Emergency Services Deputy Provincial Lead

Role title: Emergency Services Deputy Provincial Lead

Reports to: Vice President, CorHealth, Ontario Health

Location: Ontario/Remote

Anticipated time commitment: 1 day/week (4 days per month maximum)

Term: 1 year plus 1 year (optional) extension

Number of opportunities: 1

Posting date: March 13, 2026

Closing date: April 15, 2026

Position Summary

Ontario Health is seeking expressions of interest from Emergency Department physicians for the position of Emergency Services Deputy Provincial Lead. This vital role is being renewed and is a unique opportunity to represent Ontario Health and collaborate with regional and system partners to provide program, clinical and strategic leadership to the evolution of the emergency care in Ontario.

Questions about the role may be submitted by email no later than April. 1, 2026.

A consolidated list of all questions and answers will be available to any party, by request, by April. 8, 2026.

Interested parties should forward their expression of interest and curriculum vitae, electronically, with the subject line as “Application for [Role Title] - [Your Name]” no later than 5:00 P.M. on April 15, 2026.

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 accountabilities and responsibilities of this role are to support the Ontario Health Emergency Services program to develop and execute a strategy to stabilize, support and lead system integration by:

• Identify and Champion Priority Programs: Inform a strategy and timing of initiatives to drive the advancement of Ontario Health’s priority initiatives across all Ontario emergency departments, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and measurable outcomes.
• Provide Strategic Leadership: Offer robust clinical, operational, and system-wide leadership with oversight for Ontario Emergency Departments, fostering the development and delivery of high-quality, standardized emergency care and programs.
• Advance Strategic Partnerships: Through a system planning approach, forge and sustain strong partnerships with clinical experts and system partners to build consensus and propel Ontario Health’s strategic priorities and initiatives forward.
• Align Regional Objectives: Collaborate with local, regional, and system leadership to identify, strategize, and achieve specific regional goals and objectives that enhance emergency care delivery.
• Drive System-Level Performance Improvement: Engage with regional partners to effectively implement, measure, monitor, and enhance regional activities that support provincial plans and initiatives, ensuring alignment with system-wide strategies. Collaborate with Health Service Providers (HSPs) to enhance Emergency Department (ED) performance, optimize patient flow, and elevate the quality of care.
• Enhance Care Coordination: Ensure seamless coordination and integration of care across the province by collaborating with local partners and service delivery organizations, including Ontario Health Teams (OHTs), to optimize patient pathways.
• Address Capacity and Access: Hold accountability for addressing issues related to capacity, access, and patient flow in partnership with Ontario Health, ensuring that operational challenges are swiftly resolved.
• Promote Equitable Access: Work proactively with system partners and leadership to enhance equitable access to emergency services and improve outcomes for all, including vulnerable and marginalized and equity-deserving populations.
• Establish Strong Regional Foundations: Collaborate with regional administrative leadership to build a solid foundation for program development, including the establishment of a regional emergency medicine leadership table or equivalent body to support best practices, implementation, and performance management.
• Represent Emergency Services at Leadership Tables: Serve as the representative for the corresponding Ontario Health Region at local, regional and provincial leadership tables, spearheading interdisciplinary collaboration to bolster emergency system capacity.
• Lead Development of Emergency Services: Actively participate with clinical and administrative leaders to define, guide, monitor, and drive the development and delivery of coordinated, standardized, and high-quality emergency medicine services.
• Support Data-Driven Improvement: Work closely with regional partners to ensure that data collection, reporting, and digital infrastructure are robust enough to support service providers in their monitoring and improvement initiatives.
• Provide back up leadership for Provincial ED Chief.

Qualifications

• Emergency medicine physician currently practicing in Ontario in good standing with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) with either CCFP(EM) or FRCP credentials
• Track record as an outstanding clinician and communicator
• Experience in hospital leadership role focused on quality and system improvement
• Regional, provincial and/or national leadership experience
• Experience in and familiarity with provincial health care structures including OH, MOH, OMA, OHA, PHO and their relationships
• In-depth understanding of Ontario's health care system, with particular focus on the challenges and issues facing emergency medicine in Ontario
• Knowledge of health system performance measurement and management approaches, and how this can be used as a tool to promote change
• Aptitude for system thinking and ability to analyse information for sound decision making
• Demonstrated commitment to equitable and person-centred care, as well as public accountability
• Excellent skills in relationship building, communication and leadership experience in establishing strong relationships and building consensus with diverse partners and groups
• Demonstrated experience in implementation of large-scale change in the health sector
• Demonstrate commitment to patient-centred care, evidence-based medicine and public accountability
• Enthusiasm for, and commitment to, quality improvement in emergency medicine at the systems level

How to Apply

Interested parties should forward their expression of interest and curriculum vitae, electronically, with the subject line as “Application for [Role Title] - [Your Name]” no later than 5:00 P.M. on April 15, 2026 to Sourcing@ontariohealth.ca.

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.