledge of clinical, administrative and system issues with respect to cervical screening and colposcopy.
• Ability to analyze and interpret information, make sound decisions and communicate these to clinical and non-clinical audiences.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to build consensus.
• Knowledge of current and new/emerging cervical screening and colposcopy guidelines.
• Models and supports behaviour consistent with the People Values of Ontario Health and a commitment to Ontario Health’s Equity, Inclusion, Diversity and Anti-Racism Framework.

How to apply:

Interested parties should forward their expression of interest and curriculum vitae, electronically, with the subject line as “Application for OCSP, Clinical Lead - [Your Name]” no later than 5:00 P.M. on September 26, 2025 to Sourcing@ontariohealth.ca.

*Note: Responses to the expression of interest should address all of the qualifications listed and any potential conflict of interest.

We will evaluate all applications against the skills and experience requirements for the position. Those candidates selected for interview will be contacted directly by a representative from the Business Unit. Ontario Health may consider applications from incumbents currently in the position. If you have not been contacted within 3 weeks after the close of the posting, you can assume you are not under consideration for this position.

More about Ontario Health:

Ontario Health is an agency created by the Government of Ontario with a mandate to connect and coordinate Ontario’s health care system in ways that have not been done before, to help ensure that Ontarians receive the best possible care.

Ontario Health oversees health care delivery across the province, which includes ensuring front-line providers and other health professionals have the tools and information they need to deliver the best possible care within their communities. This also means simplifying the current system and connecting and coordinating its many complex parts in new and innovative ways. This involves keeping a close eye on how the health system is performing and providing evidence-based standards and improvements to address any gaps.

Ontario Health helps to support significant and important transformation in Ontario’s health system, working to ease the transition between points of care for Ontarians and helping to ensure they have access to the care they need. Ontario Health is adapting world-renowned practices from areas such as cancer care and renal care to other parts of the system, including mental health and addictions.

Through integration, coordination, connection, and clinical excellence, Ontario Health is working to reduce strain on the system which will enable investment of more resources on the care Ontarians need, and, most importantly, improve health outcomes and overall wellness for all.

As an operational service agency of the Government of Ontario, Ontario Health is accountable for conducting a fair and transparent process, providing equal treatment to all qualified parties, in selecting a candidate for the above mentioned role.