Ottawa Hospital 290 full-time jobs cut

Nearly 300 jobs at The Ottawa Hospital are on the chopping block.

As it tries to trim $31 million from its $1.04-billion budget for 2013-2014, the hospital announced Wednesday 290 jobs would be affected.

Of those jobs, 90 nursing jobs and 100 administrative positions will be cut, in addition to 100 other health care jobs including physiotherapists, psychologists and social workers.

Hospital president and CEO Dr. Jack Kitts told the Sun Wednesday it had informed the affected unions of the impending cuts and held “open forums” with all hospital staff to outline the move. Individuals in the affected positions have not yet been notified, though the president of one of the unions said some managers had already informed staffers.

“They weren’t supposed to do that,” said CUPE 4000’s Bruce Waller.

Choosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor from

via Ottawa Hospital cuts 290 full-time jobs to trim $31 million | Ottawa & Region | News | Ottawa Sun.