St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
3,018 full-time employees www.stjoes.ca St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton is a multi-site teaching hospital and academic health science centre with more than 4,500 full- and part-time employees. · helps employees plan for life after work with retirement planning assistance services as well as contributions to a defined benefit pension plan, and offers a phased-in working option for some employees nearing retirement.
As an organization committed to making a positive difference in people’s lives – patients and our staff – it’s validating to once again be named one of the HamiltonNiagara Top Employers. Over the last 128 years, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton has evolved into a premier academic and research healthcare organization, deeply invested in the local community. Employees are driven by innovation and the shared values of the Sisters of St. Joseph, who founded the hospital in 1890 to care for immigrants, orphans, the poor and the homeless. Today, St. Joe’s is a state-of-the-art, multi-site institute. A leader in respiratory care, kidney and urinary care, mental health and addictions, eye care, surgical services, cancer surgery and women’s and infants’ care, St. Joe’s is also recognized as a leading academic and research centre. Our threefold mission is to provide dynamic research, revolutionary methods in health sciences education, and the highest standard of clinical care in a spirit of compassion, innovation and commitment. Its new, digital health information system – Dovetale (EPIC) – has placed St. Joe’s on par with top organizations on the continent, like
John Hopkins Medicine and the Mayo Clinic. Dovetale joins compassion with technology to keep patients safe through improved communication while allowing patients to tell their story only once. It’s this continued commitment to innovation and the encouragement of personal growth that helps St. Joe’s attract and retain talented staff. St. Joe’s Employee Wellness Program, which won a Benefits Canada Workplace Benefits Award, is built on the principle that, ‘we best care for patients when we best care for ourselves.’ It provides staff with access to onsite practitioners, spiritual care and the Centre, which is equipped with stationary bikes, change room and space for class activities. More than 5,400 staff, physicians, learners and volunteers at St. Joe’s three campuses and community programs provide services to the people in our region. Together, their efforts have resulted in St. Joe’s achieving Exemplary Standing from Accreditation Canada – the highest rating for a Canadian hospital and Gold-level standing for the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) Quality Healthcare Workplace Award. The organization’s relationship with the workforce starts early. The hospital connects new nurses with a mentor or preceptor on their unit and staff continue to receive support as they grow and develop. If you’d like to learn more about how you can make a difference by working at St. Joe’s, please visit joinstjoes.ca.
“We are proud of our talented, knowledgeable, dedicated employees, volunteers, learners and physicians who have helped build our tradition of excellence in care, research and teaching in healthcare in Hamilton.” --- Dr. Judy Hunter, VP People & Organizational