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 evidence-based care delivery through education, coaching, and mentorship of staff.

Title:
Clincal Practice Lead - Hospital Transitions

Category:
Permanent Full-time

Team:
Trillium Health Partners - Credit Valley Hospital

Primary location:2200 Eglinton Ave. West, Mississauga

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 Home and Community Care Managers towards the advancement of clinical practice through program integration and standardization
Works with Home and Community Care 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
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

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

What must you have?

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 : 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)
Three to five years recent experience in community health/hospital and three to five years of experience in specific clinical practice area
Knowledge and experience in Care Coordination, including clinical strength in assessment, care planning, system navigation, health outcomes monitoring, direct support (i.e. selfmanagement principles), collaboration with key system partners
A strong critical thinker with demonstrated judgment and ethical decision making skills
Experience in analyzing and interpreting data and ability to translate data using Microsoft office and other tools into useful information
Effective communication, collaboration, and facilitation skills to problem solve and resolve conflict
Adult teaching experience and/or adult education courses are an asset
Flexible, adaptable, and responsive to change
A positive confident professional, flexible, adaptable, and embraces change
Strong written documentation skills and verbal communication/presentation skills that are clear, thorough, concise, accurate, and timely
Ability to analyze information, problemsolve, and make good decisions
Accountable for own actions and decisions; making decisions within the scope of the position and referring issues/problems/events to the Manager as required
Selfdirected with the ability to organize, plan, prioritize, and multitask
Detailoriented
Ability to communicate in French or another language an asset

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