Humber River Health. Lighting New Ways In Healthcare.

Since opening our doors in 2015 as North America’s first fully digital hospital, we remain unwavering in our belief that we can change the hospital where we work, the community where we live, and the world of healthcare beyond our borders. Serving a community of 850,000 residents in North West Toronto, Equity Inclusivity and active participation in the North West Toronto Ontario Health Team are key initiatives important to our Team.  At Humber River Health, we use a custom combination of technology and clinical expertise to rebuild elements of care. We make technology work for staff and physicians; giving them more time to spend with patients, to eliminate inefficiencies, and to reduce the chance of errors. Humber River Health is formally affiliated with both the University of Toronto and Queen’s University and committed to becoming a community academic hospital. Clinical Excellence, Optimizing Care through Technology and Community Connection frame our Research Strategy.    

At Humber River Health, we’re not hoping for a renaissance, we are making it happen. As part of our dynamic team, you can lead the way, as we continue our journey towards high reliability care!

Right now we are looking for a Unit Aide to work with our Operating Room Team.

Employment Status: Part Time
Hours of Work: Rotating shifts, 8 hours, days/evenings/weekends “subject to change as per Article 3 – Management Rights”. 
Location: Humber River Health – Wilson Site
Labour Group: NOWU Service 
Reporting Relationship: Manager, Operating Room
Hourly Rate: $26.356 - $26.877

Position Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that the areas and Supply carts are stocked, replacing linen, isolation supplies, etc.
• Maintaining an established inventory of sterile and unsterile supplies for the units.
• Assiting with collection of urgent supplies and medications from pharmacy or equipment as needed.
• Other stocking duties as assigned.
• Contacting SPD, EVS and or Stores for additional supplies if necessary
• Transporting clean/soiled linen, medical surgical /supplies, specimens etc.
• Ensuring that all empty Bays are equipped with a clean stretcher
• Assisting surgical and plastic clinic patients with way finding to pre-operative change rooms
• Notifying manager/designate about broken equipment repairs or replacement and initiating the reporting and transportation of broken equipment to Biomedical Engineering or Maintenance as required
• Working with the volunteers in navigating patients in surgical and plastic clinic

 Qualifications:

• Grade 12 education or equivalent.
• Two years of recent related hospital medical/surgical supply experience required.
• Medical Device Reprocessing (MDRD) or Sterile Supply Processing certificate is required
• Working knowledge of medical supplies required.
• Surgical experience is a strong asset.
• Able to handle physical requirements of the job (ability to lift 25-30 pounds repeatedly).
• Excellent attendance and discipline free record required.

Why choose Humber River Health?

At Humber River Health, our staff, physicians, and volunteers are lighting new ways in healthcare. We are proud to be recognized as a part of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc. We support employees by providing evidence-based leadership and cultivating a culture that consistently wows as a Huron Consulting hospital. We are a member of the Toronto Academic Health Science Network (TAHSN) and are deeply involved in research and academic collaboration. We are dedicated to high-quality patient care and demonstrate our values of compassion, professionalism, and respect.

Attracting and retaining a workforce that represents the diverse communities surrounding Humber River Health, is a priority.  We encourage applicants from all equity-deserving groups, including but not limited to, individuals who identity as Indigenous, racialized, seniors, persons living with disabilities, women, and those who identify as 2SLGBTQ.

Applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, disability, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited by the Ontario Human Rights Code and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process as well as during employment at Humber River Health. Please direct any accommodation requests to our recruitment team.