Patient Flow Specialist, Patient Flow

3 days ago

Toronto, Canada Unity Health Toronto Full time

Reporting to the Manager, Access & Flow, the Patient Flow Specialist will be responsible for the coordination of activities to enhance patient flow and facilitate patient placement throughout the Health Centre.

Accountabilities:

- Putting patients first_
- Accountable for patient placement throughout the organization and has the authority in determining bed assignment and provides assistance for individuals assigning beds.
- Facilitates daily bed management meetings, advises stakeholders of overall corporate bed status, and works with interprofessional team to follow up on issues or barriers to flow throughout the day
- Collaborates and liaises between all patient care services, medical staff, bed management, and hospital support programs and services, to ensure that patients are placed in the most appropriate available bed the first time.
- Assists with coordination of internal transfers of patients between units and transfers of external patients between facilities.
- Enhance the health of the communities we serve_
- Develops and nurtures partnerships with internal and external communities
- Create a culture of inquiry and innovation_
- Data analysis of quality, utilization and outcome indicators, developing and implementing innovative plans to achieve required targets for enabling Access & Flow.
- Reviews and simplifies systems/structures/policies to support the vision of the program/Health Centre
- Use resources wisely_
- Reliable and flexible individual to work as a part of a diverse work team. Must be available to work day, evening, weekend rotation.
- Inspire our people_
- Provides leadership, direct supervision for bed booking staff while on shift
- Facilitates and supports effective team behaviour/development of a high performance team

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in a health-related discipline required; Master's an asset
- Registration in good standing with relevant professional college or regulatory body in Ontario.
- Minimum 3-5 years recent acute care experience
- Excellent conflict resolution skills to investigate and resolve problems.
- Demonstrated evidence of innovative leadership and critical thinking, with proven ability to foster a collaborative team approach to decision making
- Demonstrated ability in communication, team building, problem solving and change management within an interprofessional environment
- Strong understanding of bed management/utilization and patient flow methodologies as they relate throughout the continuum of care
- Understanding of continuous quality improvement tools and methodologies
- Evidence of continuing professional/personal development
- Demonstrated excellent communication skills including written, verbal and English comprehension
- Satisfactory attendance record.

Unity Health Toronto is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive organization. We strive to provide a recruitment process that is barrier-free and in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code. We understand that you may require an accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process. When you are contacted, please inform the Talent Acquisition Specialist and we will work with you to meet your accommodation needs. We want to emphasize that all accommodation requests are handled with the utmost confidentiality, respecting your privacy and dignity.

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