Lead, Community Health Worker

UHN is Canada’s #1 hospital and the world’s #1 publicly funded hospital. With 10 sites and more than 44,000 TeamUHN members, UHN consists of Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, The Michener Institute of Education and West Park Healthcare Centre. As Canada's top research hospital, the scope of biomedical research and complexity of cases at UHN have made it a national and international source for discovery, education and patient care. UHN has the largest hospital-based research program in Canada, with major research in neurosciences, cardiology, transplantation, oncology, surgical innovation, infectious diseases, genomic medicine and rehabilitation medicine. UHN is a research hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.

UHN’s vision is to build A Healthier World and it’s only because of the talented and dedicated people who work here that we are continually bringing that vision closer to reality.

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Position Summary

The Lead, Community Health Worker (CHW) is an integral member of the Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine’s team and responsible for overseeing the day to day operations and conduct of the CHW team. The Lead, CHW responsibilities include: Supervising, organizing, assigning and distributing patients & workload among CHWs to ensure the department operates in a manner that is efficient and effective. The Lead, CHW will coach and mentor assigned staff to foster a positive atmosphere that supports team building, collaboration and shared learning.

The Lead, CHW will actively engage in the development and improvement of processes, procedures; participate in professional development, teaching/educational activities, safety and quality improvement initiatives to ensure excellence in the provision of services. They will be responsible for ensuring CHWs have necessary equipment and resources, communicating and disseminating relevant information to team members and management personnel in a timely and consistent manner across departments.

In addition, the Lead, CHW will provide support to the UHN Social Medicine and Population Health Program to inform program development and role refinement; build, grow, strengthen and sustain relationships with community partners; and advocate for the needs of UHN's highest needs clients.

This position recognizes the University Health Network's commitment to health equity, to create a culturally safe institution for structurally marginalized people, and to educating future health care providers about health equity.

Duties

In addition to working alongside some of the most talented and inspiring healthcare professionals in the world, UHN offers a wide range of benefits, programs and perks. It is the comprehensiveness of these offerings that makes it a differentiating factor, allowing you to find value where it matters most to you, now and throughout your career at UHN.

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Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate. Should it be determined that any information provided by a candidate be misleading, inaccurate or incorrect, UHN reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of their application.

UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their requirements known.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.