Union: CUPE
Number of Vacancies: Multiple
Site: Toronto General Hospital/Toronto Western Hospital
Department: Transportation
Reports to: Supervisor
Wage range: Start rate: $27.30 per hour in accordance with collective agreement requirements
Shifts: Must be available for all shifts. Day, Evening, and Night shifts including on Weekends and Stat Holidays (Availability requirements may vary depending on the site that you are hired at).
Status: Temporary Casual/Temporary Part-time (Contract Duration: May 04, 2026 -September 07, 2026)
Closing Date: March 31, 2026
The Hospital Assistant performs general and specific duties in accordance with Patient Transportation Department standards of practice, policies and procedures.
Duties
- Transporting patients by wheelchair, stretcher or bed to various locations for tests and other procedures, as per established schedule or as requested. These locations include patient rooms, departments for tests like x-rays, CT scan, MRI, to procedures like endoscopies, and the emergency department. Transporting patients who have passed away to the morgue.
- Assisting to transfer patients between beds, stretchers, and wheelchairs under the direction of clinical staff.
- Responding immediately with specialized equipment when a patient is being resuscitated or in medical distress.
- Picking up and delivering specimens. blood products, supplies, dirty/soiled instruments, equipment and other miscellaneous items to various locations, as per established schedule or as requested.
- Using a mobile device to accept, start, and complete assigned tasks.
- Monitoring and replenishing medical and other supplies to ensure the department has sufficient quantity on hand.
- Following all Infection Prevention and Control procedures including hand washing and isolation procedures.
- Wearing gloves, isolation gowns, masks (surgical and N95), eye protection, and other Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) while carrying out duties as required.
- Cleaning and disinfecting stretchers, wheelchairs, pumps, IV poles and other patient handling equipment with bleach and other cleaning chemicals in accordance with training and procedures while wearing required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
- Performing cross-functional duties as assigned and/or required.
- Performing other duties consistent with the job classification, as assigned and/or required.