Program Chief and Medical Director, Anaesthesia

Position

Description

*** No longer accepting applications ***

The Program Chief and Medical Director (Chief), together with the Program Director, will be responsible for the leadership of the Anaesthesia Department. This leadership dyad will champion best practices and continuous quality improvement initiatives in a dynamic inter-professional environment within a program management model. As a visionary leader, the Chief will drive thought leadership and innovation within the Anaesthesia Department, positioning the Department as a leader in anaesthesia care, education, and research. This involves integrating the best available evidence into models of anaesthesia care, championing continuous improvement, and fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

Key leadership priorities for the Program Chief and Medical Director, Anaesthesia will be to:

• In collaboration with Program Leadership, develop and implement a unified and cohesive vision for the Anaesthesia Department that enhances team culture, fosters open communication, continues to advance quality improvement outcomes, and embraces THP’s commitment to equity, diversity and
• Advance a supportive culture that fosters academic endeavors, strategic partnerships, and active community engagement to position the Anaesthesia Department as a leader in medical education and strategic initiatives.
• Identify and launch key programs that enhance quality, drive transformative care, and integrate best practices throughout the patient journey, leveraging services across different sites and specialties.
• Lead efforts in clinical care planning and infrastructure renewal efforts to deliver cutting-edge care, partnering with technological and system innovators to leverage digital solutions that optimize anaesthesia workflows, improve patient outcomes, and enable effective tracking of metrics.
• Maximize collaboration with program partners, providing insights and leveraging opportunities to enhance the visibility and impact of the Anaesthesia Department.
• Forge and maintain strategic partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the Anaesthesia Department operates within a network of excellence that extends beyond the hospital setting.
• Advocate for essential resources including funding, technology, and human capital to remove barriers to efficient and effective patient care, aligning with the Department’s goals to optimize surgical capacity and enhance specialty programs.

Experience Required

The successful candidate will be an experienced, inclusive and visionary leader with experience in medical leadership, clinical practice, strategy and operations. Recognized as an effective change leader, you have demonstrated your commitment to improving service and operations in a clinical setting as well as participating in broader systems-level change.  You are a physician licensed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario or eligible for licensure, with certification in an Anaesthesia Specialty, as recognized by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. The successful candidate must be eligible for an academic appointment at the University of Toronto. To confidentially explore this opportunity, please email your resume, quoting the appropriate position title, to Judy Mandelman or Heather Spiegel, at resumes@promeus.ca.

Employer

Trillium Health Partners (THP) is the largest academically affiliated community-based hospital network in Canada. Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital, and the Queensway Health Centre, THP serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto, and surrounding communities. THP is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.  THP is committed to meaningfully advancing health systems and population health research and innovation and is home to the Institute for Better Health, THP’s research institute.  THP currently operates 1,397 budgeted beds and employs 10,867 staff and 1,430 professional staff (physicians, midwives, dentists).  Its annual operating budget is approximately $1.4 billion.

THP’s mission is to create a new kind of health care for a healthier community. Guided by its values of compassion, excellence, and courage, THP’s strategic plan envisions a new approach to health – as a learning health system, working in partnership to improve the health in the population of the community and create an inter-connected system that is organized around the patient, both inside the Hospital and beyond its walls, by balancing quality, access, and sustainability.

Note to Applicants

If you do not see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on this posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown candidates from underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We encourage applicants who are members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Ontario Human Rights Code to consider this opportunity.

Trillium Health Partners is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a healthy, safe and respectful environment for healing, based on our values compassion, excellence and courage.  To be Better Together, we commit to fostering a respectful workplace culture that promotes a safe and supportive environment for everyone who provides care, supports caregiving, receives care or visits the hospital.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities as required. 

Applicants must be eligible to work in Canada. We would like to thank all applicants for their interest in this position, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Trillium Health Partners is recognized under the French Language Services Act.

As a condition of employment, we require all staff to be fully vaccinated for COVID19, in addition to other vaccinations required by the Public Hospitals Act.