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At Ontario Health, we are committed to developing a strong organizational culture that connects and inspires all team members across the province. Our vision is that together, we will be a leader in health and wellness for all. Our mission is to connect the health system to drive improved and equitable health outcomes, experiences and value. How we work together is reflected through our five values: integrity, inspiration, tenacity, humility and care.
What Ontario Health offers:
Achieving your career goals is a priority to us. Benefits of working at Ontario Health may include the following based on employment type:
- Fully paid medical, dental and vision coverage from your first day
- a health care spending or wellness spending account
- a premium defined benefit pension plan
- three personal days and two float days annually
- three weeks’ vacation to start (for individual contributors), increasing to four weeks after two years
- career development opportunities
- a collaborative values-based team culture
- a wellness program
- a hybrid working model
- participation inCommunities of Inclusion
Want to make a difference in your career? Consider this opportunity.
Ontario Health is seeking a passionate and experienced Lead, Clinical Quality Improvement to join our Hospital-based Clinical Quality team in the Quality division of the Acute and Hospital-based Care portfolio.
As a Lead, Clinical Quality Improvement, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and advancing clinical quality initiatives across Ontario’s health system.
In this role, you will work with provincial, regional, and local teams—as well as clinical leaders—to drive a variety of quality improvement (QI) initiatives. These include:
- Ontario Surgical Quality Improvement Network
- General Medicine QI Network
- Emergency Department Return Visits Quality Program
You’ll support the implementation of provincial QI programs and clinical standards, build QI capacity, spread best practices, and strengthen connections across the quality ecosystem. This is a unique opportunity to lead system-level change and help remove barriers to frontline improvement.
Here is what you will be doing
Supports Quality Improvement Programs
- Subject matter expert who understands context and system dynamics to inform program and initiative planning
- Serves as an expert resource on quality improvement (QI) knowledge and skills, change management approaches, to critique and enhance existing program efforts
- Responsible for coordinating the ongoing work to maximize effectiveness of the programming for program participants
- Proactively problem solves and develops practical solutions to a wide range of complex, cross-disciplinary problems and issues
- Identifies and supports action planning for short, medium and long-term priorities with the aim to develop and enable implementation of solutions
- Ensures robust patient partnering, attention to equity, and alignment with Ministry of Health and Ontario Health priorities
- Drafts proposals, creates analysis summaries and articulates recommendations
- Synthesizes resources and information from multiple sources to support program delivery to create knowledge translation tools, presentations, briefing notes, workplans, etc.
- Works with system partners and stakeholders to ensure delivery of programs such as collaboratives, communities of practices, knowledge exchange sessions and related events.
- Integrates and synthesizes data from a variety of internal and external sources (e.g., QIPs, public reports, MyPractice reports, CIHI, ICES, coroner reports, NSQIP, etc.) to identify care and service gaps and to identify innovative approaches worthy of further testing and/or large scale implementation
- Effectively works in an environment of ambiguity with proven adaptability and resilience to change.
- Available for occasional travel to sites within the region as needed
Team Leadership
- Oversees, mentors, and coordinates team members to ensure comprehensive support delivery within assigned programs
- Monitors progress according to plans, provides guidance to teams and escalates issues to Manager as required.
- Provides coaching and advice for effective and efficient processes to engage and communicate with stakeholders
Relationship Management
- Upholds the importance of core values and culture by leading team and building strong communication among both internal and external team members and collaborates with staff across OH portfolios
- Develops strategic solutions in partnership, building consensus while identifying and resolving challenges and barriers to change
- Liaises with internal and external support partners to identify and action opportunities for collaboration
- Develops relationships with subject matter experts and key stakeholders to support them in the research and uptake of evidence on a variety of high priority topics; includes building relationships with internal subject matter experts in Quality Improvement, within the Quality branch, and across Ontario Health portfolios as well as external partners (e.g., sector associations, patient partners, Ministry branches, CIHR)
- Engages with & shares knowledge and experiences with partners (internal and external) towards shared purpose and common goals
Here is what you need to be successful
Education and Experience
- Undergraduate degree required; Masters degree in relevant discipline preferred
- 10+ years experience in health care
- 5+ years experience within or supporting large scale quality improvement projects or 5+ years experience as a QI professional, implementing and supporting QI initiatives or similar large scale change initiatives
- Certification and/or advanced knowledge/skills in change management, quality improvement, implementation science, knowledge translation, and/or project management
- Clinical experiences as a regulated health professional is an asset
Knowledge and Skills
- A strong understanding of Ontario’s health care system, including gaps between actual and ideal care, reasons, and potential mechanisms available to address them
- Extensive knowledge of healthcare sectors with experience working within a variety of quality improvement initiatives
- Experience working with senior level health system leaders and other key stakeholders on complex issues
- Strong business acumen, leadership and critical thinking abilities
- Demonstrated initiative and independence to take appropriate action and anticipate organizational needs
- Ability to develop and deliver presentations confidently with a variety of audiences
- Completion of equity, diversity and inclusion and anti-racism training
- Exceptional interpersonal, communications skills and ability to successfully build and maintain relationships
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to facilitate productive discussions among diverse partners
- Ability to work effectively in both a team setting and independently
- Ability to analyze and interpret healthcare and population data/information
- Strong writing skills and ability to translate complex ideas and concepts for both executive and public audiences
- Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office and Virtual Meeting Platforms (MS Teams, Zoom, etc.)
- Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment; adaptable, flexible, positive and responsive to change
- Self starter, with excellent time management and work prioritization skills
#LI-Hybrid
Location: Ontario Health supports a hybrid work environment and has office locations across the province. We welcome applications from candidates residing anywhere in the province of Ontario.
Employment Type:
Permanent Full time
Contract Length:
N/A
Salary Band:
Band 6
External Application Deadline Date:
September 7, 2025
All applicants must be a resident of Ontario to be considered for roles at Ontario Health.
Ontario Health encourages applications from candidates who are First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and urban Indigenous; Francophone; members of Black and racialized groups; 2SLGBTQIA+ communities; trans and nonbinary individuals; and people living with disabilities.
Ontario Health is an accessible employer, and we offer accommodation in all aspects of employment, including the recruitment process. If you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please email
careers@ontariohealth.ca
and a member of the team will connect with you within 48 hours.