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People Plan

Sinai Health’s People Plan expresses our commitment to our most important asset—our people.

Our investment in you

Originally developed in 2018, Sinai Health’s People Plan represents our promise to our people who dedicate themselves to achieving our Mission, Vision and priorities. Our people include all the employees, physicians, scientists, learners and volunteers that make up Sinai Health. The Plan articulates the commitments made by leaders to ensure that everyone is cared for and positioned for success. 

Our People Plan was created to ensure that all of our people are supported and have the strengths, capacity and resilience to do their best work, each and every day. The focus of our Plan is to enrich work experience and enhance engagement so that we can all provide optimal care to patients and caregivers.

What we have done so far

The following four aims have guided our efforts to ensure all of our people are set up for success.

Our four aims

Engage and invest in people

Engage and invest in people

So far, we have:

  • Improved our pre-hire onboarding program and introduced a refreshed new hire orientation program that is focused on welcoming new employees and generating energy and enthusiasm about joining Sinai Health.
  • Developed and launched a new job evaluation methodology and established an equitable and competitive compensation framework for our non-union job classifications.
  • Introduced a Self-Care Spending Account for our full-time and part-time non-union employees.
  • Introduced “pop-up” appreciation events, providing our people with unexpected treats, just to say “thank you for all you do.”
Be well and feel energetic

Be well and feel energetic

So far, we have:

  • Invested in our fitness centres, furnishing them with upgraded gym equipment. 
  • Increased our monthly activity programming to include yoga, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) classes, and movement challenges.
  • Refreshed and strengthened our attendance support program and clarified procedures related to disability management, workplace accommodations and safe returns to work.
  • Enhanced group benefit offerings to ensure the provisions in our programs reflect our commitment to our people’s emotional well-being and psychological safety.
Build leadership strengths and management skills

Build leadership strengths and management skills

So far, we have:

  • Launched a new Management Skills Curriculum to facilitate learning opportunities related to core leadership functions. 
  • Developed training to ensure that leaders understand their responsibilities under relevant employment legislation.
  • Ensured that all leaders have access to diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism training and education.
Attract and retain top talent

Attract and retain top talent

So far, we have:

  • Developed and implemented new and innovative approaches to finding top talent, including focused hiring events held on-site at both of our hospitals and at university and college campuses.
  • Updated our LinkedIn Career Showcase page.
  • Enhanced and streamlined our Talent Acquisition service delivery model.
  • Explored and established academic and community partnerships to reach broader and more diverse pools of talent.
  • Refreshed our people engagement events to ensure that our annual People Appreciation BBQ, holiday celebrations and service recognition receptions are meaningful and memorable for all.