Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is currently advertising 62 open positions across six job categories, offering local residents a chance to work at the region’s primary hospital. The openings at 980 Oliver Road include 28 nursing roles, 17 healthcare professional positions, 10 support services jobs, 3 administrative-clerical roles, 2 leadership positions, and 2 facilities/capital planning jobs.
The hospital’s careers page shows nursing is the largest area of need, with registered nurses, registered practical nurses, and nurse practitioners all being sought. Healthcare professional roles include social workers, technicians, and registered dietitians. Support services positions cover housekeeping, food service, and laundry.
The hospital actively encourages Indigenous people, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities to apply and self-identify during recruitment. Some positions require French language skills under Ontario’s French Language Services Act.
The hiring push comes as the hospital continues to manage staffing pressures that have affected services. In 2021, hospital officials said nursing shortages kept the transitional care unit operating at half capacity. Ontario has also cut more than 700 front-line nurse and health-care worker positions since January 2025, while the province has the lowest rate of registered nurses per population in Canada.
As the acute care facility for Thunder Bay and much of Northwestern Ontario, the hospital serves over 245,000 people across a region the size of France and handles more than 106,000 emergency department visits each year.
