Division Head of Hematology

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The Division Head of Hematology plays a crucial role in providing leadership and strategic direction to improve day to day operations within the Division of Hematology. The Division Head will help shape the practice and promote consistency in service delivery by developing, implementing, and evaluating common clinical guidelines. This will ensure that services, interventions, and actions meet the needs and expectations of Osler’s patient population under Hospitalist care. By using indicator monitoring the Division Head will assess the appropriateness of care, improve patient outcomes, and ensure timely provision of the right level of care in a location that best meets the needs of the patient and patients’ family. The Division Head will also facilitate the integration and standardization of services within William Osler Health System.  The Division Head will also play an important academic role by supporting the Corporate Chief of Medicine in fostering our academic community partnerships with the University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine, McMaster’s Michael G. DrGroote School of Medicine and as the primary clinical partner for the Toronto Metropolitan University School of Medicine.

The Division Head will work collaboratively with the Corporate Chief of Medicine, Medical Director of Cancer Health System, Site Chiefs of Medicine, and the Clinical Service Director. They will play an instrumental role in further enhancing the Program’s ability to provide integrated, accessible, and quality service to the patients of Osler. The Division Head of Hospital Medicine will be responsible to:

Regulatory

• Carry out relevant duties and responsibilities as defined in Osler’s Professional Staff Bylaw;
• Assist the Chief of Medicine with oversight of adherence of professional staff with hospital bylaws, rules and regulations and other applicable policies;
• Chair Division Meetings at minimum quarterly; meeting minutes to be forwarded to the Chief of Medicine;
• Attend Department of Medicine Executive Council meetings and advise the Chief of Medicine on matters pertaining to the division in particular and/or to the department in general;
• Assist the Chief of Medicine with yearly reappointments by reviewing division members’ attendance at divisional meetings;
• Assist the Chief of Medicine in the nomination of professional staff members for the supervision and mentoring of associate staff;

Service Provision

• Provide the oversight to ensure that the services provided by the Division of Hematology meet the care needs of Osler’s population, and standardizing these services across the Corporation;
• Have oversight of the creation of the on-call Hematology schedule, including coverage of hospital-based clinics and coverage of scheduled and unscheduled absences of professional staff within the division as needed;
• Have administrative oversight of the distribution of HOCC Funds to include adherence to the contractual requirements set out by the Ministry to ensure to the Terma of Reference of HOCC funding;

 Staffing

• Submit a yearly manpower plan to the Chief of Medicine considering service needs and teaching responsibilities within the Academic Health Centre;
• Select and advocate strategies to retain acute care hospitalists at Osler;

Quality Improvement

• Establish quality improvement goals that will compose the Quality Improvement Plan for the Division of Hematology; where applicable the plan should align with the goals set through the Accreditation process;
• Lead the implementation of the quality improvement plan;
• Select a set of process and outcome indicators to track the performance of the division in achieving its QI goals, report on these indicators yearly to divisional membership and the Chief of Medicine and the Clinical Service Director for the Program;
• Address and resolve risk management issues in collaboration with the Chief of Medicine;

Collaboration

• Support the Chief of Medicine in the achievement of the Division’s deliverables;
• Promote medical professionalism with the Division, with the support of the Chief of Medicine;
• Support the Corporate Chief with the integration of academic activity and leadership within the department
• Foster an inclusive culture which promotes diversity, inclusion and equitable treatment of all members of the department
• Perform additional services as mutually agreed upon by the parties.

About the Program:

Our benign hematology out-patient clinics at Brampton Civic Hospital and Etobicoke General Hospital are supported by clinic nurses, clerical, and a pharmacist, in addition the clinic is supported for transfusions. The oncology program consists of 16 Oncologists & Hematologists and is supported by a team-based model of care with dedicated team-based nursing, clerical, pharmacy and allied health. The program has a survivorship clinic, thrombosis clinic, and a nurse practitioner led urgent care clinic, in addition to proactive monitoring of patients on systemic therapy through our Oral Anti-Cancer Chemotherapy Program and Osler Cancer Immunotherapy Program. We do offer some local complex hematology care with a day 1 autologous stem cell transplant transfer program in connection with Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, in addition we have been providing Bispecific T Cell Engagers since September of 2023. We have a strong collaboration with our palliative care team with Osler being the first community Oncology program in Canada that has the ESMO designation of integrated oncology & palliative care program. We are leaders in molecular testing and currently offer in house rapid next generation sequencing, including funding for myeloproliferative disorders.

• Accredited Medical Degree (or equivalent)
• License to practice and in good standing with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO)
• Certification in Internal Medicine with subspecialty in Hematology from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC)
• Expertise in a Physician Leadership role is preferred
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Sound critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Proven track record of attendance, punctuality, and accountability
• Models’ behaviour that aligns with Osler’s Values of Respect, Excellence, Service, Compassion, Innovation and Collaboration

• Osler is the primary academic teaching centre for Toronto Metropolitan University’s medical learners. Physicians are expected to apply for an academic appointment with the faculty of medicine at the university.
• This position is supported by a stipend in addition to hematology clinical work being supported by alternate funding plan for malignant hematology.

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