Posting Information
Posting Period: October 20 - October 29, 2026
Salary: $165,477.00 - $206,817.00 per year
For 150 years, London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) has been a leader in world-class care. As an acute tertiary and quaternary teaching hospital, LHSC provides leading-edge medical care to people from across western Ontario and beyond. LHSC is located just two hours from Toronto and two hours from Detroit in the city of London which is known for its beautiful and walkable downtown core located on the Thames River, a vibrant culinary scene and scores of activities that highlight local arts, culture and music. Our team of more than 17,000 physicians, staff, learners and volunteers works tirelessly to support patients as they navigate their unique health-care journeys. As one of Canada's largest acute-care teaching hospitals, LHSC is a renowned centre of innovation with a history of groundbreaking research that has influenced how people are cared for around the world. With nearly 1 million annual patient visits across University, Victoria and Children's Hospitals, LHSC provides compassionate leading-edge care and is proud of our strong regional, national and international partnerships. For more information, please visit www.lhsc.on.ca.
Our Health Disciplines department includes over 1,200 regulated and unregulated healthcare professionals who are committed to the delivery of evidence-based patient centered care that enhances the overall patient and family experience at LHSC. Together with the patient, family and the interprofessional care team, we strive to ensure safe, effective and timely care to optimize recovery and support a smooth transition to home. Health disciplines staff are also actively engaged with academic work, collaborating with our academic partners at Western University and other educational institutions in the provision of student placements and engagement in research initiatives.
What the Role is
Reporting to the Vice President/CNE, Emergency Services, Critical Care, Clinical Neurological Sciences, and Interprofessional Practice, the Director of Health Disciplines, Interprofessional Practice serves as the organizational strategic lead for Health Disciplines and, in partnership with the NPEI Director, co-leads interprofessional practice, education, innovation, and research across the organization. The Director will translate decisions of our senior level into execution by utilizing systems thinking, strategic planning and relationship management by developing purposeful coalitions with internal and external stakeholders. This role provides leadership in co-creating, articulating and sustaining an organizational vision for helping to drive the research culture with Health Disciplines by embedding research, learning, and innovative practices throughout operations and all points of care of over 1,200 regulated and non-regulated health professionals that emphasizes highest quality of care.
Overseeing the Managers for these professions, the Director influences the continuing advancement of practice within an inter-professional model and provides strategic and operational leadership. The Director is accountable for the development and advancement of an enterprise-wide Health Disciplines strategy, professional practice standards, workforce development, academic partnerships, and defined shared workstreams that support organizational priorities. The role is responsible for facilitating, advocating, and promoting the contributions made by the professions as they relate to excellence in patient centered care, education, and research initiatives.
The Director collaborates with both program leadership and staff to ensure the integration of standards of professional practice in clinical program design, resource planning and allocation, and in the delivery of patient centered care across the organization. The Director also provides leadership for a coordinated approach to Health Disciplines learning and development, including learning-needs assessment, orientation, educator development, simulation and learning design, and evaluation, leveraging shared organizational infrastructure where appropriate.
In partnership with the NPEI Director, the Director provides joint leadership for common policy methodologies and interprofessional policy work, while maintaining discipline-specific accountability for professional practice content and approvals. This role also promotes linkages with community partners as opportunities to enhance care continuation from hospital to community, as well as linkages with our academic partners.
You will demonstrate strong business acumen including management of multi-million dollar operating and capital budgets. This leader will have exceptional analytical and critical thinking skills that contribute to identifying problems and issues, evaluating the interdependence of decisions, questioning and challenging the status quo, and designing and implementing processes for improvement.
You foster a healthy, safe and engaging work environment where others have meaningful opportunities to contribute, collaborate, and cooperate to achieve results. You inspire and motivate your leaders and teams by aligning with our mission, vision and values and modelling performance and service excellence. Spotting and developing talent is a strength, as is your ability to coach, mentor, support and challenge others to achieve professional and personal goals.
NOTE: This role is required to be on-call, evenings and weekends on a rotational basis
Who You Are
- You are self-aware of own assumptions, values, principles, strengths and limitations
- You manage and develop self while modeling qualities such as honesty, integrity, resilience, and confidence
- You engage and support others to foster development, personal goals and encourage a healthy organization
- You achieve results by strategically aligning direction, decisions, actions and evaluation with the vision, values and evidence
- You are skilled at working through shared governance and collaborative leadership models, influencing across portfolios, navigating competing priorities, and building alignment where direct authority may not exist
- You facilitate an environment of collaboration and cooperation
- You create connections, build partnerships and networks
- You demonstrate a commitment to the organizational vision, mission, values and service excellence
- You are a transformational thinker that encourages and supports innovation
- You have exceptional analytical skills that contribute to effective decision-making
- You are self-directed, courageous, and highly motivated with excellent interpersonal and effective communication skills
What You Will Bring with You
- Successful completion of a recognized Master's Degree in a Health Disciplines related field, preferred*
- Active registration in a Regulated Health Profession
- Minimum of 8 to 10 years of progressive leadership experience within healthcare or a related clinical environment, including demonstrated experience at a senior leadership level with responsibility for professional practice, operational and/or strategic initiatives
- Development of a body of research, evidenced through publications and peer reviewed journals, preferred
- Active appointment with a university, preferred
- Previous leadership in a clinical environment, preferred
- Member of the Canadian College of Health Leaders (CCHL) who have, or are in process of attaining the Canadian Health Executive (CHE) Select certification program, preferred
- Fluent and computer literate with computer systems such as email and Microsoft Office applications (MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint)
- Demonstrated ability to attend work on a regular basis
*Consideration for an interview will be given to a Baccalaureate and prior experience assessment
How to Apply
Apply through London Health Sciences Centre’s career website at https://www.lhsc.on.ca/careers, Job ID #111170
Submission Requirements (please submit as a PDF document)
- Cover Letter, Resume and Listing of Education, Credentials, Certifications and References.
As part of the assessment process applicants may be required to complete a written profile, presentations, etc. Please be advised that reference checks may be conducted as part of the selection process.
Immunization Requirements
Before beginning employment at LHSC, all new hires must provide documentation related to LHSC’s Health Review Requirements. For more information and a detailed list of requirements, please visit Health Review Requirements | LHSC.
Additional Information
London Health Sciences Centre fosters a culture of patient and staff safety whereby all employees are guided by LHSC's Mission, Vision, Values and Code of Conduct.
LHSC does not use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen, assess or select applicants for a position.
Reason for Posting: Existing Vacancy
Your interest in this opportunity is appreciated. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Successful candidates, as a condition of job offer, would be required to provide a satisfactory police information check (original document) completed in the last 6 months.
LHSC is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, visible minorities, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. We are committed to providing persons with disabilities equal opportunities and standards of goods and services, and are also fully compliant with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2005), as applicable.
