At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead clinical initiatives and improve health outcomes across North East and North West regions.
- Company: Ontario Health, a leader in equitable health care.
- Benefits: Comprehensive health coverage, flexible wellness accounts, and competitive vacation time.
- Other info: Join a collaborative team dedicated to transforming health care in Ontario.
- Why this job: Shape the future of health care and make a real impact on communities.
- Qualifications: Must be a physician with 10+ years of experience and strong leadership skills.
The predicted salary is between 82800 - 101200 $ per year.
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:
- Comprehensive health coverage from day one, with fully paid medical, dental, and vision benefits to support you and your family’s health
- Flexible health care or wellness spending accounts, plus an inclusive program to support your overall well-being
- A premium defined benefit pension plan, ensuring long-term financial security
- Competitive vacation entitlement that encourages time to rest and recharge
- Three personal days and two float days annually, providing added flexibility to support work-life balance, in addition to vacation days
- Ongoing learning and career development opportunities designed to help you grow, advance, and thrive in your profession
- A collaborative, values-driven workplace where integrity, care, humility, inspiration, and tenacity shape everything we do
- Opportunities to participate in Communities of Inclusion, fostering belonging, equity, and the sharing of diverse perspectives across our team
Ontario Health is building a more connected, equitable, and patient-centred health system. Achieving this vision requires exceptional clinical leaders who can bridge strategy and frontline care, inspire collaboration, and drive meaningful improvements for patients, providers, and communities.
As the Regional Medical Director, you’ll play an important role connecting health care networks to deliver quality care across a large geographic area. The North East and North West Regions collectively account for 88% of Ontario’s landmass, with populations of 638,041 and 251,202, respectively.
The Opportunity:
As Regional Medical Director, you will provide clinical leadership across the North East and North West Regions, ensuring clinical perspectives are embedded in decision-making, health system planning, and transformation initiatives. You will influence regional and provincial priorities, lead complex cross-sector initiatives, strengthen relationships across the health system, and champion innovative approaches that improve outcomes for patients and communities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide clinical leadership aligned with Ontario Health's strategic goals and regional priorities.
- Embed clinical expertise into health system planning, service design, resource optimization, and policy implementation.
- Establish regional clinical priorities and measurable outcomes that support integrated care delivery.
- Champion equitable, accessible, and culturally safe models of care that address the diverse needs of communities across the region.
- Lead and mentor Regional Clinical Leads while fostering collaboration, accountability, and clinical excellence.
- Partner with executive leaders to advance integrated clinical, operational, and strategic initiatives.
- Provide expert clinical advice on emerging health system challenges, service pressures, workforce issues, and opportunities for innovation.
- Lead complex cross-sector initiatives that improve access, quality, care coordination, and health system performance.
- Collaborate with Ontario Health Teams, Health Service Providers, and provincial partners to advance sustainable models of integrated care.
- Translate strategic priorities into actionable initiatives that deliver measurable system-wide impact.
- Advance evidence-informed practices, clinical standards, and quality improvement initiatives across the continuum of care.
- Utilize clinical, operational, and performance data to identify opportunities, mitigate risks, and drive continuous improvement.
- Build trusted relationships with physicians and physician leaders, Chiefs of Staff, health system leaders, Ontario Health Teams, and Health Service Providers.
- Chair and lead regional clinical forums to strengthen alignment, collaboration, and accountability.
- Represent regional clinical perspectives within provincial leadership discussions and advisory committees.
- Foster meaningful engagement with clinicians, patients, families, Indigenous partners, and communities to ensure diverse perspectives inform health system priorities.
- Advance a unified One Ontario Health approach through collaboration with provincial clinical and operational leaders.
The Leader We Are Seeking:
You are a highly respected physician executive who combines clinical credibility with strategic vision, political acuity, and a demonstrated ability to influence across complex health systems. You understand that meaningful transformation requires more than strategy. It requires trusted relationships, effective collaboration, disciplined execution, and the ability to bring diverse stakeholders together around common goals.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Physician with a minimum of 10 years of clinical practice experience, in good standing and eligible to practise medicine without restriction in Ontario.
- Significant senior executive and/or clinical leadership experience within regional, provincial, or broader health system environments.
- Demonstrated success leading large-scale transformation, clinical integration, and organizational change initiatives.
- Proven ability to lead complex cross-sector partnerships that improve access, quality, care coordination, and health system performance.
- Strong understanding of Ontario's health care system, population health priorities, health policy environment, and emerging sector challenges.
- Experience across multiple care sectors, including hospitals, primary care, community care, long-term care and/or public health, is considered an asset.
- Master's degree in Health Administration, Public Administration, Health Planning, Business Administration, or a related field is considered an asset.
Why Join Ontario Health?
Few clinical leadership opportunities offer the ability to influence health care at this scale. If you are a visionary physician leader who thrives at the intersection of clinical excellence, health system planning and implementation, and transformational change, we invite you to bring your leadership and expertise to Ontario Health and help shape the future of health care in Ontario.
Regional Medical Director employer: Ontario Health
Ontario Health is an exceptional employer that prioritizes cultural safety and community engagement, making it a meaningful place to work for those passionate about Indigenous health equity. With a strong commitment to employee growth and collaboration with Indigenous communities, the organization fosters a supportive work culture that values diverse perspectives and innovative solutions. Located in the North Region, employees benefit from unique opportunities to make a tangible impact on health outcomes while working in a dynamic and inclusive environment.