Registered Nurse Stroke Disease Coordinator
St. David's North Austin Medical Center, Round Rock, TX, United States
Job Summary and Qualifications
The Stroke Disease Management Coordinator provides leadership and promotes excellence in patient care of neurological disease conditions in the Emergency Department, ICU, Medical Surgical Units and other entities within the organization. This position is responsible for planning, development and implementation of short and long-term program goals of the Stroke Center Designation. The Disease Management Coordinator coordinates education of staff and physicians and oversees the ongoing quality improvement process to improve patient care. This position ensures compliance with the accreditation standards and collects and reports data to external agencies (as required) and internal committees.
General Responsibilities
Serve as a resource to physicians, nurses, educators, and leaders on evidence based measures to support the Stroke program.
Identify educational and process improvement opportunities that support compliance with program measures. Use the PDCA methodology to plan and evaluate process changes.
Coordinate with nursing staff and hospital leaders to establish and implement standardized, evidence-based processes/protocols.
Analyze, trend, and report data to various hospital committees (PI Committee, Stroke Committee, ED Department Meetings, etc.).
Chair of the hospital Stroke Committee.
Prepare and present in-service and training sessions as required and requested.
Interact with outside organizations including American Heart Association, American Stroke Association, Capital Area Trauma Regional Advisory Council (CATRAC), Mission Lifeline, and additional organizations as assigned.
Perform daily and retro concurrent chart review to ensure compliance with evidence-based program measures for Stroke.
Retrospectively abstract data from the medical record (HPF, Meditech, etc.) and enter data into the appropriate vendor database (Comet, GWTG, etc).
Manage data registries as needed.
Perform Inter-Rater Reliability chart review.
Ensure all data reporting timelines are met (IRR, normalization, etc).
Collaborate with clinical staff, physicians, and leaders to ensure evidence-based measures are met in a timely manner.
Interact and/or serve as a point person with external abstraction companies as needed, i.e. Q-Centrix.
Maintain knowledge and understanding of the Stroke accreditation requirements.
Obtain and maintain required CEUs for accreditation requirements.
Compile and submit accreditation program application, performance improvement data, and measures of success as required.
Perform tracers to evaluate hospital compliance with regulatory standards.
Learn and perform additional duties within the Quality Management department that assist with critical needs, staff shortages, and/or holiday coverage.
Attend/lead nursing unit quality rounds as needed, i.e. Golden Hour.
Attend and actively participate in monthly staff meetings, and attend called departmental meetings when necessary.
Attend and participate in facility committees, employee forums and departmental meetings as requested.
Implement organization’s principles of good communication and customer service standards, including use of AIDET and KWAKT as developed by the department.
Maintain compliance with required licensure, ethics and compliance training, Employee Health screening/requirements and mandatory education as required.
Employee's conduct must reflect the company’s values and a commitment to the Code of Conduct ethics and compliance program.
Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Collect, interpret and analyze data.
Ability to apply critical thinking skills to process improvement and decision making.
Ability to cope effectively with crisis and emergency situations.
Knowledge of general hospital operations.
Must be able to demonstrate understanding of national patient safety initiatives by strict compliance to all safety protocols and procedures as required by both HCA and St. David’s North Austin Medical Center.
Computer skills: Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint; Adobe Acrobat.
Education and Experience
Required: Graduate of accredited nursing school with Nursing Diploma, Associates Degree or higher-level education.
Preferred: Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Prior job experience demonstrating leadership, management, and successful communication and interpersonal skills.
Minimum of three years relevant clinical experience (Med/Surg, neuro, ICU and/ED experience preferred).
Licenses and Certificates
Required: Currently licensed as a registered professional nurse in the state(s) of practice and/or has an active compact license, in accordance with law and regulation. Full-Time/Part-Time/PRN colleagues with a compact license from a state other than Texas must:
Apply for Texas RN license within 60 days from hire.
Obtain current TX RN license within 6 months of application for TX RN license.
Benefits
St. David's North Austin Medical Center offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services.
Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence.
Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling.
Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts.
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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The Stroke Disease Management Coordinator provides leadership and promotes excellence in patient care of neurological disease conditions in the Emergency Department, ICU, Medical Surgical Units and other entities within the organization. This position is responsible for planning, development and implementation of short and long-term program goals of the Stroke Center Designation. The Disease Management Coordinator coordinates education of staff and physicians and oversees the ongoing quality improvement process to improve patient care. This position ensures compliance with the accreditation standards and collects and reports data to external agencies (as required) and internal committees.
General Responsibilities
Serve as a resource to physicians, nurses, educators, and leaders on evidence based measures to support the Stroke program.
Identify educational and process improvement opportunities that support compliance with program measures. Use the PDCA methodology to plan and evaluate process changes.
Coordinate with nursing staff and hospital leaders to establish and implement standardized, evidence-based processes/protocols.
Analyze, trend, and report data to various hospital committees (PI Committee, Stroke Committee, ED Department Meetings, etc.).
Chair of the hospital Stroke Committee.
Prepare and present in-service and training sessions as required and requested.
Interact with outside organizations including American Heart Association, American Stroke Association, Capital Area Trauma Regional Advisory Council (CATRAC), Mission Lifeline, and additional organizations as assigned.
Perform daily and retro concurrent chart review to ensure compliance with evidence-based program measures for Stroke.
Retrospectively abstract data from the medical record (HPF, Meditech, etc.) and enter data into the appropriate vendor database (Comet, GWTG, etc).
Manage data registries as needed.
Perform Inter-Rater Reliability chart review.
Ensure all data reporting timelines are met (IRR, normalization, etc).
Collaborate with clinical staff, physicians, and leaders to ensure evidence-based measures are met in a timely manner.
Interact and/or serve as a point person with external abstraction companies as needed, i.e. Q-Centrix.
Maintain knowledge and understanding of the Stroke accreditation requirements.
Obtain and maintain required CEUs for accreditation requirements.
Compile and submit accreditation program application, performance improvement data, and measures of success as required.
Perform tracers to evaluate hospital compliance with regulatory standards.
Learn and perform additional duties within the Quality Management department that assist with critical needs, staff shortages, and/or holiday coverage.
Attend/lead nursing unit quality rounds as needed, i.e. Golden Hour.
Attend and actively participate in monthly staff meetings, and attend called departmental meetings when necessary.
Attend and participate in facility committees, employee forums and departmental meetings as requested.
Implement organization’s principles of good communication and customer service standards, including use of AIDET and KWAKT as developed by the department.
Maintain compliance with required licensure, ethics and compliance training, Employee Health screening/requirements and mandatory education as required.
Employee's conduct must reflect the company’s values and a commitment to the Code of Conduct ethics and compliance program.
Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Collect, interpret and analyze data.
Ability to apply critical thinking skills to process improvement and decision making.
Ability to cope effectively with crisis and emergency situations.
Knowledge of general hospital operations.
Must be able to demonstrate understanding of national patient safety initiatives by strict compliance to all safety protocols and procedures as required by both HCA and St. David’s North Austin Medical Center.
Computer skills: Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint; Adobe Acrobat.
Education and Experience
Required: Graduate of accredited nursing school with Nursing Diploma, Associates Degree or higher-level education.
Preferred: Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Prior job experience demonstrating leadership, management, and successful communication and interpersonal skills.
Minimum of three years relevant clinical experience (Med/Surg, neuro, ICU and/ED experience preferred).
Licenses and Certificates
Required: Currently licensed as a registered professional nurse in the state(s) of practice and/or has an active compact license, in accordance with law and regulation. Full-Time/Part-Time/PRN colleagues with a compact license from a state other than Texas must:
Apply for Texas RN license within 60 days from hire.
Obtain current TX RN license within 6 months of application for TX RN license.
Benefits
St. David's North Austin Medical Center offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services.
Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence.
Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling.
Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts.
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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