Humber River Health. Lighting New Ways In Healthcare.   Humber River Health (HRH) is one of Canada’s largest acute care hospitals, fully digital, and serving a diverse catchment area of more than 850,000 people in the northwest Greater Toronto Area. HRH operates 722 acute inpatient beds with 3,400 staff, approximately 700 physicians, and over 1,000 volunteers. HRH currently includes the Wilson site, a 656-bed full service acute care facility that opened in 2015 and the Finch and Church sites, known as the "Reactivation Centres” (RCC). The RCCs represent a unique partnership among multiple hospitals in the GTA with a focus on high quality patient recovery. A 356-bed long-term care facility “Humber Meadows” is currently under construction at the Finch Avenue site.   Our vision of Exceptional Care, Healthier Community and our focus on equity and inclusivity is something we share with our partners at the North Western Toronto Ontario Health Team. As Canada’s first digital hospital and home of the first Patient Care Digital Command Centre, a commitment to innovation, research, and academic excellence remains at the core of our organization. We look forward to further development of these core elements through our membership in the Toronto Academic Health Sciences Network (TAHSN).   As an associate member of TAHSN, HRH provides many academic opportunities to all professions. We are committed to establishing a Family Practice Teaching Unit in partnership with the University of Toronto within the year, further strengthening our commitment to academia. The Hospital has formal affiliations with medical schools at University of Toronto and Queen’s University.   HRH has a strong emphasis on quality, safety, and the patient and family experience. In 2018, HRH received Exemplary Standing from Accreditation Canada. HRH also recently received the Studer Group Award for Excellence in Canadian Patient Care and the Canadian Council of Health Service Executives Patient Safety Award.   The Hospital has developed short and long-term objectives outlined in the 2021-23 Strategic Plan with a core direction of advancing HRH as a community academic hospital. Examples include: - Growing targeted specialty programs that are responsive to the needs of our community - Establishing an HRH Digital Healthcare Research Institute - Continuing to shepherd the development of a long-term care facility - Establishing a comprehensive Medical Education Program   EXCELLENT CAREER OPPORTUNITY   Right now we are looking for a:   GERIATRICIAN   HRH is currently seeking a Full-TimeGeriatrician. The Division of Geriatric Medicine has a team of five geriatricians that is well integrated through inpatient and outpatient care as part of the Department of Medicine.   The successful candidate must have a Royal College certification in Geriatric Medicine and be eligible for licensure in Ontario.    The position involves attending on a 32-bed acute geriatric care unit as well as caring for frail seniors post-hip fracture in a shared-care model with orthopedic surgery.  Additional clinical rotations include, inpatient consultation and outpatient geriatric medicine clinic (with both virtual care support and in-person evaluation).  The successful candidate can expect growth in the areas of the complementary bone health clinic and community outreach opportunities.   HRH has an expectation that all physicians will apply for an academic appointment at one of our university affiliates. Your support for medical learners is key to our strategic plan as an academic centre and our participation as a member of TAHSN.   We encourage all qualified applicants to apply in confidence by forwarding a cover letter and CV by September 30, 2022 to:   Dr. Andrew Baker Geriatric Medicine/Orthogeriatrics Medical Director, Senior Health Humber River Health 1235 Wilson Avenue Toronto, ON M3M 0B2   Send via E-mail: MedicalRecruitment@hrh.ca   Interested candidates who qualify will be contacted and may be asked to attend a pre-application interview. Selected candidates will be invited to submit a formal application for these positions. The hospital reserves the right not to appoint anyone to these positions.   www.hrh.ca   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.   Please be advised that in order to be eligible for employment at Humber River Health, all new hires must have received a complete COVID-19 vaccination series approved by Health Canada AND have received their most recent dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at least 14 days prior to their first date of employment. Medical exemptions or any other kind of requested exemption based upon the Hospital’s obligations pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code will be considered on a case-by-case basis.