Unit Aide, Operating Room

Humber River Health • Toronto, ON

4d • CA$28 - CA$28 • Onsite

About The Position

Humber River Health is seeking a Unit Aide to join their Operating Room Team. This is a temporary part-time position with a duration until September 2026, subject to change. The role involves working 8-hour rotating shifts, including days, evenings, and weekends, also subject to change. The Unit Aide will be responsible for ensuring the operating room areas and supply carts are stocked, maintaining inventory of sterile and unsterile supplies, assisting with the collection of urgent supplies and medications, and other stocking duties as assigned. They will also be responsible for contacting relevant departments for additional supplies, transporting various items, ensuring empty bays are equipped with clean stretchers, assisting patients with wayfinding, and reporting/transporting broken equipment. Additionally, the Unit Aide will work with volunteers in navigating patients within 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.

Nice To Haves

• Surgical experience is a strong asset.
• An understanding of equity, diversity, and inclusion principles as they relate to health practices is an asset.

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.
• 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 the Operating Room department

Benefits

• Humber River Health is proud to have been 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 dedicated to high-quality patient care and demonstrate our values of compassion, professionalism, and respect.
• Humber River Health is committed to creating an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace that reflects the diversity of our communities.
• Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process and employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED