Nurse Coordinator - Heart & Vascular

BJC HealthCare • St. Louis, MO

14h • Remote

About The Position

As part of the Heart and Vascular Administration team, the Clinical Nurse Coordinator ensures accurate, complete, and timely submission of clinical data to national cardiovascular registries (NCDR and VQI). This role plays a key part in performance monitoring and quality improvement initiatives within the heart and vascular service line. This is an excellent opportunity to provide patient impact through quality improvement.

Requirements

• RN
• Nursing Diploma/Associate's - Nursing
• 2-5 years experience
• No Supervisor Experience

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience with NCDR, VQI or similar national registries is a plus!
• Prior experience with cardiovascular, vascular, or operating room nursing is preferred
• Bachelor's Degree - Nursing

Responsibilities

• Review electronic medical records to extract, validate, and submit data to national registries (NCDR, VQI).
• Support supervisor, management, and performance improvement teams on quality and data projects.
• Train and mentor new and existing abstraction staff; provide ongoing updates on evolving registry guidelines.
• Serve as subject matter expert for abstraction processes, including inclusion/exclusion criteria, validation rules, and submission time-lines.
• Conduct inter-rater reliability and quality audits to ensure data accuracy and regulatory compliance.
• Maintain current knowledge of abstraction standards from CMS, The Joint Commission, and AHA Get With The Guidelines, programs.
• Daily interaction with Excel, EPIC, Metric reporting and presentations.
• Coordinates the health care of select patient populations/designated service across the continuum of care.
• Responsible for coordination of patient contact, patient education, prepares patient/family for procedure/test in collaboration with the healthcare team.
• Facilitates patient care by assessing and evaluating patient's physical, psychosocial and emotional needs.
• Coordinates the delivery of safe and appropriate patient care governed by evidence-based clinical practice.
• Monitors care and data to optimize patient outcomes.
• Facilitate the education of patients and families.
• Acts as a resource to the health care team.
• Ensures actions meet and support the overall goals of the business.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree