Associate / Full Professor - Academic Rheumatologist Division Head, Division of Rheumatology

Date Posted: 09/30/2021
Closing Date: 11/05/2021, 11:59PM ET
Req ID: 17547
Job Category: Faculty - Clinical
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Medicine
Department: Dept of Medicine
Hospital Affiliation: University Health Network
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

The Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and the Division of Rheumatology at the University Health Network (UHN) and Sinai Health System (SHS) are seeking to recruit a visionary academic rheumatologist to lead the UHN - SHS Division of Rheumatology, a division of the joint Department of Medicine. The successful candidate must be eligible for a full-time clinical academic appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor at the University of Toronto. This hospital Division Head position is for a 5-year term, renewable once following a successful review. The effective start date of appointment is December 1 2021, or to be negotiated.

The successful candidate will lead a large academically successful and diverse Rheumatology Division. The UHN - SHS division is the largest of the four hospital-based rheumatology divisions within the University of Toronto Division of Rheumatology. The UHN-SHS division has 21 full time staff physicians across SHS and UHN who provide inpatient and outpatient rheumatology care, leading diverse and comprehensive tertiary subspecialty programs. The clinical division provides care across five separate sites (UHN-Toronto Western Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital as primary sites with consultation provided to UHN – Toronto General Hospital, UHN – Princess Margaret Hospital and UHN - Toronto Rehabilitation Hospital). UHN and SHS are situated on land that for thousands of years, has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Toronto is Canada's largest city, and a center for education, healthcare, business, finance, technology, entertainment and culture.

The successful applicant should be a visionary leader with sophisticated interpersonal skills, leadership or equivalent work-related / lived experience and a track record of achievement in one or more of research, education, creative professional activity, system design, quality and safety, equity and diversity and/or medical leadership.

Reporting to the Physicians in Chief at UHN and SHS, the Division Head will be expected to support evolution of excellence in equitable, patient-centered care and quality and safety programs, to work collaboratively with diverse groups and lead with empathy and compassion in advocating for the advancement of patient care and the Division. They will support Division recruitment at the hospitals to optimize both clinical care and the academic agenda. They will advance an academic strategic plan and fundraising program. They will demonstrate a commitment to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of their work and will uphold equity as a central component of high quality patient care. They will work with the University Departmental Division Director to optimize citywide rheumatology activity by supporting faculty growth and development across the continuum, focusing on advancing the academic strategic plans of both the hospitals’ and city-wide divisions, assisting with city-wide educational responsibilities of the division, and promoting scholarship and research.

At UHN, the successful candidate will work collaboratively with the Program Medical Director and Research Co-Director of the Schroeder Arthritis Institute, as well as the Clinical Director of the Institute and related administrative leaders, to continue to develop leading academic and clinical programs in rheumatology as a pillar of the Institute. At SHS, the successful candidate will build on a strong foundation of general and subspecialty rheumatology expertise to further the impact of the division within the hospital strategic goals.

The successful candidate must hold an MD (or equivalent) and recognized subspecialty rheumatology qualifications. They must have or be eligible for licensure in Ontario. Academic rank, salary and contractual arrangements will be commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate. Compensation will be negotiated and will be highly competitive with the usual income range for an academic Rheumatologist in the Province of Ontario.

For more information about the position please contact Joelinda.Gomes@uhn.ca

Interested candidates should email a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names and addresses of three referees by email to Joelinda.Gomes@uhn.ca with attention to:

Dr. Kathryn Tinckam, Physician-in-Chief University Health Network and Dr. Chaim Bell, Physician-in-Chief, Sinai Health Systems

Applications will be accepted until Friday, November 5, 2021.

For more information about the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, please visit our website at https://www.deptmedicine.utoronto.ca. The Department of Medicine’s academic position descriptions can be viewed on this webpage: https://www.deptmedicine.utoronto.ca/academic-position-descriptions.

UHN and SHS are strongly committed to diversity within their communities and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons/persons of colour, women, Indigenous/Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+, persons, and all others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

CAUTION: This ad is “posted only” to the U of T affiliated hospital job board. Please see the information directly above for the application instructions; applications submitted via the "Apply Now" button on this page will NOT be considered for this position.

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All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Diversity Statement

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

Accessibility Statement

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca.

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