Stroke Program Coordinator RN

CommonSpirit Health • Lincoln, NE

2d

About The Position

As our Stroke Program Coordinator RN, you are fundamental to developing, implementing, and evaluating our stroke program, ensuring quality, multi-disciplinary care continuum-wide. You'll partner closely with the Stroke Program Medical Director for program success. Every day you will lead collaborative stroke care systems and services. You'll manage process/performance improvement for nursing and ancillary staff, plan clinical programs for high-quality outcomes, and advance patient/family and nursing stroke care practice. Your responsibilities include Stroke Program accreditations, quality assessment, improvement, and inter/intra disciplinary communications, plus collaboration on shared system/improvement projects. To be successful, you must demonstrate strong leadership, program development, and quality improvement skills. Excellent communication, collaboration, and relationship-building are essential for driving multidisciplinary stroke care, with a deep commitment to patient outcomes, accreditation, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• BSN or equivalent.
• Clinical experience with stroke patients.
• Minimum 5 years in nursing practice with 2 years in critical care.
• Experience with data collection and statistical analysis preferred.
• Consistently adheres to and demonstrates our Core Values of Reverence, Integrity, Compassion and Excellence.

Nice To Haves

• Masters preferred
• Experience in teaching and/or clinical program development and ordinations desirable.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and maintain the certification of the certified stroke center under the leadership of Administration and the hospital Stroke Medical Director. Once achieved follow appropriate guidelines/recommendations to maintain certification.
• Identify and follow patients with stroke during hospitalization for the purpose of applying evidence-based practice to improve patient outcomes, both physiological and financial.
• Mentor staff in using/fostering the use of evidence-based tools to improve the case of a stroke patient (stroke order sets, nursing care resource guide, patient educational tools).
• Facilitate neurological assessment skills for caregivers across the spectrum of stroke care.
• Maintain hospital-wide communication regarding the Stroke Program.
• Supports community screening and educational activities related to cerebrovascular disease.
• Maintains knowledge of evidence based practice changes, new research, and new recommendations from appropriate agencies.
• Demonstrate motivation for continued growth as an educator, and by active review of current literature, professional networking, and attendance at relevant seminars/conferences.
• Communicate educational offerings to the Stroke Team and keep track of the team’s stroke educational hours.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level