Discharge Planner

**Status**:Regular Full Time
- **Department**: Access & Flow
- **Union**: Non-Union
- **Shifts**: Days
- **Rate of Pay**: $77,824.50 - $97,246.50 annually

**ABOUT JOSEPH BRANT HOSPITAL**:
Joseph Brant Hospital (JBH) is a full-service community teaching hospital located in the growing and thriving community of Burlington, Ontario, serving more than 185,000 residents in Halton, Hamilton, Waterdown, Flamborough, Milton and Stoney Creek. It is honoured to be recognized as one of Hamilton Niagara’s Top Employers for eight (8) consecutive years, with a skilled staff of 194 physicians, 1,911 full
- and part-time staff and more than 700 volunteers.

JBH is a Clinical Education site in conjunction with McMaster University, and designated as an Academic Community Teaching Hospital. Its expanded campus includes the state-of-art Michael Lee-Chin & Family Patient Tower, featuring a new Emergency Department, 172 acute inpatient beds, 9 new Operating Rooms and post-anaesthetic care unit to support expanded medical, surgical and outpatient services. JBH is also a partner member of the Burlington Ontario Health Team.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:
Reporting to the Manager, Patient Flow, the Discharge Planner will work within a fast paced environment as a collaborative team member supporting and enabling patients and families to make timely transitions through the hospital system utilizing a home first philosophy. They will work collaboratively with inter professional teams, along with community partners such as Home and Community Care Support Services, to ensure a coordinated, efficient and integrated approach to care delivery and transition back to the community. Being one of the key points of contact for discharge planning to formulate, facilitate and coordinate discharge plans focused on the needs and goals of the patient and their family system, the Discharge Planner will also be responsible for:

- Using creative problem solving and critical thinking to facilitate all discharge planning, including complex discharge planning situations
- Collaboratively creating the discharge plans with the team, the patient and their family and providing support, education and guidance through the implementation of the discharge plan
- Facilitating a timely transition to the community using a home first philosophy; addressing all barriers using most appropriate resources in partnership with internal and external partners
- Supporting an environment that promotes continuous quality improvement and staff engagement to achieve established clinical benchmarks and outcomes

**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Licensed member of a relevant health profession
- Current registration and membership in good standing with respective regulated college
- 2-5 years clinical experience in an acute care hospital setting
- Experience working within and supporting a Home First Philosophy
- Current knowledge of community resources and initiative to proactively search for new resources
- Experience with legislation that governs Public Hospitals (Public Hospitals Act, Substitute Decisions Act, Consent to Treatment Act, etc.)
- Demonstrated knowledge base of resources in the public and private sector, and medical and clinical language and procedures.
- Knowledge of how to effectively serve an increasingly aging and diverse population with complex medical, functional, cognitive and psychosocial needs
- Comprehensive knowledge of the impact of social determinants of health on discharge planning, hospital LOS, Patient Flow and hospital system capacity
- Excellent communication, collaboration, organizational and problem solving skills
- Ability to work independently as well as with an interdisciplinary team
- Demonstrated ability to set priorities
- Skilled working with a broad range of client groups and their significant supports
- Satisfactory employment and attendance record

Any information obtained during the recruitment process will be used for employment recruitment only, and not for any other purpose.

At Joseph Brant Hospital, we are committed to diversity and inclusion as we continue and expand our efforts to become a more inclusive, safe and respectful place for everyone to visit, work and receive care. HR will accommodate any needs under the Ontario Human Right Code (OHRC) and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Recruitment processes will be modified to remove barriers to accommodate those with disabilities, if requested.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From $39.91 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Vision care
- Wellness program

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Evening shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Burlington, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):
**Experience**:

- Clinical: 2 years (required)

Work Location: In