Vice President, Integrated Mental Health, Addictions and Community Care

At Ontario Health, we are committed to developing a strong organizational culture that connects and inspires all team members across the province. Our vision is that together, we will be a leader in health and wellness for all. Our mission is to connect the health system to drive improved and equitable health outcomes, experiences and value. How we work together is reflected through our five values: integrity, inspiration, tenacity, humility and care.

What Ontario Health offers:

• Comprehensive health coverage from day one, with fully paid medical, dental, and vision benefits to support you and your family’s health
• Flexible health care or wellness spending accounts, plus an inclusive program to support your overall well-being
• A premium defined benefit pension plan, ensuring long-term financial security
• Competitive vacation entitlement that encourages time to rest and recharge
• Three personal days and two float days annually, providing added flexibility to support work-life balance, in addition to vacation days
• Ongoing learning and career development opportunities designed to help you grow, advance, and thrive in your profession
• A collaborative, values-driven workplace where integrity, care, humility, inspiration, and tenacity shape everything we do
• Opportunities to participate in Communities of Inclusion, fostering belonging, equity, and the sharing of diverse perspectives across our team

Want to make a difference in your career? Consider this opportunity.

The Opportunity

Ontario Health is seeking an innovative, values-driven, and community-oriented health-system leader to serve as Vice President, Integrated Mental Health, Addictions and Community Care (IMHACC). Working in close partnership with the Provincial Clinical Leads and other provincial, regional, and local leaders, this role will provide strategic and operational leadership to advance mental health and addictions and community care across Ontario. The successful candidate will bring energy, curiosity and a strong commitment to improving health outcomes for patients, families, and communities. You will understand that effective provincial leadership must be informed by local realities and will actively engage communities, providers, people with lived experience and regional partners in the design and delivery of programs and services. Translating provincial priorities into meaningful regional and community-level impact is critical. As you will need to recognize the distinct needs of urban, rural, remote, northern, Indigenous, and equity-deserving communities and will work collaboratively to develop responsive, sustainable, and evidence-informed solutions.

The Mandate

You will set the strategic direction of the Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence and turn that vision into clear priorities, strong partnerships, innovative programs, and measurable results. Leading across complex provincial programs and operational areas, you will build the capacity, relationships and infrastructure needed to improve access, quality, equity, and patient experience. You will connect provincial priorities with regional needs and ensure that Ontario’s diverse communities help shape how mental health and addictions care is planned and delivered. This is an opportunity to mobilize partners across healthcare, social services, government, and community organizations; challenge traditional approaches; accelerate improvement; and build an inclusive, high-performing, and values-driven organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive Provincial Strategy and System Transformation
  Set and advance a bold provincial vision for the Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence, as well as palliative care and community paramedicine.
  Design and execute strategies that accelerate integration, transformation, quality and equity across Ontario’s mental health and addiction and community care system.
  Turn emerging trends, community needs, evidence and government priorities into practical policies, programs and models of care.
  Connect the work of the portfolio to Ontario Health’s mandate, clinical programs, regional priorities and corporate strategies.
  Identify and act on opportunities to improve access, coordination, patient experience and outcomes across the continuum of care.
  Use research, data, lived experience, leading practices and jurisdictional benchmarking to challenge assumptions and strengthen decision-making.
• Champion Regional and Community Priorities
  Build a deep understanding of the populations, service environments, challenges and opportunities across Ontario’s diverse regions.
  Engage directly with regional leaders, local providers, community organizations, patients, families and people with lived and living experience.
  Ensure provincial strategies reflect local realities and can be adapted to the distinct needs of different communities.
  Advance co-design and collaborative planning that brings together clinical, community, social service and patient perspectives.
  Strengthen relationships with Indigenous, Francophone, rural, remote and equity-deserving communities.
  Maintain a visible presence across the province and create meaningful opportunities to listen, learn and respond.
• Mobilize Partners and Stakeholders
  Build trusted relationships with government, health service providers, clinical leaders, social service organizations, researchers and community agencies.
  Represent Ontario Health in senior-level discussions with the Ministry of Health and other provincial, regional and system partners.
  Bring diverse interests together and move complex discussions toward shared decisions and action.
  Create governance and engagement models that strengthen collaboration, transparency and accountability.
  Break down sector boundaries and advance solutions that address the social, cultural and economic factors affecting mental health and addictions.
• Deliver Operational, Quality and Financial Results
  Lead the operations, programs, resources and annual business planning of the MHA COE as well and palliative care and community paramedicine programs.
  Convert strategy into focused priorities, clear deliverables, defined accountabilities and measurable results.
  Establish performance measures that demonstrate impact for patients, providers, communities, regions and the broader provincial system.
  Drive the design, implementation and evaluation of quality-improvement and system-transformation initiatives.
  Anticipate strategic and operational risks and act early to mitigate them.
  Direct operating and program budgets with a strong focus on sustainability, value and responsible stewardship.
  Ensure programs and operations meet legislative, policy, accountability and quality requirements.
• Inspire People and Shape Culture
  Inspire and develop a multidisciplinary team of clinical, operational, policy and program professionals.
  Create an inclusive, collaborative and high-energy environment grounded in Ontario Health’s values.
  Attract, develop and retain exceptional talent while strengthening leadership capacity across the organization.
  Set clear expectations, remove barriers and hold leaders and teams accountable for results.
  Encourage innovation, thoughtful risk-taking, continuous learning and open dialogue.
  Lead with integrity, humility, courage, empathy and a strong commitment to public service.
  Advance employee well-being, engagement, succession planning and professional development.

Qualifications and Experience

• A master’s degree in health administration, business administration, public administration, public health or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• A health professional designation or significant professional experience within the healthcare system is strongly preferred.
• At least 10 years of progressive senior leadership experience within healthcare, mental health and addictions, social services, government, or another complex public-sector environment.
• At least eight years of experience leading teams, developing leaders and managing organizational performance.
• Demonstrated experience leading provincial, regional, or large-scale health-system strategy, operations, program delivery, or transformation.
• A strong understanding of Ontario’s healthcare system, regional structures, and community-based models of care.
• Experience working directly with healthcare providers, regional partners, community organizations, and people with lived experience.
• Knowledge of the mental health and addictions sector and community sector is strongly preferred.
• Experience working with government and navigating complex public-policy and accountability environments.

Leadership Profile

The successful candidate will be:

• Innovative: Challenges traditional approaches and turns new ideas into practical, scalable solutions.
• Energetic: Brings momentum, optimism and a strong sense of purpose to complex system challenges.
• Values-driven: Leads with integrity, compassion, equity, accountability and respect.
• Community-oriented: Listens to communities and ensures their experiences shape provincial priorities.
• Regionally informed: Understands that communities differ and avoids a one-size-fits-all approach.
• Collaborative: Builds trust and creates shared ownership across organizational and sector boundaries.
• Outcome-focused: Connects strategy and activity to measurable improvements in care and experience.
• People-centered: Creates conditions in which employees, partners, patients and communities can contribute and thrive.

Employment Type: Permanent Full time

Contract Length: N/A

Salary Band: Band 10

External Application Deadline Date: August 27, 2026

All applicants must be a resident of Ontario to be considered for roles at Ontario Health.

Ontario Health encourages applications from candidates who are First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and urban Indigenous; Francophone; members of Black and racialized groups; 2SLGBTQIA+ communities; trans and nonbinary individuals; and people living with disabilities.

Ontario Health is an accessible employer, and we offer accommodation in all aspects of employment, including the recruitment process. If you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please email careers@ontariohealth.ca and a member of the team will connect with you within 48 hours.

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