Assessors - Community Surgical​/Medical Centres

Join Our Mission to Elevate Outpatient Care in Ontario
Accreditation Canada is seeking experienced registered nurses, physiotherapists, midwives, surgeons, and physicians to serve as assessors for the Integrated Community Health Services Centres (ICHSC) Quality Assurance Program. As an ICHSC assessor, you will conduct on-site assessments of community-based surgical and medical centres, helping to ensure that licensed services meet rigorous quality and safety standards.

About Us
Accreditation Canada has been a leader in health care quality improvement for over 65 years. Through evidence-informed standards, assessments, education, and data-driven insights, we work collaboratively with health and social service organizations to foster continuous improvement and advance patient-centred care.

The ICHSC Quality Assurance Program is a mandatory, inspection-based accreditation program in the Province of Ontario that enhances patient safety by assessing the facility-level policy and operations supporting the delivery of licensed services at a diagnostic, surgical and/or medical centre. Licensed services include:

Cataract and other eye surgeries

Plastic surgeries (OHIP insured)

Orthopaedic surgery

Minimally invasive gynaecological surgery

Abortion

Birth centres

Dialysis

Endoscopy

Why Join Us?

Drive system-wide impact.  Use your clinical expertise to shape safer, more consistent care across community surgical and medical centres.

Flexible engagement.  Participate in a minimum of two inspections per year, scheduled around your availability.

Professional development.  Receive comprehensive initial training, ongoing learning opportunities, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.

Be part of something larger.  Contribute to Accreditation Canada’s people-centred mission and help elevate outpatient care standards province-wide.

Who We Are Looking For
We invite applications from Canadian health care professionals (preference given to Ontario residents) who meet the following criteria:

Current Clinical Engagement:  Actively or recently involved in delivering any of the licensed services listed above within an acute care or private surgical/medical clinical setting:

Valid Professional License:  Registered nurse, physiotherapist, midwife, surgeon, or physician in good standing with the relevant provincial regulatory college.

Specialty

Experience:

As a surgeon or physician: experience in ≥1 of these specialties—Plastic Surgery, General Surgery, Nephrology, Obstetrics (surgical), Gynaecology (surgical), Orthopaedics, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Ophthalmology, Anaesthesiology.

As a registered nurse or physiotherapist: ≥2 years’ clinical experience in one or more of the specialties listed above.

Communication & Analytical

Skills:

Fluency in English with excellent written and verbal communication.

Ability to review policies, processes, and patient charts; analyse information; draw evidence-based conclusions.

Interpersonal & Technological

Skills:

Outstanding interpersonal skills, adaptability, and a positive attitude when faced with unexpected changes.

Proficiency with computers, tablets and web-based software for report preparation and data collection.

At this time, our recruitment efforts are focused on candidates with the following clinical experience:

Eye Surgery (ophthalmologist)

We welcome applications from individuals with experience in other specialties; however, please note that we do not have a timeline for opportunities in those areas and will retain your application on file for future consideration.

Your Impact
As an ICHSC assessor, you will:

Conduct Inspections:

Join a multidisciplinary team to assess compliance with the standard using policies, clinical guidelines, evidence-informed practices, and personal clinical expertise.

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