Anesthesia Assistant Operating Room

Support anesthesia care at UHN’s Toronto General and Toronto Western Hospitals through surgical expertise, patient monitoring, and anesthetic support. Permanent full-time work includes weekday and weekend shifts.

As an Anesthesia Assistant, you will work under Anesthesiologist direction within UHN’s Surgical Program, Anesthesia department. The position supports surgical and non-surgical patients across Operating Room, Peri-Operative, and Post-Operative units. You will coordinate treatment plans with multidisciplinary teams and follow medical directives, protocols, policies, and orders.

• Participate in care during general, regional, or local anesthesia
• Provide anesthetic support across peri-operative and post-operative units
• Maintain anesthesia care plans and administer gases or medications
• Manage intravenous and arterial lines during anesthesia care
• Monitor anesthesia depth and assist with crisis management

• Graduate Respiratory Therapy or Nursing program completion
• Registration with Ontario’s respiratory therapists’ or nurses’ college
• Michener Anesthesia Assistant Program completion or equivalent enrollment
• CCAA designation, or active progress toward acquiring it
• Critical care or operating room experience as an RRT or RN

Bring regulated clinical experience, anesthesia training, and patient-monitoring skills to UHN’s Operating Room and peri-operative teams.