Specialist, Rural and Northern Locum Programs

4 days ago


Toronto, Canada Ontario Health Full time

At Ontario Health, we are committed to developing a strong organizational culture that connects and inspires all team members across the province. Our vision is that together, we will be a leader in health and wellness for all. Our mission is to connect the health system to drive improved and equitable health outcomes, experiences and value. How we work together is reflected through our five values: integrity, inspiration, tenacity, humility and care.
- What Ontario Health offers:
Achieving your career goals is a priority to us. Benefits of working at Ontario Health may include the following based on employment type:
- Fully paid medical, dental and vision coverage from your first day- a health care spending account- a premium defined benefit pension plan- three personal days and two float days annually- three weeks’ vacation to start (for individual contributors), increasing to four weeks after two years- career development opportunities- a collaborative values-based team culture- a wellness program- a hybrid working model- participation in- Communities of Inclusion

Want to make a difference in your career? Consider this opportunity.

The Specialist is primarily responsible for assisting the Manager and/or Team Lead in delivering on program/operational mandates to deliver OH’s dynamic and complex Rural and Northern Locum Programs by executing key activities and developing the required deliverables. As part of this role, the Specialist develops and maintains the required processes, tools, and technology to implement and operationalize key activities and deliver on program plans.

The Specialist, Operations is responsible for key operational tasks for specific programs including providing front-line service to communities, hospitals and physicians, managing stakeholder requests, maintaining database records, processing physician payments, and preparing program reports.

Here is what you will be doing:
- Performs the day-to-day operations for the delivery of a dynamic and complex locum program to support high-need rural and Northern hospitals/communities that are experiencing significant staffing challenges. This includes:
- Ensuring accurate and timely issuing of physician payments, including communicating payment parameters to locums and hospitals/communities, processing expense and travel time claims and work with program leadership on review/audit and sign-off as part of a regular payments process.- Maintaining locum program IT solutions and databases, records and archiving requirements and data integrity.- Managing multiple projects to support program evolution and optimization while maintaining ongoing program operations.- As a member of the locum program team, Specialist will support leadership on all aspects of program operations, issues, data, trends and options for program delivery. This includes:
- Investigating, assessing, documenting, and providing options and recommendations to leadership regarding physician, hospital, and community program eligibility.- Assesses and develops operational policy recommendations for leadership, to improve overall program performance and operational efficiency.- Monitoring program/community locum needs and usage while proactively identifying program trends/potential issues for leadership.- Preparing presentations, briefing materials, statistical reports and external communications for internal management, the ministry, and other stakeholders.- Provides customer service and stakeholder management with an excellent working knowledge of rural and northern healthcare, hospitals/communities and physician providers. This includes:
- Maintaining relationships of trust and credibility with key program stakeholders, notably, hospital and physician leadership, healthcare administrators and locum physicians.- Regularly participating in discussions with physicians, communities, hospitals, ministry or other agency staff and stakeholders to provide program advice/resources and jointly brainstorm when there are local challenges concerning physician coverage or other health human resource issues.- Provides timely and diplomatic customer service and issues management to hospitals, community representatives and locum physician stakeholders to problem solve, communicate, and resolve all manner of administrative and logístical issues required to support physician coverage and patient access under significant pressures and tight timelines.- Performs cross-functional and/or other duties consistent with the job classification, as assigned or requested.

Here is what you will need to be successful:
Education and Experience- Master’s degree preferred or Undergraduate degree in an appropriate discipline (health, social sciences, political sciences, business/health administration or another relevant field), or equivalent combination of education and experience- Minimum three years of overall working experience, with a minimum of two years recent experience working within the healthcare sec



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