Clinical Quality Provincial Lead

Position summary

Ontario Health is seeking expressions of interest from clinical leaders for the position of Clinical Quality Provincial Lead. This is a unique opportunity to provide strategic leadership to the evolution of the Ontario Emergency Department Return Visit Quality program (1 co-lead position).

Reporting to Vice-President of Quality, the Clinical Quality Provincial Lead will provide leadership to influence positive change, with the ultimate goals of aligning Ontario Health’s quality agenda, engaging communities to build on existing efforts, and promoting a culture of quality that will enable improved patient experiences and outcomes. This will include system planning and design, development and implementation of provincial program strategy, quality improvement initiatives, and knowledge translation and exchange, along with related data, reporting and performance management. The Clinical Quality Provincial Lead is part of the clinical leadership team within Acute and Hospital-Based Care and will work with regional leadership and relevant stakeholders to identify and achieve provincial-specific goals and objectives.

This opportunity is open to all qualified candidates.

Questions about the role may be submitted by email no later than April 28, 2025

A consolidated list of all questions and answers will be available to any party, by request, by May 2, 2025.

Interested parties should forward their expression of interest and curriculum vitae, electronically, with the subject line as “Application for Clinical Quality Provincial Lead - [Your Name]” no later than 5:00 P.M. on May 13, 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.

Accountabilities

The key responsibilities of this role are:

• Support the advancement of key quality priorities and programs
• Monitor progress against objectives and key performance indicators related to selected priorities
• Engage clinicians in a culture of quality care through widespread distribution and implementation of clinical quality priorities including quality standards, championing known effective models of care and building engaged communities of practice within the identified priority areas
• Work to improve partnerships and integrate quality patient-centred care in the delivery of health care
• Foster innovation through exploration of innovative models of care and systems of funding reform across the continuum of care
• Identify enablers and barriers to clinical practice change; design strategies to leverage enablers and minimize barriers
• Enhance communication and knowledge exchange to inform provincial priorities and local implementation of quality initiatives
• Engage with Regions and health service providers that request regional/local support on an Ontario Health clinical priority issue

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Recognized leader in the field of quality
• Practicing emergency medicine clinician in the Province in Ontario
• Experience in leading large data-driven provincial quality improvement projects with a track-record of successful impact
• Experience leading or supporting initiatives focused on equity, inclusion, diversity and anti-racism at a regional or provincial level is an asset

Knowledge and Skills

• Deep understanding of the culture of quality and the Ontario health care system
• Knowledge of frameworks of cultural competency, cultural safety, and cultural responsiveness and how they relate to health and social care is an asset
• Skilled clinician with respect of their colleagues in their respective fields
• Excellent communicator with mature leadership experience in building strong relationships and building consensus

How to apply

Interested parties should forward their expression of interest and curriculum vitae, electronically, with the subject line as “Application for Clinical Quality Provincial Lead - [Your Name]” no later than 5:00 P.M. on May 13, 2025.

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.