Stroke Coordinator

Stroke Coordinator

The position can be full time or part-time.

The Stroke Coordinator will collect, code, score, and develop processes for validation of data. Stroke Coordinator will also use the registry information to facilitate performance improvement, trend reports, and research while maintaining confidentiality.

The Stroke Coordinator will also participate in performance improvement by monitoring clinical outcomes, monitoring systems issues related to quality of care delivery, developing quality filters, audits, and case reviews as well as identifying trends.

The Stroke Coordinator, in collaboration with Emergency Department Manager and Stroke Program Medical Director, will support and maintain stroke operations, personnel involved, and financial aspects of the stroke program as appropriate. Stroke Coordinator will also represent the stroke program, on hospital committees and statewide coordinator committees to foster and enhance optimal stroke care, provision and management.

The Stroke Coordinator will act as a stabilizer in the complex network of people and disciplines who work together to provide quality trauma care. The Stroke Coordinator will serve as an internal resource for staff in all departments as well as an extended liaison for Emergency Medical Services in the service area. Stroke Coordinator is responsible for communicating data results and information with key stakeholders, educating providers, staff, patients, emergency personnel, providers from external facilities, and the community on relevant program topics.

Stroke Coordinator continuously consults with staff, providers, the Stroke Program Medical Director, Emergency Medicine Medical Director, the Emergency Department Manager, the CNO, and other members of leadership on methods to meet and maintain regulations and standards related to patient care.

Education / Experience :

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current license in the state of Nebraska as a registered nurse.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing required (or enrolled in a program within 6 months of hire); Master’s Degree in Nursing or other applicable field preferred.
• A minimum of two (2) years of intensive care or emergency department nursing experience is required; an additional two (2) years of experience in an education role or formal training in education preferred.
• Current BLS certification.
• ACLS certification within 6 months of hire.
• PALS certification within 6 months of hire.
• NIHSS Stroke Scale within 6 months of hire.
• TNCC within 1 year of hire.
• Experience with data collection, input, and analysis preferred.

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