Job Description
Role title: Integrated Discharge CoordinatorRole type: Permanent full timeRole grade: Clinical Nurse Specialist (Grade 2)/Allied Health Professional (Level 4)Department and

location:
Patient Flow Unit, St Vincent’s Public Hospital, SydneySalary: $128,301.89
- $132,523.13 (CNS2)/$131,585
- $134,775 (AHP4) + super.
Welcome to St Vincent’s Hospital SydneyJoin a team built on a proud legacy of world-class care, true compassion, and deep community roots.
Founded by the Sisters of Charity and powered today by St Vincent’s Health Australia, the Sisters' legacy of compassionate service is our living heartbeat. As Sydney’s premier and iconic inner-city public hospital, we serve the entire population, providing world-class care to all people, including the most vulnerable in our community. Across our renowned precinct, we feature cutting-edge programs and surgery infrastructure, fostering clinical excellence and skilled growth.
Located in the vibrant heart of Darlinghurst, we are positioned just minutes from Kings Cross station, with direct, high-frequency bus connections from the east, and seamless links from Gadigal and Museum stations right to our doorstep.
Read on to explore this exciting role and the fantastic perks waiting for you here.

About the role
Lead and coordinate comprehensive discharge planning for patients with complex clinical, psychosocial, and care needs, ensuring safe, timely, and person-centred transitions from hospital to community care.
Provide advanced clinical assessment, expert consultation, and evidence-based decision-making to support patients, families, and multidisciplinary teams throughout the patient journey.
Identify barriers to discharge early, implement proactive strategies to mitigate risk, and coordinate interventions that reduce delays, avoidable readmissions,



and prolonged hospital stays.
Partner with medical, nursing, allied health, patient flow, and external service providers to develop and implement integrated care plans that support continuity of care beyond discharge.
Coordinate referrals to internal and external health, aged care, disability, and community support services, ensuring patients receive appropriate ongoing care and support.
Provide clinical leadership, education, mentoring, and specialist guidance to multidisciplinary teams, promoting best practice in complex discharge planning, patient flow, and care coordination.
Drive quality improvement initiatives, innovative models of care, and service development activities that enhance patient outcomes, improve organisational flow, and strengthen integrated care delivery.
About youDemonstrated advanced experience in complex discharge planning, care coordination, patient flow, and integrated models of care within acute and/or sub-acute healthcare settings.
Proven ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams and with external health, community, disability, and aged care providers to facilitate safe, timely, and person-centred transitions of care.
Highly developed leadership, critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, influence change, and contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.




Experience in patient flow management, discharge planning, service redesign, and the application of evidence-based practice and data to improve patient and organisational outcomes.
Exceptional communication, stakeholder engagement, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to effectively negotiate and collaborate with patients, carers, clinicians, and external partners.
Demonstrated commitment to clinical governance, professional development, quality improvement, research, and evidence-based practice, including the ability to provide leadership, education, mentoring, and support to multidisciplinary teams.
Ability to work autonomously, exercising a high level of professional judgement, clinical reasoning, and decision-making in complex care coordination environments.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and electronic patient management, referral, and documentation systems.
For CNS2 applicants:Current registration as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) with AHPRA.
Relevant postgraduate qualification and a minimum of three years' experience in the relevant clinical specialty.
For AHP4 applicants:Degree qualification in a recognised Allied Health profession.
Current registration with the relevant professional governing body (where applicable).
What we can offer youExceptional Rewards: Competitive pay and not-for-profit salary packaging to maximise your incomeWorld-Class: Be part of a renowned precinct alongside the Garvan & Victor Chang institutesExcellence: Premier heart/lung transplant program, advanced robotics, & pioneering HIV/AIDS initiativesCutting-Edge Oncology: Deliver advanced cancer care and trials at the renowned Kinghorn Cancer CentreCommunity: Support vital programs for First Nations, homelessness, mental h

📌 Integrated Discharge Coordinator (Inner West Council)
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📍 Inner West Council