Registered Nurse (RN), STEMI & Chest Pain Program Manager, FT, Days

Prisma Health•Richland, SC

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN), STEMI & Chest Pain Program Manager serves as Prisma Health’s affiliate representative for the STEMI and Chest Pain Programs. The role provides direction and support to affiliate locations to standardize STEMI care and provides clinical expertise, education, consultation, and liaison support to medical and nursing teams as an extension of the program Medical Director. The manager coordinates patient care activities with the multidisciplinary healthcare team and partners with EMS and the community. The role coordinates Chest Pain Center accreditation, including achieving and maintaining affiliate accreditation and supporting other Prisma Health facilities seeking accreditation. It leads continuous quality improvement across the chest pain care continuum and works with leadership and clinical teams to improve care, systems, and program performance. Regular travel to referral sites is required. Prisma Health's Heart and Vascular Institute is South Carolina’s first comprehensive, freestanding hospital dedicated solely to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Its continuum of care spans prevention and management, emergency services and procedures, diagnosis, surgery, and rehabilitation.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Nursing.
Five years of cardiology nursing experience.
Current RN compact/multistate license recognized by the NCSBN Compact State, or a license to practice as an RN in the state where the team member works.
Knowledge of office equipment, including fax and copier.
Proficient computer skills, including database skills.
Data-entry skills.
Ability to perform data conversion effectively.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with leadership to identify referral hospitals and obtain agreements for participation in the Affiliate STEMI program.
Conduct initial gap assessments of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) care at each hospital.
Work with facility leadership to standardize programs, recommend and monitor systematic changes, improve speed of therapy, and support rapid transfer of patients who cannot be treated at the primary hospital.
Travel regularly to referral sites to conduct ongoing process-improvement education.
Manage STEMI Committee meetings and the AMI action team, including quality case reviews.
Chair the Affiliate Chest Pain Center Accreditation Committee.
Work with supporting departments, including Epic, pre-hospital medicine, and documentation specialists, to maintain or improve systems.
Collaborate with data abstractors to identify, collect, and enter data; monitor and evaluate quality benchmarks; and prepare reports, analyses, and action plans.
Provide team development for interfacility, emergency medical system, regional professional, and facility staff involved in STEMI and AMI care related to Chest Pain Center accreditation.
Coordinate activities to achieve and maintain Affiliate Chest Pain Center accreditation and support accreditation efforts at other Prisma Health facilities.
Lead and coordinate the continuous quality improvement process for chest pain care throughout the continuum.
Develop Affiliate Program goals in conjunction with the Medical Director.
Interface with American College of Cardiology Accreditation Services regarding evaluation of the Affiliate accreditation process.
Retrieve, organize, and update accreditation materials before and after surveys, and organize and lead Affiliate survey-date activities.
Provide oversight for the CARES registry and communicate and report with the CARE organization.
Represent Cardiology on Affiliate committees and represent the Affiliate in community outreach and education activities.
Represent the Affiliate at the state level to the South Carolina Hospital Association.
Perform other duties as assigned.