Discharge Nurse - Patient Flow & Access
Southlake Regional Health Centre
- Newmarket, ON
- $40.98-57.08 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Promotes optimal patient and clinical outcomes by assessing and facilitating the effective management of patient care, utilization of resources and length of stay.
- Addresses identified processes and/or other issues impeding the patients flow from admission to discharge.
- Facilitates and patriciates in appropriate patient care planning in daily bullet rounds and case conferences.
- Attends joint discharge rounds.
- Assists the patient, family and caregiver to better understand the impact of their illness/disability.
- Provides information and education to patients, families and caregivers pertaining to their plan of care including discharge.
- Provides patient and family focused care within the RN scope of practice, based on the three factor framework of the College of Nurses of Ontario.
- Holds primary responsibility for discharge planning and process in the medicine/inpatient cancer service.
- Practices collaboratively with members of the internal and external healthcare team to provide elements of care for patients with complex health issues.
- Provides consultation and/or clinical front line support to peers as needed.
- Assist and support in day-to-day clinical care activity as required.
- Contributes to the assessment and documentation of each patient's health status on an ongoing basis including, but not limited to, Meditech and RM&R.
- Liaise with internal and external partners to expedite information transfer to timely referrals, acceptance and submission to the next level destination of care.
- Coordinates comprehensive discharge plan to patients, families and the health care team.
- Facilitates ALC escalation process and manager involvement as when appropriate.
- Participates in the strategies that are established by the clinical service team to achieve program specific goals.
- Ensures the patient has the required information upon discharge, such as discharge summary, prescriptions and any follow up appointments.
- Participates in regular education and training for staff and physicians to ensure the discharge process is followed and understood.
- Regular attendance is a requirement of this position.
- Registered Nurse in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario
- Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing preferred
- Minimum five (5) years acute care nursing experience required
- Minimum five (5) years nursing experience in acute medicine preferred
- Two (2) years experience in discharge planning preferred
- Collaborative working relationship with an interprofessional health care team.
- Effective communication and counselling skills
- Strong commitment to Patient and Family Centred Care
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Demonstrates a strong patient and customer focused philosophy in all interactions
- Possess the ability to implement strategies that effectively facilitate change.
- Demonstrates clinical decision-making and organizational skills
- Demonstrated commitment to customer service and teamwork
- Demonstrated individual leadership skills