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RN Stroke Coordinator

All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

+ Benefits from Day One

+ Paid Days Off from Day One

+ Student Loan Repayment Program

+ Career Development

Our promise to you:

Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that **together** we are even better.

**Schedule:** Days 40 hours

**Shift** : Days Mon-Fri 8am-5pm

**Location:** 1035 Red Bud Road, Calhoun, GA 30701

**The community you’ll be caring for:** _AdventHealth Gordon_

+ Four seasons of outdoor activities, including whitewater, hiking, camping

+ Named #4 on NICHE magazine’s “Best Cities (under 100,000) to Raise a Family”

+ Affordable land and homes

+ Outstanding qualify of life

+ Strong cultural community

+ Access to excellent public and private K-12 education

+ Convenient location between two large metropolitan areas: Atlanta and Chattanooga

The role you’ll contribute:

The Stroke Certification Coordinator assures that patients presenting to AdventHealth Gordon or AdventHealth Murray with risks/symptoms of stroke receive optimal care, using established standards and organizational goals. The function of the Coordinator is to maintain a high degree of personal effectiveness and staff effectiveness in the prompt recognition and care of stroke emergencies to include blood pressure management, administration of thrombolytic agents, and research. In doing so, plans, organizes, and implements continuity of stroke care to include involvement in continuous process improvement; patient, public, and professional education; protocol development and maintains positive relations among affiliated hospitals, physicians, and external agencies to ensure appropriate design and promotion of programs. Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care that is appropriate to the ages of the patients served. Responsible for standardizing stroke care throughout the facilities. It is the coordinator's responsibility to oversee the programming, the community outreach, the daily operations of the program and the integration of telemedicine with clinical programs. The Coordinator must demonstrate an ability to organize, prioritize, meet deadlines and work with members of teams within the telemedicine department, hospital departments, medical staff and regional hospitals. The Coordinator must have ability to coordinate with team members for project development. This individual must have the ability to manage dynamic situations and possess above average communication skills to assure patient care is maximized.

Essential Functions

Essential Function

The Stroke Certification Coordinator in collaboration with the Medical Director is responsible for developing a stroke plan and monitoring the effectiveness of stroke care at AdventHealth Gordon and AdventHealth Murray. The stroke plans should include pre-hospital through discharge and should address secondary prevention issues.

Leads the Stroke Committee in collaboration with the Medical Director.

Responsible for preparation for Joint Commission certification, including the application.

The Coordinator will be responsible for collecting, analyzing, trending, and reporting required statistics to maintain status of a stroke designation.

Serves as the primary abstractor for the Get with The Guidelines Stroke Registry.

The Coordinator will serve as a patient and community advocate by providing public education concerning stroke prevention and care.

Responsible for maintaining cooperative working relationships with individuals representing the other hospitals and medical centers to coordinate educational programs, patient transfers, provide referrals, and ensure provision of quality care and services.

Main contact person for all for clinical expertise, education, updating and revising protocols of cerebral vascular patients.

Contact person for family members during hospitalization as needed.

Tracks and routes complaints, issues, etc. through appropriate process and persons.

Development and implementation of cerebral vascular related policies and procedures, including tPA administration and patient education packets.

Evaluates patient care team’s compliance with department standards and evaluated team performance against established performance standards/ expectations.

Assesses learning needs and provide learning opportunities relevant to identified gaps.

Attends internal and external educational meetings and reads professional resources in order to maintain and enhance nursing skills and clinical competencies. Keep current with new trends in stroke care.

Provides support and clinical expertise to care team, including case managers, regarding stroke care of patients who do not achieve expected outcomes.

Monitors trends and ensures patient outcomes are achieved/maintained based on established levels of quality. Collaborates with other healthcare professionals to plan LOS, discharge and follow-up.

Supports and is involved in continuous quality improvement efforts designed to increase patient outcomes, increase patient satisfaction, and improved the utilization of the human, capital, and physical resources.

Coordinator develops, interprets, evaluates and assists in the implementation of protocols, standards and guidelines that facilitate appropriate and timely quality telehealth services.

Coordinator participates on other committees as required to develop plans or further promote the program.

Qualifications

The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed

Education

Graduate of accredited school of nursing

Required

Bachelor's

BSN

Preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

KSAs

Required

/Preferred

Graduate of accredited school of nursing

Required

Current RN license to practice in the state of Georgia

Required

Five years nursing appropriate to the specialty

Preferred

Knowledge of telemedicine practice

Preferred

Licenses and Certifications

RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure

Required

BCLS - Basic Life Support

Required

Certification in specialty

Preferred

ACLS

Preferred

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances. The salary range reflects the anticipated base pay range for this position. Individual compensation is determined based on skills, experience and other relevant factors within this pay range. The minimums and maximums for each position may vary based on geographical location.

**Category:** Nursing

**Organization:** AdventHealth Gordon

**Schedule:** Full-time

**Shift:** 1 - Day

**Req ID:** 25019243

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not tolerate discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age or disability/handicap with respect to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.