Date Posted: 12/05/2025
Closing Date: 01/31/2026, 11:59PM ET
Req ID: 46339
Job Category: Faculty - Clinical
Faculty/Division: Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department: Dept of Psychiatry
Hospital Affiliation: Women's College Hospital
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Description:
Women’s College Hospital (WCH) is seeking to recruit a dynamic and visionary medical leader to bring its Department of Psychiatry programs to the next level of clinical and academic innovation; lead the Department of Psychiatry as a member of the hospital leadership team; and join the Psychiatry leadership team at the University of Toronto. This five-year term position, with a possibility of renewal, requires the successful candidate to be eligible for a full-time academic appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor at the University of Toronto. The anticipated start date is April 1, 2026 or as mutually agreed.
WCH is an academic outpatient care hospital in Toronto, Ontario with a focus on transforming healthcare for women and gender diverse people, delivering better outcomes, access and patient experience through equitable and connected care, learning and discovery. WCH is affiliated with the Toronto Academic Health Science Network (TAHSN), a dynamic network of academic health organizations providing leading edge research, teaching and education, and clinical care. WCH is setting a new pace for transformative redesign in healthcare through its new strategic plan Healthcare Revolutionized 2030. The hospital aims to confront gender and social inequities that threaten people’s health; to reimagine how healthcare services are delivered to help solve the health system’s most urgent issues and close the health gaps for all.
The Department Head will report to the Hospital President & CEO through the Vice President, Medical Affairs & System Transformation and Lead Medical Executive. The Department Head shall be accountable to the Board for the quality of care provided by the Medical Staff of their Department and responsible to the Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto for academic activities within Psychiatry. The Department Head is responsible for aligning the Department with the strategy of the hospital, in a dyad partnership with the Clinical Director for Mental Health. The Department Head works collegially with the University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine, partner hospitals and with the WCH Foundation leadership team to advance philanthropy. The Department Head will have opportunities to grow partnerships with valued community partner organizations and build additional partnerships.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead the Department of Psychiatry at Women’s College Hospital.
- Provide visionary leadership and operational oversight to advance the strategic plan of the hospital as it relates to mental health programs.
- Build and lead a team of dedicated medical professionals committed to excellence in clinical care, clinical innovation, and continuous quality improvement.
- Pursue excellence and represent WCH in academics by advancing the educational, research and scholarly objectives of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto.
- Participate actively in WCH medical leadership.
- Build partnerships to advance the goals of WCH beyond its walls.
The successful candidate will hold Fellowship in the Royal College of Physicians of Canada or equivalent and must be eligible for medical licensure in Ontario. They will have a strong record of supporting others engaged in mental health education, research and creative professional activity, in addition to having their own strong record of scholarship. The successful candidate will be a dynamic and compassionate leader, who demonstrates an empathetic, trusting, and responsive demeanor, with strong mentorship skills. Experienced in interprofessional models of care, committed to interprofessional education and patient care, and demonstrate exceptional fiscal management skills, with an emphasis on linking quality outcomes with optimizing costs. The successful candidate will be deeply committed to social justice, equity and the health of women and diverse communities, and will have a people-oriented leadership style with the ability to inspire a shared vision and to challenge others to excellence.
Salary for the role of Department Head will reflect an expected 2.5 days per week commitment, in addition to clinical compensation and other academic support based, in part, on fee-for-service billings and sessional fees. Applications will be accepted until January 31, 2026. The full job description can be viewed on the hospital site: https://jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/wch/CANDIDATEPORTAL/jobs/2039
Should you be interested in being considered for this opportunity, please forward your cover letter, CV, and any other relevant material to:
Dr. Cynthia Maxwell
Vice President, Medical Affairs & System Transformation and Lead Medical Executive
cynthia.maxwell@wchospital.ca
76 Grenville Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 1B2, Canada
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Women’s College Hospital is a fully affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Toronto and is committed to fairness and equity in employment and our recruitment and selection practices. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, members of racialized groups, women and any others who may contribute to the further diversification of our hospital community. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under our Access for People with Disabilities policy. Applicants need to make their requirements known in advance.
