Job Description

Union: Non-Union
Number of vacancies: 1
New or Replacement Position: Replacement
Site: Toronto General Hospital
Department: People & Culture - Safety Services
Reports to: Manager
Salary Range: $78,954 to $118,424 annually
Hours: 37.5 per week
Status: Permanent Full-Time
Closing Date: September 17, 2026

Position Summary

UHN has embarked on an exciting initiative towards building a new Workplace Violence Training and Education Program, which will help mitigate Workplace Violence across our hospital network. The role of Workplace Violence Prevention Education Specialist is a newly created position at UHN and represents an exciting new opportunity. The successful candidate will collaborate with members of UHN's Safety Services Team and UHN Leadership on a comprehensive workplace violence prevention training and education program.

Duties

• Deliver, facilitate, refine, develop, and research workplace violence prevention training and education (i.e. TIDES) in various formats including classroom and virtual delivery, physical technique demonstrations, simulations, clinical departmental unit settings, and eLearning.
• Collaborate with clinical and non-clinical stakeholders and Leadership across UHN
• Consult to identify and address program improvements related to workplace violence prevention, training and education.
• Support and participate in workplace violence incident follow up, including debriefs, to identify and support workplace violence program, training and education improvement opportunities.
• Analyze and assess workplace violence training and education metrics, quality indicators and present to UHN Leadership and external stakeholders.
• Support the communication efforts of the workplace violence prevention, training and education program through written communication, various media, websites, and presentations based on programming and initiatives.
• Work with a diverse health care environment and engage effectively with staff from various professional, cultural, and social backgrounds

Qualifications

• At minimum, a university or college graduate in adult education, health science, health promotion, social or behavioural sciences, combined with at least three (3) years of experience with group facilitation and consultation.
• At minimum, three (3) years of experience directly supporting clients/patients in an inpatient or outpatient program.
• Preferred candidate will have (3) years of experience with Workplace Violence education programs, such as the prevention and management of aggressive behaviour (PMAB), Non Crisis Intervention Training (NCIT), Team Response Intervention Training (TRIT), Trauma-Informed De-escalation Education for safety and Self-protection (TIDES) programs or similar.
• Demonstrated experience consulting and building trusted relationships with stakeholders, identifying needs, and designing, developing and delivering solutions in a wide range of business environments.
• Demonstrated assessment and consultation skills related to environmental factors, organizational policies and protocols and procedures to promote safety of staff and clients/patients.
• Intermediate to expert in Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook.
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills required.
• Strong client service orientation, time management and organization skills, and communication skills.
• Experience facilitating discussions related to equity, inclusion, cultural humility, unconscious bias, or workplace respect
• Ability to produce high quality and accurate work required.
• Ability to work well under pressure required.
• Ability to use good judgment in assessing difficult situations required.
• Ability to work independently and as a team player required.
• Ability to perform duties in a self-directed manner required.
• Experience working with a learning management system an asset.

Additional Information

Why join UHN?

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.

• Competitive offer packages
• Government organization and a member of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP https://hoopp.com/)
• Close access to Transit and UHN shuttle service
• A flexible work environment
• Opportunities for development and promotions within a large organization
• Additional perks (multiple corporate discounts including: travel, restaurants, parking, phone plans, auto insurance discounts, on-site gyms, etc.)

Current UHN employees must have successfully completed their probationary period, have a good employee record along with satisfactory attendance in accordance with UHN's attendance management program, to be eligible for consideration.

All applications must be submitted before the posting close date.

UHN uses email to communicate with selected candidates. Please ensure you check your email regularly. At University Health Network (UHN), artificial intelligence technologies may be used to assist in the screening, assessment, and selection of candidates for this position.

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.