Clinical Utilization Specialist - Toronto, Canada - Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, Sinai Health

Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, Sinai Health

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Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

At Sinai Health, we care, create possibilities and offer hope. We are looking for a
Clinical Utilization Specialist to support our
Decision Support team.

Job Outline
The Clinical Utilization Specialist is a part of the Utilization Management team.

This position provides expertise in capacity/bed management, understanding and supporting the clinical implications of admitting, discharge and transfers and ensures the efficient and effective completion of tools required to manage patient complexity, resource requirements and clinical outcomes.

This position will work with Patient Care Managers, Directors and other clinical leadership staff to provide advice, support, guidance and direction with respect to issues of clinical utilization, patient complexity and workload.

It is also responsible for identifying, communicating and implementing processes to address issues of clinical utilization, patient complexity and workload.

Job Requirements

Baccalaureate degree required, preferably in Nursing or Health Information
Advanced knowledge base of MDS and RUGIII Patient Classification Systems, NRS, NACRS, WTIS and working knowledge of workload measurement
Knowledge of MIS/OHRS guidelines
Knowledge of hospital processes and their interrelationships
Superior oral and written communication skills
Demonstrated knowledge of continuous quality improvement process cycle including benchmarking and analyzing industry standards
Demonstrated understanding of product improvement and /or service quality and customer satisfaction, reducing defects and errors, organizational effectiveness and ontime delivery
Demonstrated ability to perform data collection, integration, analysis and reporting on organizationwide projects assigned
Demonstrated understanding and supporting the clinical implications of admitting, discharge and transfers
Demonstrated teaching/facilitation skills
Demonstrated analytical and project management skills
Quality orientation
57 years recent clinical experience; expertise in capacity/bed management preferred
Strong ability to manage multiple projects, resources and initiatives in a deadline driven environment.
Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
Strong ability to demonstrate professionalism, integrity, diplomacy and tact.

Sinai Health is a leading academic health science centre with a provincial, national and international reputation for discovering and delivering life-changing care.

Since 2015, we have provided excellent and compassionate care in hospital, community and home.

Comprised of Mount Sinai Hospital, Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute and our system partner Circle of Care, we translate scientific breakthroughs, push boundaries for health solutions, and educates future clinical and scientific leaders.

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