Consultant, Performance, Accountability & Funding Allocation – Toronto Region

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

· Health care spending account

· Premium defined benefit pension plan

· 3 personal days and 2 float days annually

· Individual contributors start at 3 weeks’ vacation with 4 weeks at 2 yrs.

· Career development opportunities

· A collaborative values-based team culture

· Wellness programs

· A hybrid working model

· Participation in Communities of Inclusion

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

The Consultant - Performance, Accountability and Funding Allocation, will successfully navigate the healthcare landscape and work to influence regional Performance Management and ensure the external presence and influence of Ontario Health in the Regions (OH). They will manage challenges and issues during a time of change and accelerate the transition process to maximize efficiencies. The Consultant will utilize data and analytics to drive measurable improvements in operational performance. Utilizing leading benchmark information and best practice data, they strive to ensure processes and practices at OH are leading edge and effectively maximizing efficiencies.

The Consultant will work as part of the Ontario Health Team to fully integrate care and ensure that OH is a key player in the partnerships required for integration and transformation of health care services.

The Consultant will be accountable for developing and implementing system level initiatives to advance integrated care and partnerships. They will lead partnership projects and build system capacity by envisioning, developing and maintaining key relationships and partnerships that will better connect services across the system both within and outside OH. Furthermore, the Consultant, will be:

• Frequently engaging with senior leadership of Hospitals’ CEOs , SVPs, CFOs, VPs and Ministry and community partners;
• Working with the OH Directors, the Consultant will act as the face of the OH Regions when dealing with Health Service Providers’ (HSPs) accountability and performance management;
• Providing subject matter experts to Hospital and the Ministry for complex issues;
• Working in conjunction with OH Directors and VP, this position will have greater accountability in leading and developing strategies for the organization.
• Providing guidance to staff assigned to support portfolio and act as the Director’s back up.
• Dealing at a high level of complexity of Health Service Providers’ (HSP) funding and performance matters, along with providing subject matter advice to OH Directors for decision making;

Here is what you will be doing:

Performance, Strategic Funding Development and Transformation

• Translate Region priorities into tangible and achievable programs by aligning with the Regions and provincial strategies and using evidence-based decision making tools and methodologies.
• Lead the development and achievement of Performance, Contract and Funding allocation regional objectives and strategies that include both short and long term course of action to ensure successful realization of OH Corporate strategic direction and to better connect Health services across the system
• Ensures that Performance and Funding strategy will align with and achieve the strategic priorities set out in the organization’s overall Strategic Plan and is tied to its Mission, Vision and Values.
• Leads, champions and directs the development of transformation strategies for the organization.
• Engages, coordinates and leads relationship with a large number of senior level health service providers, service provider organizations and physicians across health sectors to develop strategies, frameworks and implementation.

HSPs Performance Management and Funding Allocation

• Responsible for oversight and/or management of financial allocations to assigned transfer payment agencies, preparation of funding plans or recommendations, and providing expert advice to the Regional staff and management on financial and funding matters .
• Oversees request for call for proposal process to identity new investment opportunities.
• Participate in various committees, Ministry and HSP performance meetings representing on behalf of the Regions.
• Participates in and contributes to the Regions and ministry dialogue on the provincial funding framework and its application to local health service delivery organizations.
• Manages preparation of annual and multi-year funding plans and ensures appropriate analysis of financial implications of planning, integration and allocation options or decisions.
• Reviews and analyzes local health system funding plans in accordance with the Regional goals and objectives.
• Provides Management with recommendations related to access to care (eg. wait time, ED, LOS) allocations, provincial programs and other Ministry/Ontario Health directed programs.
• Participates in and contributes to inter-Ontario Health dialogue on the provincial performance management framework and its application to local health service delivery organizations, as appropriate and requested.
• Provides leadership and guidance to staff assigned to support portfolio; supervises and effectively manages the work and workload of staff.
• Leads future investment decisions through the provision of recommendations regarding previously funded projects performance, and through evaluation of the mix of investments across OH priority areas, and provides projection of the outcomes of investments on OH commitments
• Provides technical analysis of complex health-care system funding models or approaches and develops tools and methods to assess the local funding plans required to meet the short and long term needs of the local community.
• Identifies and monitors high-risk issues related to funding or financial management of health service delivery organizations.
• Works with and collaborates with other Leads of the Performance, Accountability and Funding Allocation team to complete system level projects.
• Provides expert advice and input to the Regions executive team on the application of the provincial funding formula and contributes to complex financial decisions related to local system funding and Allocation.
• Manages performance management of Health Service Providers (HSPs) including hospitals and system performance.

Partnerships and Relationship Building

• Build and maintain relationships with a range of key community providers, hospitals and cross-sector agencies to advance a partnership strategy that is integrated, outcome-focused and transformative.
• Works with Senior Management and other key leaders managing the relationships of the partners
• Central point of contact and key organization networker for strategic stakeholder relations and partnership
• Leads, champions and directs the development of partnership strategies for the organization.
• Builds and redesigns relationships with external organizations (Ontario Health Team, HSPs, broader health system partners) to advance OH in the healthcare landscape.
• Develops, implements and leads organizational partnership strategy that focuses on building a more integrated and inter-connected health system and advancing partnerships across the continuum of care.

Here is what you will need to be successful:

Education and Experience

• Experience building relationships and partnerships related to health system integration;
• Minimum 5 years' experience leading/managing teams (direct or indirect), utilizing relationship building and management skills;
• Masters degree in Health administration, Business Administration, Informatics business administration or equivalent education/experience;
• Strong project management experience, including demonstrated ability to efficiently plan, organize and manage multiple complex project simultaneously with limited supervision or direction;
• Exceptional relationship developer, capable of inspiring teams and working with organization partners to facilitate change while fostering a culture of creativity and innovation;
• Eight years progressive Healthcare Management and financial management experience at a senior level required;

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Salary Band: 7

Location: Ontario (currently hybrid; subject to change)

All applicants must be a resident of Ontario to be considered for roles at Ontario Health.

Ontario Health encourages applications from candidates who are First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and urban Indigenous; Francophone; Black and racialized; members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities; trans and nonbinary; and disabled.

We encourage applicants with accessibility needs to notify us if they have any accommodation needs in the application and/or interview process.

Note: As part of the initial recruitment screening process, applicants must confirm that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If applicants are not fully vaccinated, they will be required to identify any accommodation needs pursuant to a protected ground under the Code. Applicants who identify an accommodation need will be required to provide supporting documentation with respect to their need for accommodation when requested by Ontario Health. If no such accommodation is identified, the applicant will not be eligible to proceed through the recruitment process.