Perinatal Health Clinical Leader & Data Translator

Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CHEO seeks a Clinical Content Specialist in Perinatal Health to provide clinical leadership and translate evidence into practice across Ontario. This role partners with clinicians, researchers, and health system leaders to improve maternal and newborn outcomes.

Responsibilities include shaping priorities, monitoring evidence, guiding quality initiatives, and translating data into actionable tools and policies, with a focus on knowledge translation and partnerships.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related health discipline.
• Professional clinical designation required.
• Minimum five years in perinatal care.
• Knowledge of Ontario health systems and perinatal databases.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving and facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development and implementation of perinatal health priorities and strategic initiatives.
• Provide clinical expertise on maternal and newborn health, especially labour, birth and postpartum.
• Monitor emerging evidence, guidelines, and standards in perinatal care.
• Identify care quality issues and opportunities for system improvement.
• Collaborate with medical and scientific leaders to guide projects and partnerships.
• Translate clinical data into actionable insights and recommendations.
• Develop meaningful indicators, reports, dashboards, and measures with analytics teams.
• Support quality improvement initiatives using data to improve practice and outcomes.
• Interpret trends in outcomes, service use and health equity; evaluate impact.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Written communication

Analytical skills

Facilitation skills

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in health discipline

Professional clinical designation

Tools

MS Office

Job description

CHEO seeks a Clinical Content Specialist in Perinatal Health to provide clinical leadership and translate evidence into practice across Ontario. This role partners with clinicians, researchers, and health system leaders to improve maternal and newborn outcomes.

Responsibilities include shaping priorities, monitoring evidence, guiding quality initiatives, and translating data into actionable tools and policies, with a focus on knowledge translation and partnerships.