Director, Clinical Engineering & Corporate Services

Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 104,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Relocation reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

CHEO is seeking an experienced Director, Clinical Engineering to lead a 70+ person team serving CHEO and regional partners across multiple facilities. You will shape the future of clinical engineering services, drive safety, reliability, and patient‑centred care through strategic planning and robust governance.

You will partner with executive leadership to align biomedical engineering, procurement, and capital planning with CHEO’s mission, ensuring innovation, sustainability and regional service

Qualifications

• Experienced healthcare leader with ability to navigate complex environments.
• Strong commitment to quality, safety and service improvement.
• Bachelor’s or higher degree in a relevant field with ~10 years of related experience, including 5+ years in leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead departmental strategies, quality improvement, risk management and priorities.
• Advise senior leadership, ensure biomedical engineering services are innovative and compliant.
• Collaborate with internal departments, partners, vendors and regional customers to ensure service excellence.
• Identify opportunities for operational efficiencies, cost savings and service enhancements in procurement, maintenance, and utilization of equipment.
• Oversee department leadership, budgets (operating and capital) and contract negotiations.
• Foster a culture of respect, wellbeing, safety and continuous learning while supporting engagement and performance.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Budget management

Project management

Relationship building

Healthcare technology

Stakeholder management

Education

University degree in a relevant discipline

Job description

About the Role

Compensation Pay Range: $75.67-$89.19 Job Description: CHEO is one of the few stand‑alone, global leaders inpediatrichealth and is home tonearly3,500staff and physicians dedicated to helping children and youth live their best lives. Ranked in the top 1% of Canadian hospitals for the digitization of its clinical digital infrastructure, CHEO combines excellence in clinical care, research, and education to advance seamless care thatisprovided where, when, and how itis needed. Every year, CHEO helps more than 500,000 children and youth from Eastern Ontario, Western Quebec, Nunavut, and Northern Ontario. At CHEO, every role contributes to something bigger: delivering exceptional care and advancing the health and wellbeing of children, youth and families. We are seeking an experienced and strategic leader to join our team as Director, Clinical Engineering — a key leadership role responsible for shaping the future of clinical engineering services within CHEO and across our regional partnerships. Reporting to the VP of Strategy and CIO, the Director, Clinical Engineering provides strategic and operational leadership for clinical engineering services across the organization while overseeing CHEO’s regional clinical engineering service model. The Director is responsible for providing leadership to over 70 employees within the clinical engineering service team, which provides service to 20 healthcare facilities at 30 sites along with up to 300 other clinical entities as well as CHEO services. This role is instrumental in ensuring the safe, reliable and efficient management of clinical technology that supports high-quality patient care across the hospital and partner organizations throughout the region.

Key Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will lead the planning, implementation and evaluation of departmental strategies, quality improvement initiatives, risk management systems and operational priorities aligned with CHEO’s mission, values and strategic direction.
• As a trusted advisor to senior leadership, the Director contributes expertise to corporate planning and decision‑making while ensuring biomedical engineering services remain innovative, sustainable and responsive to evolving healthcare needs and legislative requirements.
• The Director will work closely with internal departments, healthcare partners, vendors and regional customers to support service excellence, equipment reliability and long‑term capital planning.
• The position also plays a critical role in identifying opportunities for operational efficiencies, cost savings and service enhancements related to clinical equipment procurement, maintenance and utilisation.
• The Director, Clinical Engineering is responsible for the overall leadership and management of the department, including operational oversight, financial stewardship and people leadership.
• This includes leading departmental planning, managing operating and capital budgets, overseeing contract negotiations and procurement processes, establishing performance metrics and ensuring the effective delivery of biomedical engineering services.
• The Director fosters a culture grounded in respect, accountability, wellbeing, safety and continuous learning while supporting employee engagement, development and performance management.
• The role requires a collaborative and forward‑thinking leader who can build strong relationships across clinical, operational and external stakeholder groups.

Qualifications and Experience

• You are an experienced healthcare leader who can navigate complex environments, lead broad organisational initiatives and build trusted partnerships both internally and externally.
• You are comfortable balancing long‑term planning with day‑to‑day operational demands and have a strong commitment to quality, safety and service improvement.
• Candidates must possess a university degree in a relevant discipline along with approximately ten years of related experience, including a minimum of five years in a management or leadership capacity.
• Equivalent combinations of education, training and demonstrated experience may also be considered.
• Experience within healthcare or biomedical engineering environments is strongly valued.
• The successful candidate will demonstrate exceptional analytical, communication and relationship‑building skills, along with the ability to manage complex projects, lead multidisciplinary teams and oversee significant operational budgets.
• A strong understanding of healthcare technology management, procurement practices, quality standards and occupational health and safety legislation is essential.
• Depending on departmental needs, this position may be designated bilingual.
• The ideal candidate brings a strong combination of strategic leadership, operational excellence and technical competence.

Working at CHEO means a rewarding career. A career at CHEO provides a: competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package unique culture that fosters dedication, communication, respect and teamwork place where your opinions will be respected, contributions valued and your initiatives rewarded family‑friendly environment that supports you and your own family, as well as the children, youth and families we serve chance to grow — personally and professionally — through our comprehensive orientation program and on‑job learning support for continued education and learning potential for a relocation reimbursement benefit truly unique work environment

CHEO values diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier‑free work environment, starting with the hiring process and welcome interest from all qualified applicants.

Should you require accommodation during any phase in the recruitment process, please contact Human Resources at [e-mail]. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential and will be handled in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

We thank all those who apply; however, only those to be interviewed will be contacted.

CHEO is much more than a hospital. Our commitment to outstanding care and continued development impacts every part of a child and youth's health and wellbeing. We play a crucial role in building a healthy future for our community.

We are redefining what it means to be a hospital. Exceptional and integrated care is what families, children and youth deserve. We are committed to partnering with them and the community to provide this care — where, when and how it’s needed.

CHEO continues to be selected by local, national and international competitions showcasing employers who lead their sector in offering exceptional workplaces for their employees. For the eleventh time, CHEO has been recognized as one of the National Capital Region’s Top Employers. We were given this honour based on our outstanding: workplace atmosphere benefits employee communications training and skills development community involvement