About the role
Requisition ID: 385179
Position Number: 20000392
Posting End Date: July 29, 2025
City: Winnipeg
Employer: Shared Health
Site: Health Sciences Centre
Department / Unit: Patient Care Adult OR
Job Stream: Clinical Support
Union: CUPE
Anticipated Start Date: 09/15/2025
FTE: 0.80
Anticipated Shift: Days;Evenings;Weekends
Work Arrangement: In Person
Daily Hours Worked: 8.25
Annual Base Hours: 2015
Salary: $23.507, $24.213, $24.938, $25.685, $26.458, $27.252
Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient-centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.
Position Overview
Under the general supervision of the Manager Health Services, the Perioperative Aide is responsible for assisting the team in preparing the operating room, equipment and patient for surgery and terminal cleaning of operating room post operatively. Adheres to standard precautions in performing housekeeping functions related to the operating room environment and operating room equipment. Understands, implements and adheres to special infection control precautions as directed. Transport patients and equipment and other items as directed.
Experience
- Recent related experience in an operating room an asset.
- Experience with Anesthesia equipment an asset.
Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)
- Minimum Grade 10 education, Manitoba standards, required.
- Successful completion of a recognized Health Care Aide course required.
- On-the-job training includes: an understanding and application of safety principles to self, staff and patients; an understanding of aseptic techniques and surgical supplies as they apply to the operating rooms. This training takes approximately 6-8 weeks and is based on the various job assignments including housekeeping, room clean-up, and patient care (i.e. transport, lifting, turning, assisting and positioning).
Certification/Licensure/Registration
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training requirements for this position shall be in accordance with the Employer policy.
Qualifications and Skills
- Preference will be given to those applicants competent in an Indigenous language and/or knowledge in Indigenous customs, traditions and values.
- Fluent in written and verbal English and possess good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Able to put knowledge into practice.
- Cooperative, alert, accept directions and able to function as a team member in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Flexible and adaptable to meet the changing requirements of the unit.
- Must be knowledgeable about physical surroundings and activity of unit in order to prioritize work.
Physical Requirements
- Must have the physical ability to meet the demands of the job.
- Exposure to body and blood borne organisms.
- Position involves meticulous attention to detail; maintaining a clean and orderly work environment.
- Must be able to: lift while in awkward positions, lift 15 kilograms and maneuver heavy weights, and lift and hold weight for extended periods of time.
- Must be able to stand, walk and lift.
- Must lift, assemble and move heavy equipment, e.g. orthopedic equipment.
- Must be versatile and rotate through all the assignments and assist with all the assignments.
- Must be capable of working under pressure and performing a wide range of routine duties that may require independent action.
We have a unique ability to work together to make health care better. If you want to make a difference and contribute to supporting the health of your family, friends and neighbours, please apply today.
Interested candidates should select the "Apply" icon below to upload their cover letter, resume and copy of licenses/certification.
This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.
Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions in Shared Health that combine to equal more than 1.0 FTE.
Shared Health values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.
About Health Sciences Centre
More than 8,000 staff, physicians and volunteers care for patients. Highly-skilled interdisciplinary teams provide complex, specialist (“tertiary”) acute care, including diagnostic, outpatient and inpatient services to adults and children across Manitoba, north-western Ontario and Nunavut.
HSC is a Shared Health facility, and is Manitoba’s provincial tertiary centre for trauma, transplants, burns, neurosciences, complex cancer care and pediatric care. Every clinical hospital-based service available in the province is offered at HSC, with the exception of cardiac surgery and eye surgery. This means the majority of Manitobans’ tertiary care is provided here, regardless of which community our patients call home.
HSC is also a teaching hospital, formally affiliated with the University of Manitoba and other post-secondary institutions. Students learn from us at the bedside or in the lab, and many of our staff teach and conduct research at these institutions.
HSC is accredited by the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation.
About the role
Requisition ID: 385179
Position Number: 20000392
Posting End Date: July 29, 2025
City: Winnipeg
Employer: Shared Health
Site: Health Sciences Centre
Department / Unit: Patient Care Adult OR
Job Stream: Clinical Support
Union: CUPE
Anticipated Start Date: 09/15/2025
FTE: 0.80
Anticipated Shift: Days;Evenings;Weekends
Work Arrangement: In Person
Daily Hours Worked: 8.25
Annual Base Hours: 2015
Salary: $23.507, $24.213, $24.938, $25.685, $26.458, $27.252
Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient-centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.
Position Overview
Under the general supervision of the Manager Health Services, the Perioperative Aide is responsible for assisting the team in preparing the operating room, equipment and patient for surgery and terminal cleaning of operating room post operatively. Adheres to standard precautions in performing housekeeping functions related to the operating room environment and operating room equipment. Understands, implements and adheres to special infection control precautions as directed. Transport patients and equipment and other items as directed.
Experience
- Recent related experience in an operating room an asset.
- Experience with Anesthesia equipment an asset.
Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)
- Minimum Grade 10 education, Manitoba standards, required.
- Successful completion of a recognized Health Care Aide course required.
- On-the-job training includes: an understanding and application of safety principles to self, staff and patients; an understanding of aseptic techniques and surgical supplies as they apply to the operating rooms. This training takes approximately 6-8 weeks and is based on the various job assignments including housekeeping, room clean-up, and patient care (i.e. transport, lifting, turning, assisting and positioning).
Certification/Licensure/Registration
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training requirements for this position shall be in accordance with the Employer policy.
Qualifications and Skills
- Preference will be given to those applicants competent in an Indigenous language and/or knowledge in Indigenous customs, traditions and values.
- Fluent in written and verbal English and possess good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Able to put knowledge into practice.
- Cooperative, alert, accept directions and able to function as a team member in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Flexible and adaptable to meet the changing requirements of the unit.
- Must be knowledgeable about physical surroundings and activity of unit in order to prioritize work.
Physical Requirements
- Must have the physical ability to meet the demands of the job.
- Exposure to body and blood borne organisms.
- Position involves meticulous attention to detail; maintaining a clean and orderly work environment.
- Must be able to: lift while in awkward positions, lift 15 kilograms and maneuver heavy weights, and lift and hold weight for extended periods of time.
- Must be able to stand, walk and lift.
- Must lift, assemble and move heavy equipment, e.g. orthopedic equipment.
- Must be versatile and rotate through all the assignments and assist with all the assignments.
- Must be capable of working under pressure and performing a wide range of routine duties that may require independent action.
We have a unique ability to work together to make health care better. If you want to make a difference and contribute to supporting the health of your family, friends and neighbours, please apply today.
Interested candidates should select the "Apply" icon below to upload their cover letter, resume and copy of licenses/certification.
This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.
Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions in Shared Health that combine to equal more than 1.0 FTE.
Shared Health values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.
About Health Sciences Centre
More than 8,000 staff, physicians and volunteers care for patients. Highly-skilled interdisciplinary teams provide complex, specialist (“tertiary”) acute care, including diagnostic, outpatient and inpatient services to adults and children across Manitoba, north-western Ontario and Nunavut.
HSC is a Shared Health facility, and is Manitoba’s provincial tertiary centre for trauma, transplants, burns, neurosciences, complex cancer care and pediatric care. Every clinical hospital-based service available in the province is offered at HSC, with the exception of cardiac surgery and eye surgery. This means the majority of Manitobans’ tertiary care is provided here, regardless of which community our patients call home.
HSC is also a teaching hospital, formally affiliated with the University of Manitoba and other post-secondary institutions. Students learn from us at the bedside or in the lab, and many of our staff teach and conduct research at these institutions.
HSC is accredited by the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation.