Discharge Planner

**Position Title: Discharge Planner**

**Position Status: Casual**

**Posting No.: 24-252**

**Posting Date: December 18, 2024**

**Deadline to Apply: December 25, 2024**

**Position Overview**
We are seeking an experienced and motivated **Casual Discharge Planner** to join our team. In this role, you will play a critical part in
facilitating timely and effective discharges for patients, ensuring their care transitions seamlessly from hospital to home or other
appropriate settings. This position reports to the Clinical Director of Medical, Rehab, Nurse Practitioners and Patient Flow.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement discharge plans tailored to individual patient

needs.
- Utilize tools such as WTIS (Wait Time Information System) and ALCIS (Alternate Level of Care Information System)

to optimize discharge efficiency.
- Serve as a liaison between the hospital, patients, families, and community resources to ensure continuity of care.
- Assess patient needs and connect them with appropriate community services, supports, and follow-up care.
- Maintain accurate documentation and comply with hospital policies and regulatory requirements.

**Qualifications**:

- Current registration in good standing as a Registered Nurse with the College of Nurses of
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Registered Nurse in acute care or long-term care settings.
- Previous experience in discharge planning within a hospital or healthcare setting.
- Familiarity with WTIS, ALCIS, and a strong understanding of local and regional community resources.
- Exceptional organizational and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced

environment.
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
- Degree or diploma in a relevant field (e.g., Nursing, Social Work, or a related healthcare discipline) preferred.
- Commitment to the mission and values of NGH.

**About Us**
Located in Simcoe, Ontario, Norfolk General Hospital provides exceptional healthcare to a municipality of approximately 69,000
people. Our area of focus provides a continuum of service throughout the life span of the people we serve including Emergency,
Critical Care, Pediatrics, Medicine, Surgery, and Complex Continuing Care. Employing approximately 550 highly skilled and dedicated
employees, Norfolk General Hospital continues to be a full service 106-bed hospital with round the clock on-call coverage of
Specialists in Surgery, Anesthesia, Internal Medicine, and Obstetrics, as well as on-site 24 hour per day medical coverage.

Simcoe is less than one hour away from most major centers, including Hamilton and London, and only 90 minutes from the Greater
Toronto Area. Situated in Norfolk County (Ontario’s South Coast), Simcoe is not far from Lake Erie and the 88 miles of shoreline that
includes long stretches of sandy beach.

In order to ensure equal opportunities during the recruitment and selection process, Norfolk General Hospital and Norfolk Hospital
Nursing Home provides accommodations for applicants with disabilities, upon request.

Norfolk General Hospital and Norfolk Hospital Nursing Home thanks all applicants for their interest. Please note that only those applicants
selected for an interview will be contacted.