** About Us **
North York General Hospital is one of Canada's leading community teaching hospitals.
We provide the best care possible for our patients and their families, and have proudly served our community since 1968. Our hospital offers a wide range of acute care, ambulatory and long-term care services at three sites.
North York General Hospital is driven by an ongoing commitment to continually improve the services we provide to best meet the needs of our community and our employees. Our strategy identifies the direction we are moving towards and the outcomes we want.
Our 5,000 staff, physicians and volunteers embrace the belief that patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do.
Our major programs Cancer Care, Child & Teen, Emergency Services, Family & Community Medicine, Genetics, Maternal Newborn, Medicine & Elder Care, Mental Health, and Surgery, are supported by a number of departments including Medical Imaging, Laboratory Medicine and Pharmacy Services. A 192-bed long-term care home is located at the Seniors' Health Centre.
Affiliated with the University of Toronto, our hospital's strong teaching role is tailored to local needs with many academic and research links. We are preparing future physicians, nurses and other health-care professionals to work as part of an interprofesisonal team that provides essential care in the community. We are the training institution of choice for many resident physicians.
North York General Hospital is a member of the Central Local Health Integration Network. With their support, our hospital continues to build on its strength as a caring and innovative partner in health care for the region we serve.
We are committed to living our vision – Community of Success: Serving with Kindness.
** Our Mission **
A community teaching hospital in a continuum of health care, providing compassionate and quality care to diverse communities in North Toronto and beyond.
** Our Evolving Vision **
Community of Success: Serving with Kindness
Our vision led us to embrace the following five principles:
* Each role is essential.
* A well designed, safe workplace makes it easy to do the right things right.
* System relationships achieve improved care for populations, patients and
their families.
* Everyone is a leader in achieving quality outcomes and in leveraging
resources.
* People celebrate with others the joy and success of their work.
** Our Values **
* Listening
to appreciate diversity
* Learning
through dialogue and reflection
* Leading
with courage
* Serving
patients, families and others with kindness.
