Clinical Practice Lead - Mississauga, Canada - Home and Community Care Support Services

Home and Community Care Support Services

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Mississauga, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Job Description:

As an advocate for quality clinical care, the Clinical Practice Lead facilitates and supports continuous learning, professional development, and consistently excellent evidencebased care delivery through education, coaching, and mentorship of staff.
What will you do?

Patient Care Delivery

Provides leadership in the development, evaluation, and improvement of clinical practice as it relates to a specific clinical area of focus
Provides relevant clinical practice consultation to front line staff and system partners
Works closely with Patient Services Managers towards the advancement of clinical practice through program integration and standardization
Works with Patient Services Leadership and Quality & Risk Department to identify clinical practice gaps/trends that, in collaboration with program managers and other relevant stakeholders, supports meaningful program and system improvements
Participates in researching, integrating, and promoting evidencebased clinical care models to achieve organizational goals and objectives
Supports implementation of best practice methodologies
Builds and maintains relationships with internal and external partners, intentionally focusing on building capacity within the specific clinical practice focus area
Participates as a leader in change management initiatives; acts as a champion for continuous improvement, and participates in the development of policies, procedures, processes, and tools to improve care delivery
Provides education and daytoday support in the development of staff clinical expertise
Supports onboarding and orientation of new staff in specific clinical area
Participates in the development, implementation and evaluation of new care delivery initiatives
Identifies gaps in policies and procedures, as it relates to the clinical practice focus area, and brings it to the attention of the Manager/Director
Supports complex and difficult patient clinical issues and complaints which cannot be handled in a routine manner
Attends patient home visits and care conferences as required; supports frontline staff with the development of care plans that are complex as a result of the identified clinical issues
Works with Operations and Program Managers to develop and monitor outcome reports as they relate to specific clinical practice areas
Runs and reviews reports as specified by the Manager and/or team
Reduces avoidable hospital readmission and emergency department use by ensuring the plan of care is executed as designed
Coaches and supports staff with planning for complex patients with an explicit intent to build knowledge and skills competencies

Patient Assessment, Coordinated Care Planning & Engagement

Responds to inquiries and requests for care in accordance with the patient's needs; identifies risk factors and urgency for care
Establishes goals in collaboration with the patient and family/caregiver; ensures goals reflect the patient's desired outcomes
Works with system partners, including Service Providers, hospitals, Community Service Sector (CSS), Primary Care, and relevant others to ensure a seamless, coordinated, qualitydriven patient and caregiver experience
Develops a coordinated care plan that reflects the patient's assessed needs and goals within the resource parameters of the Home and Community Care Support Services Mississauga Halton
Collaborates and negotiates transitions of care once the patient's goals and outcomes have been achieved; supports patient and family system navigation to alternate resources, if appropriate

Team Building

Develops professional working relationships with internal and external partners; mentors new staff
Works respectfully, positively, and collaboratively within a team environment, sharing clinical and system knowledge, skills, experiences, and lessons learned; supports knowledge exchange, translation, and integration
Supports the team and works with team members to ensure department (and/or patient/family) needs are met including absence coverage

What do you need?

A registered health or social work professional including: registered nurse, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, speech language pathologist, or social worker
A member in good standing with their applicable regulatory body below:
College of Nurses of Ontario
College of Physiotherapists of Ontario
College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario
College of Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists of Ontario
Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers
A University degree preferred (or an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered)
Three (3) to five (5) years recent experience in community health/hospital
Three (3) to five (5) years of experience in specific clinical practice area
Knowledge and experience in Care Coordination, including clinical strength in assessment, care planning, system navigation,