About the role
Pour obtenir une traduction en français de l’offre d’emploi suivante, veuillez envoyer un courriel à careers@ontariohealth.ca. Les demandes seront traitées dans un délai de trois jours ouvrables et la période de dépôt des demandes sera prolongée de trois jours.
To obtain a French translation of the following job posting, please email careers@ontariohealth.ca. Requests will be addressed within three business days, and the application window will be extended by three business days.
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:
At Ontario Health, your growth and well-being aren’t just supported—they’re celebrated every step of the way. Here, you have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while shaping a fulfilling and sustainable career. Based on your role, you may receive:
- 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
Want to make a difference in your career? Consider this opportunity.
Reporting to the Director, Capacity, Access and Flow, the Consultant will play a key role in advancing regional strategies that improve health system capacity, patient access and flow across the Toronto Region. This is an opportunity for a collaborative, data-informed health system planner to work with providers, partners and internal teams to turn evidence, engagement and system insight into practical solutions that support better outcomes for patients and communities.
In this role, you will lead stakeholder engagement, analyze data to identify gaps and opportunities, support change management, and evaluate the impact of key initiatives. You will build trusted relationships across the health system and help design targeted interventions that strengthen performance, improve access to care and support sustainable system improvement.
Here is what you will be doing:
Lead the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of regional capacity, access and flow strategies
Use provincial and regional data to identify service gaps, risks, trends and opportunities, and translate insights into targeted interventions and practical action plans.
Build and maintain strong relationships with hospitals, health service providers, physicians, patients and caregivers, Ministry partners, Ontario Health Teams and internal teams to support aligned, collaborative solutions.
Facilitate engagement, co-design and change management activities that enable partners to adopt new approaches and advance shared system priorities.
Develop performance measures, monitor progress and evaluate outcomes to support evidence-informed decision making and continuous improvement.
Represent the region at planning and coordination tables, contributing system knowledge, policy awareness and practical recommendations to inform priorities, best practices and resource decisions.
Anticipate and manage emerging issues by bringing partners together, identifying solutions and supporting initiatives that improve access, quality, equity and patient-centred care.
Here is what you will need to be successful:
Education and Experience
Master’s degree in health administration, health planning, business administration or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience in a health care environment. Clinical background is considered an asset.
Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in a multi-stakeholder healthcare environment required, with at least 5 years of experience in leading/managing teams (direct or indirect), utilizing relationship building and management skills
Experience in the hospital/acute sector an asset
Strong and innovative health care leader with a successful track record of executing on a range of initiatives and inspiring system level change.
Exceptional relationship developer, capable of inspiring teams and working with organization partners to facilitate change while fostering a culture of creativity and innovation
Strong project management experience, including demonstrated ability to efficiently plan, organize and manage multiple complex projects simultaneously with limited supervision or direction
Proven ability to collaborate across functional lines of responsibility, lead large internal/external project teams and build consensus where results have implications for change management
Ability to work in an independent and self-directed manner while taking accountability for own actions.
Ability to prepare materials for presentations, and make presentations, concerning technical and/or sensitive information to a diverse range of audiences.
Ability to exercise sound judgement on issues of a sensitive and contentious nature and able to negotiate to develop consensus around complex policy strategies.
Highly developed communication skills, both verbally and written. The ability to provide and obtain information of a complex, technical or sensitive nature effectively, clearly, concisely and logically, and at an appropriate level and in an appropriate format is required
Knowledge and Skills
Stakeholder Engagement: Develops networks and builds alliances. Engages in cross-functional activities; collaborates across boundaries and finds common ground with a widening range of stakeholders.
Critical thinking: Superior critical and strategic thinking
Relationship Management: Builds multiple external collaborative relationships to support region’s performance. Identifies the key issues and accommodates the key players when dealing with external parties/units on joint projects
Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Listens well and encourages open communication. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely. Considers and responds appropriately to the needs, feelings, and capabilities of others in different situations; is tactful, compassionate and sensitive, and treats others with respect.
Risk Management: Measures and evaluates outcomes and corrects direction as appropriate.
Strategic Planning: Communicates corporate goals and objectives. Aligns tasks and objectives with corporate goals and objectives. Establishes clear targets and measures to track progress toward region’s objectives. Shares organizational performance measurement information and encourages dialogue and analysis.
Change Management: Actively embraces change efforts and initiatives to improve region’s performance. Develops and uses different methods to help employees to positively react to change.
System Design: Scan the environment for ideas, best practices and trends across the system.
Health Care Planning: Demonstrates understanding of the healthcare system and environment. Effectively choose options, plans, implements and evaluates policies and/or programs in health care.
Program Development: Develops new insights into situations and applies innovative solutions to make organizational improvements. Creates a work environment that encourages creative thinking and innovation. Designs and implements new or cutting-edge programs/processes
Time Management: Ability to foster a “team” environment in order to work with partners to develop a better, faster, more coordinated, patient centered healthcare system
Negotiation: Ability to build consensus and foster change
Presentation Skills: Strong presentation skills to ensure transformation and partnership concepts and plans are effectively communicated to others
Knowledge of Ontario health sector and workforce trends within this sector.
In-depth development knowledge of local health issues, priorities and needs while recognizing the broader trends in health care policy and system development.
Location: Ontario Health (OH) welcomes applications from candidates across Ontario. Please note that this role follows an in-office work model, requiring employees to work from a designated, approved Ontario Health location.
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Employment Type:
Permanent Full timeContract Length:
N/ASalary Band:
Band 7External Application Deadline Date:
June 29, 2026All 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.
Aplyr's read
Ontario Health is a pivotal government agency driving the integration and coordination of healthcare services across Ontario, attracting professionals committed to systemic improvement.
What's promising
- •Ontario Health plays a crucial role in healthcare system integration across the province.
- •The agency focuses on improving patient care quality, a key priority in healthcare.
- •Offers opportunities for healthcare professionals to impact systemic change at a provincial level.
What to watch
- •Government bureaucracy may slow decision-making processes.
- •Limited public information about specific career advancement opportunities within the agency.
- •Potential for high-pressure environments due to the scale of healthcare coordination tasks.
Why Ontario Health
- •Ontario Health uniquely connects various healthcare entities across Ontario for seamless service delivery.
- •Focuses on integrating healthcare systems, a distinctive mission among government agencies.
- •Offers roles that directly contribute to provincial healthcare policy and system improvements.
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About Ontario Health
Ontario Health is a government agency that aims to connect and coordinate the health care system in Ontario, Canada, focusing on improving the quality of care for patients.