CMPA Careers

■ PHYSICIAN MANAGER, RESEARCH

CONTRIBUTING TO THE CMPA

The Safe Medical Care Insights & Thought Leadership (SMCInTL) department advances the CMPA’s mission by integrating internal and external data sources, transforming evidence into novel insights, actionable knowledge, and impactful resources to support the safety of medical care. The department studies historical data to identify individual provider, team and system factors associated with medical-legal risk, researches trends, and evaluates the performance and impact of education programs. The department synthesizes evidence and disseminates its research findings by authoring reports, risk management communications, and educational materials in collaboration with other departments. The department also responds to internal and external requests for data analysis.

The Evidence Synthesis Unit (ESU) contributes to the work of the Safe Medical Care Insights & Thought Leadership department by developing research questions and conducting detailed literature searches, focus group interviews, and systematic reviews to inform the direction of research strategies used to explore and analyze the medico-legal data repository of the CMPA. The team works closely with the Data Capture, Data Insights, and Knowledge Translation teams within SMCInTL to inform members, stakeholders, and the general public of ways to reduce medico-legal risk and improve patient safety. This work further provides context and background to inform and support the work of Medico-Legal Services; this can include providing briefs and detailed reports that investigate and inform the current state of clinical evidence and/or the health policy landscape. The ESU is the principal generator of peer-reviewed publications and uses the following tools: environmental scans, rapid evidence reviews, systematic literature reviews and critical appraisal using standard tools as per best practice. This team will employe qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches to analyze CMPA and external data.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Physician Manager, Research supports the development and implementation of the CMPA research plan along with the Director, Safe Medical Care Insights & Thought Leadership. The Manager ensures the successful progression of the research plan by providing strategic and proactive planning of individual staff projects and providing advice, guidance and coaching to ESU employees. The Manager works collaboratively with the Manager, Data Insight in SMCInTL to ensure assure internal consistency in the quality of research and data analysis produced by these two teams and supports the organization’s business objectives by sharing information and collaborating with multiple peers and leadership groups within the CMPA and with outside stakeholders. The Manager, ESU also engages in effective management of ESU services, resources and operations including performance management, research oversight, guidance on appropriate research strategies and methods, and mentorship on appropriate journal selection for research publication(s). The manager is also responsible for wider research-related initiatives within the CMPA, including the research portfolio associated with the Association’s EDI Strategy and expanding member data collection to effect enhanced member data analysis.  Working closely with other SMCInTL leaders, this role collaborates with various cross-departmental and organizational-wide initiatives (eg. the wider SMC-EDI portfolio, Technology & Privacy, Strategic Engagement and Advocacy, Member Experience Performance & Evaluation, Medico-legal Services.)

POSITION ACTIVITIES

• Advises the Director and other internal stakeholders on appropriate healthcare research strategies to achieve departmental and corporate objectives.
• Develops, monitors, and reports on the progress and implementation of the CMPA’s Research Agenda in line with corporate strategy.
• Approves submission of completed research projects for publication or dissemination.
• Provides ongoing feedback and reporting to the Director on achievement of plans and provides advice and insights into internal quality improvement and research targets.
• Plans, develops, and manages the design and conduct of targeted research projects, assigns the projects to staff, and ensures the delivery of efficient and effective research results.
• Collaborates closely with Physician Manager, Knowledge Translation in leveraging data and research insights to support members within clinical contexts.
• Directs, supports, and coaches staff in the development of abstracts for scientific conferences, and the development of articles and manuscripts suitable for submission to high quality peer-reviewed journals. 
• Works closely with the other SMCInTL managers and the Director to identify and resolve issues.
• Establishes, implements and monitors departmental measurements.  Works collaboratively to create and implement an ESU performance plan. Leads the development and implementation of various tools to measure work performance and supports the development of project management tools and metrics within the team.
• Contributes to the operational and strategic goals & objectives of the SMCInTL department. Oversees budgets and plans for the ESU in conjunction with the Director.
• Mentors ESU team members on the development of high-quality, peer-reviewed research outputs, including but not limited to conference presentations and academic peer-reviewed journal manuscripts.
• Provides ongoing direction, coaching, motivation and guidance to a cross-functional team.
• Performs leadership duties such as designing job descriptions, recruiting new employees, managing employee performance, planning short and long-term initiatives, and communicating the departmental and strategic plans.
• Prepares and conducts regular team meetings to maintain a team environment conducive to open communication, true collaboration and exchange of information.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Medical degree (MD) and at least 10 years of experience in the provision of clinical care
• Experience in formulating research questions, creating protocols, analysing data and engaging in knowledge translation. Ideally health services research experience or administrative database research experience
• Research scientist in quality improvement, patient safety and related methodologies an asset
• Demonstrated experience with manuscript writing process and peer-reviewed publication process, and a track record of successful publication in peer-reviewed journals.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and managing operational plans and budgets
• Understanding of mixed methodology approaches is an asset

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Ability to evaluate research questions, assess quality of written manuscripts and corporate writing products
• Demonstrated proficiency in the development of strategy, research design, and evaluation
• Ability to provide direction, advice, coaching and feedback to team members
• Ability to foster an engaged, collaborative team of professionals
• Strong leadership skills
• Superior interpersonal skills with the ability to problem solve, resolve conflict situations, identify solutions and to provide advice, guidance and coaching to highly skilled professionals and help create professional development plans
• Knowledge of project management and change management principles
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills. 
• Ability to establish and implement standards, policies, procedures and reporting tools/techniques to meet business objectives
• Ability to apply innovative approaches to decision-making and problem-solving with a high attention to quality, detail and accuracy
• Ability to work with staff at different levels with different skill sets to collectively produce high quality products
• Plays an active role fostering a dynamic, evolving community of practice around research, reporting and knowledge translation across SMCInTL

POSTING DETAILS

• Job type: This is a regular full-time opportunity.
• This posting is for an existing vacancy
• Location: Hybrid - Primary Remote. You can work from a home-based office the majority of the time within the provinces of Ontario and Québec, with regular on-site presence at the CMPA office (1-2 days per week). If you prefer, you can choose to work out of the CMPA office in Ottawa, Ontario near the beautiful Dow’s Lake.
• Application deadline: June 2, 2026 at 4:00pm EST.

The CMPA is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to being responsive to those living with disabilities and strives to prevent and remove barriers to accessibility. The CMPA will provide support and accommodation in its recruitment processes to applicants living with disabilities. If you are invited to participate in an interview and/or skills assessment and have accommodation needs, please let us know.

Equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) is a key priority, and we actively strive to build a culture of inclusion where employees can be their authentic selves and are valued for their diverse experiences and perspectives.

We welcome and encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds and a variety of lived experiences to apply.

The CMPA offices, located in Ottawa, are located on the unceded, unsurrendered Territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation, whose presence here reaches back to time immemorial. We honour and pay our respect to these lands, and to all First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples throughout Turtle Island.