Vice President, Medical & Academic Affairs

at  North York General Hospital

COMPANY BIO

IMAGINE a hospital where everyone is committed to excellence. We did. We are. From boardroom to bedside, we go above and beyond to offer the best and safest patient care. At North York General Hospital (NYGH), we put our patients first in everything we do. We are achieving a new standard of excellence in integrated patient-centered care and as one of Canada’s leading community academic hospitals, we are building on our academic foundation through enhanced education, research and innovation. North York General Hospital is part of North York Toronto Health Partners, a collaborative partnership with patients, primary care, and community partners, a first- generation Ontario Health Team, driving the development of a locally integrated health system to serve the community. As part of our dynamic team, you too can stand out and be amazing! At North York General, our team is making a world of difference.

QUALIFICATIONS

The ideal Vice President, Medical & Academic Affairs candidate is a values-driven and visionary leader with progressive clinical, academic and operational leadership experience within an academic health sciences hospital. A Medical Physician, eligible for medical licensure in Ontario, and able to be accommodated within the Hospital’s medical services. Eligibility for academic appointment at the University of Toronto. Significant management, administrative and financial (budgetary) experience in a complex hospital environment. Thorough understanding and appreciation of the complexities and stakeholder dynamics of community teaching hospitals, including the integration of patient care with teaching and research. Excellent analytical and strategic thinking skills, coupled with strong business acumen and financially astuteness. Excellent leadership skills with the ability to mentor, support and develop high performing and innovative medical and clinical teams and leaders. Strong influencing and change management skills with the ability to build consensus and negotiate courses of action with a diverse stakeholder population. Knowledge of, and experience with contemporary patient experience, safety, risk management and quality improvement practices.

• Medical Affairs: Leads the development of an integrated medical strategy for the Hospital and the development of an annual operating plan and budget, managing resources to ensure efficiencies, minimize exposure to risk and optimize quality of care service delivery. Facilitates efficient operations through effective management of physician relationships with North York General and serves to coach and mentor teams of diverse medical professionals. Fosters and maintains close working and professional relationships with the Medical Staff Association in supporting the Professional staff. Provides guidance and counsel to SLT members in all medical matters, ensuring consistency with the Regulated Health Professions Act. Works in close partnership with the Chair, Medical Advisory Committee to provide support in the following areas:
  o Providing supervision oversight of the Professional Staff members’ behaviours
  o Recruitment of Physician Chiefs
  o Support to Clinical Chiefs on issues regarding leadership and physician quality of care.
  o Annual assessment of Clinical Chiefs’ performance

o The successful functioning of the Medical Advisory Committee and support for the Professional staff

• Academic Education: Provides executive strategic leadership in the advancement of the North York General, as a Community Academic Hospital and developing and executing the NYGH’s academic strategy. Represents NYGH within Toronto Academic Health Sciences Network (TAHSN) for administration and education. Has responsibility for ensuring the coordination of training programs in medical education.
• Research and Innovation: Provides executive leadership in the development and execution of the Hospital’s Research & Innovation strategy and in the advancement of NYGH’s leadership role in community-hospital based research that contributes to NYGH’s mission and community impact. Serves as the executive leadership resource to the Board’s Research & Innovation Committee. Provides executive leadership in Identifying, promoting, and facilitating the implementation of best practice initiatives to enhance patient care and service delivery and provides guidance on the effective and efficient delivery of medical services.
• Partnerships and Collaborations: Develops relationships with key external partners and actively participate in external regional and provincial committees, working groups and other forums involved in medical services, academic education, medical quality improvement, medical research & innovation.

A full list of responsibilities is available in the Candidate Brief, accessed through the Mirams Becker team. Reach out for additional information.