Discharge Coordinator

St Vincent's Private Hospital Toowoomba; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 48,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive hourly rates

Overtime pay

Private health insurance discounts

Annual leave options

Salary packaging

Free uniforms

Fitness Passport

Job summary

St Vincent’s Private Hospital Toowoomba in Queensland seeks a Discharge Coordinator to support quality patient care and ensure smooth discharge planning with families and community services. The role is full-time (38 hours per week) within St Vincent’s Health Australia Limited.

Applicants should be a Registered Nurse with strong communication and liaison skills, and a commitment to safe patient transitions across care settings.

Qualifications

• Registered with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse.
• Previous experience in community and/or facility (or similar role).
• Ability to work on a permanent full-time basis (38 hours per week).
• Effective communication skills at all levels enabling you to achieve best practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultative and liaison-focused service to support medical and nursing staff in assessment, care, management and discharge planning.
• Coordinate timely admission/discharge processes and case manage patients with extended length of stay.
• Support smooth transitions for patients with family and community involvement.

Skills

Registered nurse

Communication skills

Liaison

Case management

Job description

Job Description: About the Opportunity:

This rewarding opportunity will see you join the St Vincent’s Private Hospital Toowoomba (SVPHT) as our Discharge Coordinator. You will bring your passion to the role where you will work with a great team to support quality patient care. This role will be pivotal in delivering quality services to our patients and visitors in a caring, friendly atmosphere. St Vincent’s Private Hospital Toowoomba is the largest acute private hospital on the Darling Downs. We are a 197-bed facility with highly experienced and skilled staff that work as a team to deliver the highest standard of healthcare to all our patients. Our services include medical, surgical, maternity, paediatric, emergency, cardiac and rehabilitation.

Things that work for you:

• Competitive hourly rates and paid approved overtime
• Access to Blue Light Card - discounted service for frontline workers (available for over 350 brands inc. Big W, The Good Guys, Samsung)
• Private health insurance discounts through Medibank or Bupa
• Options for purchasing additional annual leave
• Excellent salary packaging options up to $15,990, Novated leasing, plus an optional Meals and Entertainment card up to $2,650 per annum
• Free uniforms & annual flu vaccination
• Opportunity to work for the nation's largest not-for-profit health and aged care provider
• Employee Assistance Program for staff and their families
• Access to Fitness Passport (FP)

Things that work for us:

• Registered with AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency) as a Registered Nurse
• Previous experience in community and/or facility (or similar role)
• Ability to work on a permanent full-time basis (38 hours per week)
• Effective communication skills at all levels enabling you to achieve best practice

To provide a consultative and liaison focused service aimed at supporting medical and nursing staff in the assessment, care, management and successful discharge of patients with necessary family and community organisations to ensure the smooth and safe transition out of hospital. To ensure effective and timely admission/discharge processes are in place and to case manage patients with an extended length of stay You will understand the importance of providing quality care, and you feel rewarded by creating a genuine impact Well-developed interpersonal skills that provide the support and nurture for our patients and organisation’s needs.

A workplace where you belong:

At St Vincent’s, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. Guided by our values of compassion, justice, integrity and excellence, we support our people to build meaningful careers while delivering exceptional care. As part of our commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap, we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Pre-Employment checks:

Employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, which may include a Working with Children Check (Blue Card). For information about our commitment to Child Safety, please refer to the St Vincent's Code of Conduct. As part of our commitment to workplace health and safety, evidence of immunity to vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) may be required.

Closing Date:

2 December 2026 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at [e-mail]

St Vincent’s Health Australia has been serving Australians with compassionate health and aged care since our first hospital was established in Sydney in 1857. Founded by the Sisters of Charity more than 180 years ago, St Vincent’s is a clinical, research and education leader delivering private hospital, public hospital and aged care services across NSW, VIC and QLD. Our founder, Mary Aikenhead’s vision, commitment and inspiration lives on in us and the work we do. From modest beginnings, St Vincent’s Health Australia is today the nation’s largest not-for-profit health and aged care provider, offering services in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, including public and private hospitals and aged care facilities. The St Vincent’s family comprises 22,000 outstanding nurses, researchers, cooks, doctors, executives, administrators, cleaners, volunteers and more.