Safety and Healthy Work Environment Coordinator

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.  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.    

Position Summary:

• Reporting to: Director, Occupational Health, Safety and Wellness

• Location: On-site; 1235 Wilson Ave., with occasional travel to Finch and Church site (as required)

• Employment Status: Temporary Full-Time
• Duration: 18 months (Est. End Date: February 2027)

• Hours of Work: Monday – Friday. Flexibility required, on-site
• Employee Group: Non-Union

Humber River Health is seeking a dynamic and experienced candidate to join our Occupational Health, Safety and Wellness team that can provide Health and Safety support to employees and volunteers!  The Safety and Healthy Work Environment Coordinator will develop, coordinate, and implement the organization’s employee healthy work environment program for staff in consultation with the Joint Health & Safety Committee (JHSC), interdisciplinary teams, and other Occupational Health & Safety staff.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Assist the specialist in program design to provide staff the opportunity to participate in self-directed healthy work environment activities with physical, social, and educational components in collaboration with OH&S team.
• Design, plan, deliver, and coordinate employee safety and healthy work environment programs.
• Evaluate program performance and recommend improvements; provide subject matter expertise to project plans and business cases in collaboration with the Safety & Healthy Work Environment Specialist and other OH&S team member.
• Establish and promote related activity schedules, including arrangements for external speakers and service providers.
• Develop and administer processes to ensure hospital‐wide compliance with health & safety legislation (e.g., incident response and follow up, emergency planning, conducting safety audits and needs analysis, environmental investigations, and WHMIS training, manager/supervisor training).
• Track the employee incident management process, including identification of prevention strategies.
• Develop and implement effective health and healthy work environment screening tools
• Review organization wide incidences to benchmark against internal and external data and identify trends and opportunities for prevention and correction based on root cause analysis findings.
• Collect data and report statistics (e.g., program usage) in compliance with legislative requirements and safety and healthy work environment standards.
• Coordinate training logistics and related materials to deliver training programs
• Act as a support to applicable internal committees (e.g., Joint Health & Safety, Healthy Workplace Committee, etc.).

Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience assisting in health and healthy work environment administration, with preference in a healthcare or hospital setting;
• Undergraduate degree in Healthcare required;
• Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) and Occupational Health and Safety certification preferred;
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) required;
• Experience with Project Coordination preferred;
• Knowledge of Adult Education;
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal);
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to problem solve and use of tact and discretion;
• Good organizational ability, including the ability to prioritize a varied workload;
• Excellent Attendance and Discipline free record is a requirement.

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 with our unwavering commitment to Staff, Physician and Volunteer engagement. 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. Humber River Health is committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process as well as during employment at Humber