Manager of Professional Practice

UHN is Canada’s #1 hospital and the world’s #1 publicly funded hospital. With 10 sites and more than 44,000 TeamUHN members, UHN consists of Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, The Michener Institute of Education and West Park Healthcare Centre. As Canada's top research hospital, the scope of biomedical research and complexity of cases at UHN have made it a national and international source for discovery, education and patient care. UHN has the largest hospital-based research program in Canada, with major research in neurosciences, cardiology, transplantation, oncology, surgical innovation, infectious diseases, genomic medicine and rehabilitation medicine. UHN is a research hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.

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Position Summary

The Transitional Care Program (TCP) at UHN is a collaborative and innovative approach designed to help patients who no longer need acute care services, but often find themselves waiting for an alternate care facility, such as convalescent and long-term care. Patients and families have access to the specialized care needed in a restorative setting that allows for patient optimum functioning and quality of life. The TCP philosophy is all about delivering patient care in the most appropriate setting where patient privacy, dignity and safety are top priorities.

Reporting to the Director of Professional Practice (DPP), the Manager of Professional Practice (MPP) for the TCP will be covering clinical programs at all 3 TCP sites: 82 Buttonwood Avenue, Toronto (Buttonwood RCC); 37 Austin Terrace, Toronto (Hillcrest Reactivation Centre), and 265 Queen’s Drive, North York (Queen’s Estate). The ideal candidate will have a nursing background, will be a member of the UHN Collaborative Academic Practice (CAP) portfolio, as well as a TCP Clinical Leader. The successful applicant will support the development, implementation and maintenance of profession-specific and interprofessional practice standards at the program level and across UHN, as required. The MPP will also be required to participate in the TCP on-call process, on a rotating basis.

Duties

In addition to working alongside some of the most talented and inspiring healthcare professionals in the world, UHN offers a wide range of benefits, programs and perks. It is the comprehensiveness of these offerings that makes it a differentiating factor, allowing you to find value where it matters most to you, now and throughout your career at UHN.