Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (The Royal)
Ottawa, Ontario
The Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (The Royal) is one of Canada’s foremost mental health care, teaching, and research hospitals. As a specialized academic health sciences centre, The Royal is committed to helping people living with mental illness and addiction into recovery faster. With over 500 beds and 19,000 outpatients served annually, The Royal delivers innovative, evidence-informed care across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings including forensic psychiatry, geriatric mental health, operational stress injuries, schizophrenia, mood disorders and substance use disorders. Its campuses span Ottawa and Brockville, with strong partnerships across the region and province. As part of its renewed strategic direction (SPARQ: Sustainability, People, Access, Research, Quality), The Royal is seeking an accomplished physician leader to join its senior team in the role of Medical Director, Severe Mental Illness.
Reporting to the Senior Medical Officer & Deputy Chief of Staff, the Medical Director is accountable for setting the clinical and strategic direction across the Department of Severe Mental Illness, and ensuring alignment with The Royal’s broader organizational goals. In partnership with the Executive Director, this dyad leadership role plays a key part in translating strategy into meaningful clinical impact, fostering interprofessional collaboration, and driving continuous quality improvement across services.
This role provides medical leadership across services for individuals living with complex, chronic, and treatment- resistant illness, including schizophrenia, psychosis, neurodevelopmental conditions, and interventional psychiatry. The successful candidate will bring deep expertise in the care of individuals with severe mental illness and a strong understanding of innovative, system-based models of care.
The successful candidate will be an experienced psychiatrist, licensed (or eligible for licensure) in Ontario, with a minimum of five years of leadership experience and a deep commitment to patient- and family-centred mental health care. With a track record in advancing access, innovation, and health system integration, they will bring clinical credibility, collaborative values, and the strategic acumen required to lead in a complex and evolving healthcare environment. This is an outstanding opportunity to join a progressive academic health sciences centre at a time of exciting transformation.
To confidentially explore this opportunity, please email your resume, quoting the position title, to resumes@promeus.ca. An Executive Brief is available upon request.
The Royal Ottawa Health Care Group and Promeus Inc. are committed to equity and inclusion in the workplace. Our shared commitment is rooted in the belief that a diverse workforce enhances the quality of care and organizational strength. We encourage applications from members of equity-deserving communities and welcome individuals from all backgrounds. Upon request, accommodations due to disability are available throughout the recruitment process.
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