Manager of Professional Practice, Corporate Programs

Union: Non-union
Number of Vacancies: 1
New or Replacement Position: New
Site: Multiple UHN Locations
Department: Collaborative Academic Practice
Reports to:  Director of Professional Practice 
Wage range: $55.98 - $83.98 per hour
Hours: 37.5 Hours per week
Status: Temporary Full-Time (until July 31, 2027)
Closing Date: July 24, 2026

Position Summary

University Health Network (UHN) is looking for an experienced transformative leader to fill the key role of Manager of Professional Practice. The temporary assignment is aligned with Altum, Laboratory Medicine, Medical Imaging, and our Discipline Head structure. This may evolve as required with department or UHN evolutions.

The Manager of Professional Practice (MPP), a member of the UHN’s Collaborative Academic Practice (CAP) portfolio, under the direction of the Director of Professional Practice (DPP), is accountable for academic clinical practice in alignment to UHN’s Purpose, Values and Principles and is key in aligning work within and across clinical programs, sites and organizational practice priorities. The role focuses on the integration of care, patient safety and quality; and the use of technology to enable care, teaching and research. 

Duties

• Lead service and program and select corporate initiatives based on the current and evolving patient care and practice standards
• Develop and implement policies and practice guidance relating to provisions of care, organization-wide healthcare delivery model changes which advance University Health Network's (UHN)'s foundational value of Patient Centered Care and its mission
• Develop and motivate a cohesive team and assist in identifying and supporting educational strategies to enhance staff knowledge with respect to professional practice and patient care
• Support the development, implementation and maintenance of profession-specific and interprofessional practice standards at the program level and across UHN, medical directive and order set/tool development , as well as performing cross-functional and other duties consistent with the job classification, as assigned or requested
• Collaborate with other site DPPs, MPPs, other practice and operations leaders to ensure that practice standards are aligned and integrated, where possible, across programs, and organization wide
• Supervise a number of professionals including Advanced Practice Nurse Educator (APNEs) as well as Discipline Heads (with either solid or dotted line reporting).
• Establish, maintain and lead a number of quality improvement initiatives and work closely with the DPP as well as other practice and operational colleagues (Unit Managers, Clinical Directors, Pharmacy, Diagnostics, Digital) to promote a vision of practice excellence, integrating practice-based education, point-of-care research capacity and a data driven approach within and across UHN programs, hospitals and in the external community Mentorship of diverse staff and learners
• Actively engage in organization-wide initiatives, most notably the optimization of UHN’s health information system