RN Program Coord Stroke and Sepsis - GPA Quality

Carle Health•Peoria, IL

4h•$35 - $61

About The Position

The Program Coordinator- Stroke and Sepsis oversees the daily activities of the Stroke Program. This position collaborates with various departments/physicians/staff to ensure stroke patients receive the highest quality of care possible. The coordinator works with Education to ensure all staff have appropriate stroke related training. The coordinator works with community outreach programs to provide stroke education to the community. Oversees certain stroke related meetings. Assists with and coordinates data management and analysis of aggregate clinical outcomes as per GWTG and DNV performance measures for TIA/Stroke care. The coordinator leads DNV prep and survey activities. The coordinator collaborates with the medical director of the stroke program and the Stroke Program Committee to ensure compliance for DNV requirements for current level of accreditation. The coordinator collaborates with the medical directors, and relevant leadership team to move the program to the next level of achievement. The coordinator is a registered nurse who works in collaboration with medical and hospital staff to provide effective care to all sepsis patients, and to drive improvements related to patient safety and mortality. The coordinator will collect and analyze sepsis performance data and optimize the use of early warning systems to effectively identify and intervene to provide evidence-based sepsis care. The coordinator leads the inter-professional Sepsis Committee, in collaboration with Operational Leaders, and produces scorecards and data to help drive morbidity and mortality improvements.

Requirements

Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days - American Heart Association (AHA); Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR); IHI Open School Basic Certificate in Quality and Safety within 2 years - Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
Education: Bachelor's Degree: Nursing (Required)
Work Experience: Related field

Responsibilities

Analyzes data and health records from stroke patients; able to identify educational and quality opportunities for the stroke program.
Conducts gap analysis and leads improvement activities in both sepsis and stroke care.
Coordinates Carle's response to national, state, regional and local changes in neuroscience care delivery models during healthcare reform, recognizing implications of actions and engaging neuroscience leadership team in financial decisions that impact patient outcomes.
Collaborates with regional providers to implement neuroscience/stroke clinical protocols at the regional level to enhance quality neuroscience care.
Keeps neuroscience leadership appraised of barriers to meeting regulatory standards including, but not limited to: DNV, ISO 9001, IDPH, CMS, and collaborative research.
Leads Carle to maintain Primary Stroke Center designation and supports/leads system Stroke needs.
Daily concurrent reviews and rounding
Serves as a resource and liaison between nursing staff and quality nurse specialists.
Provides specialty knowledge and supports the neuroscience data collection/reporting and analysis of the neuroscience program.
Responsible for the development, implementation, evaluation and oversight of sepsis and neuroscience/stroke education at Carle, regional hospitals and in the community.
Collaborates with key stakeholders in serving as a resource and assisting to align leading practices across the system.
Leads certain meetings within the stroke program, providing both agenda and minutes.
Provides staff education or inservice at staff meetings or other staff meetings as directed.
Attends provider meetings assigned to provide education and current data as applicable.
Active member of sepsis committee.
Other duties as assigned including patient care tasks during high census of staffing needs.
Coordinates Carle's response to national, state, regional and local changes in sepsis and neuroscience care delivery models during healthcare reform, recognizing implications of actions and engaging neuroscience leadership team in financial decisions that impact patient outcomes.
Leads Carle to maintain Primary Stroke Center designation and supports/leads system stroke and sepsis needs.
Coordiante efforts between quality data and patient care of sepsis and stroke patients to implement process changes to improve clinical outcomes.