Discipline Coordinator

University Health Network; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 77,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

HOOPP pension plan

Transit access

Flexible work environment

Professional development

Employee discounts

Job summary

University Health Network in Toronto is seeking a disciplined and collaborative Discipline Coordinator – Social Work to support academic practice, enabling clinicians to work to their full scope of practice while fostering wellbeing, safety, productivity and recognition.

The role requires leading quality improvement initiatives, facilitating professional development, and building research and education capacity across education, research and practice teams.

Qualifications

• Registration as a Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.
• At least three (3) years’ experience as a social worker required.
• Comprehensive understanding of regulatory standards and legislation related to social work practice.
• Working proficiency with Microsoft Office (e.g. Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
• Strong skills in identifying practice issues and collaboratively problem solving.
• Understands how to create an environment of continuous learning with strong skills in adult education and facilitation.
• Ability to implement quality improvement projects, facilitate knowledge translation and understanding of project management principles.
• Skills in creating an environment that is collaborative, interprofessional and accountable, partnering with patients, clinicians and leaders.
• Previous leadership experience an asset.

Responsibilities

• Supportthe design, implementation and communication of profession standards, competencies, and policies to support profession-specific practice, in keeping with best practice, legislated and professional requirements and UHN’s mission and goals
• Implementquality indicators and monitoring
• Supportlocal and corporate initiatives to support profession-specific practice, quality improvement and evidence-based research projects related to practice to improve patient care outcomes.
• Leadsub-committees and task forces related to emerging social work practice goals, including enhancing the use of Epic, and improving orientation for new hires
• Demonstratean excellent understanding of the intersecting inequities experienced by patients, and work from a social justice and health equity framework to support social work teams in addressing inequity to improve patient experience
• Plan, facilitate, and evaluatecontinuing professional development sessions for clinicians, in line with emerging educational needs
• Enable, facilitateand maintainprofession specific clinical practice orientation and education pathways to support development from novice to expert
• Createopportunities to build research and education capacity
• Makecollaborative linkages – with stakeholders in education, research and practice
• SupportUHN Strategic Goals related to social work practice

Skills

Adult education and facilitation

Facilitation

Problem solving

Leadership

Interprofessional collaboration

Project management

Quality improvement

Communication

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Ontario Social Workers and Social Service Workers registration

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

• Compensation: CAD 43.47 - CAD 55.62 - hourly

Company Description

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.

UHN’s vision is to build A Healthier World and it’s only because of the talented and dedicated people who work here that we are continually bringing that vision closer to reality.

Union: Non-union
Number of Vacancies: 1
New or Replacement Position:Replacement
Site:Multiple UHN Locations
Department:Collaborative Academic Practice
Reports to: Director of Professional Practice
Wage range:$43.47 - $55.62 per hour
Hours:15 Hours per week
Status:Temporary Part-Time (until December 2029)
Closing Date: September 16, 2026

Position Summary

The Discipline Coordinator – Social Work under the direction of the Discipline Head – Social Work will support academic practice, enabling clinicians to work to their full scope of practice and encourages a high-quality workplace that promotes well-being, safety, productivity, and recognition. The Discipline Coordinator exercises exceptional decision-making capabilities, collaboration, as well as facilitation and conflict resolution skills. The ideal candidate is an exemplary clinician with demonstrated ability to transform and engage the team. The Discipline Coordinator requires strong verbal and written communication skills, in addition to being able to synthesize information, problem solve and implement strategies to address priorities.

Duties

• Supportthe design, implementation and communication of profession standards, competencies, and policies to support profession-specific practice, in keeping with best practice, legislated and professional requirements and UHN’s mission and goals
• Implementquality indicators and monitoring
• Supportlocal and corporate initiatives to support profession-specific practice, quality improvement and evidence-based research projects related to practice to improve patient care outcomes.
• Leadsub-committees and task forces related to emerging social work practice goals, including enhancing the use of Epic, and improving orientation for new hires
• Demonstratean excellent understanding of the intersecting inequities experienced by patients, and work from a social justice and health equity framework to support social work teams in addressing inequity to improve patient experience
• Plan, facilitate, and evaluatecontinuing professional development sessions for clinicians, in line with emerging educational needs
• Enable, facilitateand maintainprofession specific clinical practice orientation and education pathways to support development from novice to expert
• Createopportunities to build research and education capacity
• Makecollaborative linkages – with stakeholders in education, research and practice
• SupportUHN Strategic Goals related to social work practice

Qualifications

• Registration as a Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers
• At least three (3) years’ experience as a social worker required
• Comprehensive understanding of regulatory standards and legislation related to social work practice
• Working proficiency with Microsoft Office (e.g. Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Strong skills in identifying practice issues and collaboratively problem solving
• Understands how to create an environment of continuous learning with strong skills in adult education and facilitation
• Ability to implement quality improvement projects, facilitate knowledge translation and understanding of project management principles
• Skills in creating an environment that is collaborative, interprofessional and accountable, partnering with patients, clinicians and leaders
• Previous leadership experience an asset

Additional Information

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.

• Competitive offer packages
• Government organization and a member of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP https://hoopp.com/)
• Close access to Transit and UHN shuttle service
• A flexible work environment
• Opportunities for development and promotions within a large organization
• Additional perks (multiple corporate discounts including: travel, restaurants, parking, phone plans, auto insurance discounts, on-site gyms, etc.)

Current UHN employees must have successfully completed their probationary period, have a good employee record along with satisfactory attendance in accordance with UHN's attendance management program, to be eligible for consideration.

All applications must be submitted before the posting close date.
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UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their requirements known.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

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