Associate Dean, Clinical Faculty Affairs (Clinical Associate or Clinical Full Professor)

The School of Medicine at York University invites highly qualified applicants for a Clinical Associate or Clinical Full Professor position to commence August 2026 or as mutually agreed, with consideration of candidates beginning immediately. The successful candidate will be appointed as Associate Dean Clinical Faculty Affairs with an initial 5-year term, with the possibility of renewal. The role is expected to require 2 to 4 days per week, with flexible scheduling intended to complement active clinical practice. This is an open clinical faculty appointment in the Clinical Professorial Stream, as described in the University’s Clinical Faculty Appointments Policy. The successful candidate will identify a home department to be appointed (i.e., Family Medicine, Medicine, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Surgery, Community & Population Health & Health Systems Transformation, Anesthesia, Medical Imaging, or Pathology, Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine) in the School of Medicine or a joint appointment across two departments.

Reporting to the Vice Dean, Integrated Community-based Learning Network & Health Systems, School of Medicine, the inaugural Associate Dean, Clinical Faculty Affairs provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for clinical faculty recruitment, appointment, development, and engagement. The Associate Dean ensures that clinical faculty are effectively integrated into the academic mission and supported in their teaching, scholarly, leadership, and service contributions. Working closely with senior academic leaders, health system partners, and community-based clinical affiliates, the Associate Dean aligns clinical faculty affairs with institutional priorities, accreditation standards, and social accountability commitments. The role leads the development and implementation of clinical faculty affairs strategy and plays a central role in maintaining inclusive, transparent, and equitable practices across a distributed medical education network.

The ideal candidate will be a respected academic physician with leadership experience in academic medicine or health system administration. They will bring experience in strategic planning, organizational change, and stakeholder engagement within complex academic and clinical environments, ideally including distributed or community-based education models. The successful candidate will possess strong interpersonal, communication, and conflict resolution skills, and a collaborative leadership style that supports faculty engagement, professional development, and academic progression. The candidate will hold an MD or equivalent degree, be eligible for licensure in Ontario, and demonstrate excellence in teaching, mentorship, and scholarship related to medical education, health systems strengthening, or capacity building. A clear and sustained commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, decolonization, and Indigenous Peoples engagement is essential, along with the cultural competence to advance inclusive and socially accountable clinical faculty practices.

Hiring Policies:

• Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
• All York University positions are subject to budgetary approval.
• Clinical faculty are hired in their professional capacity as a member of the medical profession because they are required to apply their medical training, medical knowledge, and medical skills in connection with the performance of their duties and responsibilities.
• York welcomes and employs scholars from all over the world. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.
• York has a policy on Accommodation in Employment for Persons with Disabilities and is committed to working towards a barrier-free workplace and expanding the accessibility of the workplace to persons with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation are invited to Nicole Lewis, Manager, Office of the Dean, School of Medicine at lewisn22@yorku.ca.

Application Process:

• Due date for completed applications: May 29, 2026.
• Provide required information regarding your Canadian work status and optional self-identification for Affirmative Action purposes as part of the online application at this link: YUWorkAA.
• York University has partnered with Andrea Patrick and Cora Hui at Odgers to lead this recruitment. To apply, please submit a comprehensive CV along with a cover letter which sets out your interest in the role and encapsulates the aspects of your experience relevant to the required criteria. The preferred method of application is online at: https://careers.odgers.com/en-ca/31141. For more information, please reach out to York_medicine@odgers.com.