Primary Care Physician Lead

Shape Ontario Health primary care priorities through physician or nurse practitioner leadership, evidence-based guidance, and regional collaboration across Ontario.

This clinical lead reports to the Vice President, Clinical Programs, with accountability to the Provincial Primary Care Clinical Lead. The position supports standardized program development, implementation, monitoring, and improvement across an Ontario Health Region. It offers qualified primary care clinicians a one-day-per-week, 0.2 FTE commitment, occasional regional and Toronto travel, and a two-year term.

• Advise Ontario Health on regional and provincial primary care development
• Represent the organization at clinical leadership tables
• Coordinate interdisciplinary collaboration and capacity building
• Identify region-specific goals with leadership and partners
• Support Ontario Health Teams and primary care networks

• Family physician or nurse practitioner currently practicing in primary care
• Professional standing with the relevant Ontario regulatory college
• Minimum five years of primary care clinical experience
• Experience implementing large-scale health-sector change
• Strong communication, relationship-building, and consensus-building abilities

Use primary care expertise, mature leadership, and implementation experience to support Ontario Health’s regional and provincial priorities.