About the Role
Humber River Health is seeking a Unit Aide to join their Operating Room Team. This role is crucial in maintaining the efficiency and readiness of the operating room environment, ensuring supplies are stocked and equipment is functional.
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.
- Assisting with collection of urgent supplies and medications from pharmacy or equipment as needed.
- Performing 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 volunteers in navigating patients in the Operating Room department.
Requirements
- Grade 12 education or equivalent.
- Two years of recent related hospital medical/surgical supply experience required.
- Medical Device Reprocessing (MDR) or Sterile Supply Processing certificate is required.
- Working knowledge of medical supplies required.
- Able to handle physical requirements of the job (ability to lift 25-30 pounds repeatedly).
- Excellent attendance and discipline free record required.
Skills
- Surgical experience is a strong asset.
- An understanding of equity, diversity, and inclusion principles as they relate to health practices is an asset.
Location
- Humber River Health – Wilson Site
Work Type
- Permanent Full Time
- 8 hour rotating shifts, including days, evenings and weekends
Experience Level
- Two years of recent related hospital medical/surgical supply experience
Education Level
- Grade 12 education or equivalent
- Medical Device Reprocessing (MDR) or Sterile Supply Processing certificate
Salary/Compensations
- $27.758 - $28.306 per hour
About the Company
- Humber River Health is North America’s first fully digital hospital, founded in 2015.
- They serve a community of 850,000 residents in North West Toronto.
- Key initiatives include Equity, Inclusivity, and active participation in the North West Toronto Ontario Health Team.
- They use a custom combination of technology and clinical expertise to rebuild elements of care.
- They make technology work for staff and physicians, giving them more time to spend with patients, eliminate inefficiencies, and 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.
- Their Research Strategy is framed by Clinical Excellence, Optimizing Care through Technology and Community Connection.
- They are recognized as a part of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc.
- They support employees by providing evidence-based leadership and cultivating a culture that consistently wows with their unwavering commitment to Staff, Physician and Volunteer engagement.
- They are a member of the Toronto Academic Health Science Network (TAHSN) and are deeply involved in research and academic collaboration.
- They are dedicated to high-quality patient care and demonstrate values of compassion, professionalism, and respect.
Equal Opportunity
- Humber River Health is committed to creating an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace that reflects the diversity of our communities.
- They foster a culture where everyone feels respected, valued and empowered to contribute.
- They welcome applications from individuals of all equity-deserving groups, including Indigenous peoples, racialized communities, persons living with disabilities, women, 2SLGBTQ+ individuals and seniors.
- As an equal opportunity employer, Humber River Health complies with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.
- They do not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other protected ground.
- Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process and employment.
