Manager, Discharge Planning

Position: Manager, Discharge Planning

Status: Permanent Full Time

Department: Discharge Planning

Location: All sites

Posted date: Tuesday March 25, 2025 – Tuesday April 22, 2025, closing at 11:5+PM

Salary: $106,450.50 - $15+.685.50 (salary band placement to commensurate with experience)


A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community. That’s our mission at Trillium Health Partners (THP), one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada. Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital and the Queensway Health Centre, along with several satellite locations, THP serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities, and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.

If you are passionate about your career, motivated to improve the health of the community, committed to excellence, quality and patient safety consider joining our Better Together team!

Job Description:

Reporting to the Director, Rehabilitative Transitional Services, this position brings strong leadership and management skills to teams working to build and sustain excellence at Trillium Health Partners.

This position is responsible for the coordination and integration of clinical services and supporting roles to optimize patient access and patient flow, including after hours and weekends. The successful candidate has a demonstrated track record of engaging and motivating multi-disciplinary teams to provide high quality patient and family centered care and the incumbent plays a key role in achieving the organization’s mission and strategic initiatives.

The preferred candidate has proven and effective leadership and management skills including change management, a commitment to high quality work, patient safety, and best possible outcomes, a strong customer service orientation and a strong work ethic grounded in integrity and values that are aligned with Trillium Health Partners.

Leadership Responsibilities

Oversees daily operations of discharge planning to ensure quality of work
Provides leadership to the discharge planning team in setting priorities for practice and quality improvement
Works directly with Director to ensure concurrent reviews are timely and discharge plan development is in place
Fosters collaborative communication with internal inter-disciplinary teams and community partners regarding seamless progress towards discharge
Works collaboratively in partnership with program leaders lto ensure that service needs are met and that resource allocation is appropriate
Works with patients and families as partners in care; collaborates to continuously improve the patient experience
Responds quickly and effectively to quality and risk issues and leads teams in improvement initiatives
Reviews Program performance regularly, uses data to drive decision-making and improvement strategies, and leads teams to drive best practices to improve patient outcomes
Collaborates with team members to create an effective employee engagement strategy
Coaches and mentors health care professionals to navigate successfully through change
Manages all aspects of employee relations including: staff development and retention; attendance and performance management
Collaborates with Human Resources partners to develop and implement a responsive work force plan
Supports strategic research, innovation, and education mandate at the corporate and program level
Qualifications Skills :

Master’s Degree in a health related field
Minimum three years relevant leadership experience in a health care setting
Strong business management skills (strategic planning, budgeting, resource allocation, and analytics)
Knowledge of relevant legislation, practice standards and best practice guidelines
Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
Strong skills in conflict management; critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making
Ability to function effectively and lead during periods of rapid change and transition
Ability to remain calm under pressure; role models composure
Position Location and Travel:

Travel between all sites of Trillium Health Partners will be required.
Notes to applicants:

If you do not see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on this posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown candidates from underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We encourage applicants who are members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Ontario Human Rights Code to consider this opportunity.

Trillium Health Partners is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a healthy, safe and respectful environment for healing, based on our values compassion, excellence and courage. To be Better Together, we commit to fostering a respectful workplace culture that promotes a safe and supportive environment for everyone who provides care, supports caregiving, receives care or visits the hospital.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities as required.

Applicants must be eligible to work in Canada. We would like to thank all applicants for their interest in this position, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Trillium Health Partners is recognized under the French Language Services Act.

As a condition of employment, we require all staff to be fully vaccinated for COVID1+, in addition to other vaccinations required by the Public Hospitals Act. Read more