Director, Regional Ethics Program

Job Description Position: Director, Regional Ethics Program

Status: Permanent Full Time

Department/Health System: Quality, Risk & Patient Experience

Hours of Work/Shifts: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm

Posted: Wednesday April 29, 2026, closing on Wednesday May 20, 2026

Base Rate: $140,016.55 - $210,024.83 (salary band placement commensurate with experience)

Reports To: Executive Vice President, Quality, Risk and Patient Experience

Employer: Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of Canada’s largest community-based teaching hospitals, serving the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto, and surrounding communities through the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital, the Queensway Health Centre, the Reactivation Care Centre (Church Site) and the THP-UHN Reactivation Care Centre. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, and courage and through our strategic roadmap, Plan to 2030, we are creating a new kind of health care—defined not by illness, but by the health and well‑being of people and communities.

Role Overview We are seeking a talented and passionate individual to lead the Regional Ethics Program in delivering ethical, evidence-based decision-making from the point of care through to the boardroom. The Regional Ethics Program is an ethics service provider with a “hub and spoke” model of delivery. Trillium Health Partners is the “hub” and administrator of the Regional Ethics Program. “Spokes” are organizations in the region that purchase services from the hub. Services are provided by a team of fully trained ethicists with the support of local ethics facilitators/champions. The overarching role of the Regional Ethics Program is to facilitate and support ethical decision‑making throughout each organization through the identification, analysis, and resolution of ethical issues. Services provided to address clinical, organizational, and research ethics issues include consultation, education, policy development and review, quality improvement and research initiatives, and research ethics support.

Primary Responsibilities

Program Building and Leadership: Identify ethics needs of the organization and develop specific goals and plans to support achievement

Managing all aspects of the Regional Ethics Program including human resources, budgeting, marketing, contracts, and relationship building

Clinical, Research and Organizational Consultation: Establish and provide accessible and comprehensive consultation services to staff, patients and their families

Supporting and actively participating in relevant organizational committees and working groups

Education: Provide comprehensive ethics education and resources to staff, patients and families, learners, and the public through planning, implementation, and delivery of activities such as Ethics Grand Rounds, Ethics Tips of the Month, and Mississauga Academy of Medicine curriculum

Fostering a culture of learning while empowering employees to reach their full potential

Policy Development and Implementation: Facilitate development and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines that align with the values of the organization and reflect current ethical standards

Research Ethics: Support THP Research Ethics Board(s) as needed

Key Qualifications And Skills

Doctorate or Master’s Degree in healthcare ethics or equivalent field

Minimum of five to seven years of clinical and organizational ethics experience and progressive leadership experience in a healthcare setting

In‑depth knowledge and skills in healthcare ethics leadership, communication, consulting, teaching, facilitation/mediation, quality improvement methodology, research/research ethics, relationship and team building, healthcare systems

Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with internal and external partners

Strong visionary leadership qualities, including the ability to motivate, inspire, and mentor a team

Proficiency in applicable computer applications (e.g., MS Teams)

Position Location and Travel While the office for the Director, Regional Ethics Program is located at Mississauga Hospital, travel between sites and to external partners is required.

The Director, Regional Ethics Program provides on‑call coverage for the Ethics program approximately two weekend day shifts per month; additionally, the Director is on‑call for the organization as an Enabling Director for up to 5 weeks per year.

Equal Employment Opportunity & Accessibility Trillium Health Partners is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a healthy, safe and respectful environment for healing, based on our values of compassion, excellence, and courage. We encourage applicants who are members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Ontario Human Rights Code to consider this opportunity.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities as required.

Applicants must be eligible to work in Canada.

Trillium Health Partners is recognized under the French Language Services Act.

Internal candidates who have been in their current position for at least six (6) months are encouraged to apply.

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