Stroke Navigator
About The Position
The Stroke Navigator plays a pivotal role in delivering seamless, high-quality stroke care from emergency presentation through recovery and secondary prevention. Partnering closely with an incoming Medical Director, this role drives coordinated, patient-centered care, improves outcomes, and strengthens transitions across acute and post-acute settings. You’ll collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, support evidence-based stroke pathways, and elevate the patient and family experience. At UHS, your work creates meaningful connections—advancing clinical excellence, teamwork, and innovation while making a lasting impact on patients, colleagues, and the communities we proudly serve.
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years of clinical nursing experience
- Experience in stroke care, neurology, ICU, telemetry, or emergency care
- Strong knowledge of stroke pathophysiology, treatments (including thrombolytics and thrombectomy), and recovery
- Excellent communication, organizational, and teaching skills
- Proficiency with electronic medical records and documentation standards
- NYS Nursing License
- Valid Driver’s License
Nice To Haves
- RN with a Bachelor’s Degree
- Previous inpatient and/or Post Acute care of stroke patients.
- Previous disease specific navigation experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide patient-centered navigation for stroke and TIA patients from admission through discharge and post-acute follow-up.
- Assess patient and caregiver needs, barriers to care, and risks for readmission.
- Coordinate transitions of care to inpatient rehab, SNF, home health, outpatient therapy, and community resources.
- Support timely outpatient follow-up with neurology, primary care, and specialty services.
- Provide individualized education on stroke etiology and warning signs (FAST/BE-FAST), medications and adherence, risk factor modifications and secondary prevention, and lifestyle changes and community resources.
- Ensure understanding of discharge instructions and warning symptoms requiring urgent care.
- Support compliance with Joint Commission/DNV/State stroke certification requirements.
- Participate in stroke quality measures and performance improvement initiatives.
- Collaborate with stroke coordinators, abstractors, and clinical leadership on outcomes improvement.
- Serve as a clinical liaison among emergency medicine, neurology, hospitalists, nursing, rehab services, case management, and pharmacy.
- Participate in stroke rounds, huddles, and multidisciplinary meetings as indicated.
- Communicate effectively across acute and post-acute settings.
- Participate in community education, stroke awareness programs, and prevention initiatives.
- Support relationships post-acute providers, and community partners.
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision coverage starting the first of the month after hire for employees working 24+ hours/week
- discounted childcare through Bright Horizons
- voluntary benefits like pet insurance, legal services, and identity theft protection
- PTO starts accruing from day one
- 403(b) retirement plan and company match
- flexible spending accounts
- access to financial advisors
- up to $400/year in wellness rewards
- 24/7 EAP counseling
- virtual mental health support
- food pantry
- PTO donation program
- professional attire through the Classy Closet
- access to 100,000+ online courses
- leadership programs
- tuition reimbursement
- clinical ladders
- internal mobility
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
