Reporting to the Manager of Transformation, the ALC Navigator's primary focus is to expedite discharges for patients designated ALC, and to hold teams accountable for continual progression of patient's discharge plans. The role also provides operational oversight of ALC designation processes across the site, ensuring that ALC patients are designated accurately, and within the timelines of Provincial Wait Time Strategy reporting requirement. The ALC Navigator addresses issues that are delaying discharge.

The ALC Navigator provides a site-wide lens of ALC patients; being aware of site-based bed pressures, the Navigator will collaborate with HCCSS to prioritize assessments that will result in a discharge, and works with internal and external stakeholders to resolve issues that are delaying discharges, both at a patient-specific and at a systems level.

Step into a job that opens countless doors. As one of Canada’s largest and most diverse hospitals, we’re providing advanced care to people of all ages from across the province. You can explore advancement opportunities, take professional development courses, and stretch yourself as a leader, all at HHS. We are the largest employer in the greater Hamilton region, and play a vital role in training the next generation of health professionals in collaboration with our academic partners, including McMaster University and Mohawk College.

Hamilton Health

Sciences is a hospital system of 18,000 staff, physicians, researchers and volunteers that proudly serves south central Ontario residents. We also provide specialized, advanced care to people from across the province.

The Transitions Team supports complex discharge planning and care transitions for patients across HHS' acute and post-acute sites. Generally, patients transferred from acute HHS sites to post-acute are waiting for: Home with Home Care supports, Transitional Care,



Long-Term Care or require time to convalesce after an acute care admission.

Monday to Friday; days.

This position is temporary until March 2027

- Regulated Health Professional with Undergraduate Degree
- 1-2 years of computer skills (MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and ALC-IS and IDS data bases experience
- Minimum of 5 years experience in discharge planning, especially for patients with complex issues
- Minimum 1 year presentation skills, adult education experience
- Daily audits of ALC-IS system, including the ability to pull reports from both ALX-IS and IDS
- Ability to generate weekly updates about ALC patients in MC Excel
- Daily assistance to Clinical teams around discharge planning of ALC patients, including connecting with community stakeholders and negotiating or advocating on patient's behalf if they have been declined to a program or service
- Ad hoc reports to be written for manager multiple times per week
- Case synopsis writing for manager multiple times per week
- Excellent communication, time management and organizational skills
- Excellent critical thinking, problem solving, decision making and conflict resolution skills
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, negotiating, consensus-building and teaching skills

Hamilton Health Sciences fosters a culture of patient and staff safety, whereby all employees are guided by our Mission, Vision, Values, and Values Based Code of Conduct.



Hamilton Health Sciences is a teaching hospital and all staff and physicians are expected to support students and other learners.

To be considered for this opportunity applicants must apply during the posting period. All internal and external applicants may ONLY apply via the Careers website. This job posting is for an existing vacancy.

Hamilton Health Sciences is an equal chance employer and we will accommodate any needs under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Hiring processes will be modified to remove barriers to accommodate those with disabilities, if requested. Should any applicant require accommodation through the application processes, please contact Human Resources at (phone hidden), Ext. 46947 for assistance.

If the applicant requires a specific accommodation because of a disability during an interview, the applicant will need to advise the hiring manager when scheduling the interview and the appropriate accommodations can be made.

This competition is open to all qualified applicants, however, qualified internal applicants will be considered first. Past performance will be considered as part of the selection process. If you are a previous employee of Hamilton Health Sciences, please note: the circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment. Proficiency in both Official Languages, French and English, is considered an asset.

If this position is temporary, selection for this position will be as per the outlined Collective Agreements:

Article 30 (k), CUPE Collective Agreement

Article 10.7 (d), ONA Collective Agreement

Article 13.01 (b) (ii), OPSEU 273 Collective Agreement

Article 14.04, OPSEU 209 Collective Agreement

Article 2.07 and Article 13, PIPSC RT Collective Agreement

📌 ALC Navigator (Ontario)
🏢 Hamilton Health Sciences
📍 Ontario