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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.
The Provincial Palliative Care Program is an Ontario Health provincial clinical program within the Primary and Community Based Care Portfolio, Division of Integrated Care. Grounded in ongoing engagement, the Provincial Palliative Care Program collaborates with delivery partners to achieve the Ministry of Health’s established strategic priorities for Palliative Care.
The program develops clinical guidance, informs, and/or develops policy related to Palliative Care, and provides subject matter expertise within Ontario Health, for the government of Ontario, and health system partners. Additionally, the program is responsible for health system planning and measurement for Palliative Care, supports governance bodies, working groups, and expert panels to inform its work, and executes the Ontario Palliative Care Network (OPCN) mandate and priorities in alignment with Ontario Health's role.
The Specialist contributes to project planning and execution by conducting planning, research and analysis activities. They will identify and leverage best practice that supports implementation of provincial direction, related quality improvement activities. This includes supporting opportunities to spread and scale existing work and resources developed by Ontario Health.
Here is what you will be doing:
- Implementing and advising on frameworks, methodologies, and standards
- Applying an equity lens to develop materials and approaches.
- Collaborating with clinical experts and stakeholders to advance provincial priorities.
- Developing various products for internal and external communications, business reporting, and decision-making.
- Building and maintaining relationships within Ontario Health to achieve project goals.
- Supporting managers and clinical leadership in developing and maintaining work plans, ensuring timely completion of deliverables, and escalating project risks as needed.
Here is what you will need to be successful
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Health Science, Health Administration, Public Health, Business Administration, Health Informatics or related discipline, or equivalent education/experience.
- Master’s Degree in one of the above disciplines is an asset.
- Minimum three years of overall working experience, with a minimum of two years recent experience working within the healthcare sector
- Certification and/or knowledge/skills in change management, quality improvement, implementation science, knowledge translation is an asset
- Experience with palliative care focused projects is an asset.
- Experience with community health organizations or long-term care homes is an asset.
Knowledge and Skills
- A commitment to developing a coordinated and standardized approach for delivering palliative care services for all people in Ontario, regardless of their age or illness.
- An understanding of Ontario’s health care system and key provincial priorities for palliative care and broader health system improvement, with knowledge about health care delivery and especially in primary care, homecare and long term care.
- Expertise in using data from qualitative and quantitative analyses and other sources to advance Quality Improvement including supporting completion of literature reviews, jurisdictional scans and other data gathering/collection activities
- Experience in analyzing, synthesizing and summarizing information into summaries, reports, briefs, business cases and other documents.
- Solid communication skills, both oral and written. Internally, communicate with colleagues throughout the organization to discuss information and problems related to program implementation. Externally, communicate directly with various stakeholders together with managers and/or director when required.
- Awareness and understanding of Quality Improvement and project management principles and approaches.
- Very good attention to detail with good organization and time management skills.
- Supports the advancement of equity, inclusion, and diversity across Ontario's health care system.
- Supportive in engaging with First Nations, Indigenous, Metis and urban Indigenous people as they self-determine their own approach to palliative care.
Location:
Toronto, Ontario (currently hybrid; subject to change)
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Employment Type:
Permanent Full time
Contract Length:
11 Month(s)
Salary Band:
Band 4
External Application Deadline Date:
September 9, 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 and a member of the team will connect with you within 48 hours.
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