Patient Flow and After Hours Supervisor, Rft

**(Knowledge, Skill, Experience)**
- Undergraduate degree or diploma in a health related field.
- Regulated health professional with current membership in good standing with respective college.
- Current BCLS,
- ACLS preferred
- Minimum of two years nursing or healthcare experience in a leadership role in an acute care

hospital setting. Must have at least one year experience in:

- Bed management patient flow experience
- Leadership and/or supervision of staff
- Satisfactory attendance

**ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES (Personal Skills and Attributes)**
- Knowledge of Patient and Family-Centred Philosophy
- Knowledge of Patient Care Delivery Philosophy
- In-depth knowledge of wait time performance indicators
- Knowledge of patient flow, bed management and IPAC practices
- Knowledge of relevant legal/regulatory guidelines and legislation
- Demonstrates strong participatory leadership, team building, and highly developed organizational skills
- Demonstrates critical thinking skills and ability to conceptualize and analyze problems, make critical decisions and work without supervision in a dynamic fashion in order to meet hospital needs
- Demonstrated participation in building of a just culture of safety and partnering with each other to improve the safety of patient care processes and systems.
- Demonstrated performance reflecting the Mission, Vision, Values and Code of Conduct of Chatham-Kent Health Alliance

**ACCOUNTABILITIES (Major Responsibilities of the Position)**
- Provides leadership to all staff in a supportive, facilitative and empowering manner.
- Responsible for bed management and patient flow throughout the building, while following Bed Management and Surge protocol
- Joint responsibility with Leaders to maintain key patient flow metrics and indicators
- Collaboration with admitting and other supporting services such as housekeeping, poters etc.
- Provides leadership, guidance and just in time training to various members of the Hospital team (physicians, nursing staff, office managers, etc) about appropriate admission, transfer, discharge processes and service capability on various units.
- Must be able to make decisions expeditiously, facilitate the implementation, and ongoing evaluation of these decisions, and be accountable for the outcomes.
- Works collaboratively with leadership, and Staffing Resource Office (SRO) in regarding scheduling issues associated with patient care that result in high quality, cost effective care.
- Demonstrates high visible presence across all nursing units throughout shift
- Will be scheduled through a Master schedule that rotates through days, evenings, weekends and will take call as part of their shift to provide off-site leadership
- In collaboration with the accepting physician and/or Most Responsible Physician support of facility to facility transfers, medical appropriateness for admission, maintains communication with all parties including Admitting/Bed Allocation Department
- Supports staff on shift to coordinate emergency patient transfers (i.e. Critical, air ambulance transfers etc.)
- Manages protocols for repatriation/transfer of Chatham-Kent residents to CKHA, and provides support to staff in coordinating repatriations/transfers of patients from CKHA.

As a condition of employment, you are required to submit proof of COVID-19 vaccination to the Hospital’s Occupational Health and Safety department.
- CKHA is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair and accessible employment practices. Should you require accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please contact Human Resources._