Stroke Clinical Coordinator - Part-Time
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center
- Cheyenne, WY
- Permanent
- Part-time
- ANCC Magnet Hospital
- 403(b) with 4% employer match
- 21 PTO days per year (increases with tenure)
- Education Assistance Program
- Employer Sponsored Wellness Program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Loan Forgiveness Eligible
- Responsible for collaborating, managing, and coordinating quality improvement efforts for the early identification and treatment of stroke care in alignment with Primary Stroke Center quality measures.
- Participates in ongoing surveillance of stroke care, order sets, policies, procedures, and practices to ensure safe quality care to stroke patients, ensuring consistency and continuity
- Participates in ensuring the assessment, management, implementation, and evaluation of interventions set forth by CMS and the Joint Commission for Primary Stroke Center certification as a member of the multi-disciplinary team
- Integrates relevant research and clinical expertise into present practice. Responsible for providing staff with education on current best-practice, evidence-based research across all professional levels.
- Monitors clinical indicators on all stroke patients and participates in data collection, trending, and analysis regarding the on-going development, effectiveness, and outcomes of the clinical care program including, for example, mortality rates, outcomes and process measures.
- Collaborates with the quality and performance improvement department(s) to foster continuous quality improvement efforts designed to improve patient outcomes. Participates in organizational quality improvement report-out structure(s).
- Participates in on-going staff educational opportunities and analyzes opportunities for improvement then designs and implements initiatives to improve the process of care defined for stroke patients and departments in accordance with Primary Stroke Center recommendations to achieve specific quality and patient safety targets.
- Maintains patient follow-up structure post hospitalization including establishment of patient call back structure post hospitalization.
- Responsible for coordinating community outreach education, support and events.
- Participates in seeking grant funding in accordance with community and program needs to promote adequate and excellent care delivery, education, and training related to stroke services
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to develop and implement clinical policies and protocols
- Expert knowledge and ability to sufficient to develop and apply procedures in complex assignments
- Ability to provide clinical and community education
- Excellent computer skills with experience in data collection, interpretation and analyzing
- Professional knowledge and technical ability to analyze, design, test and implement systems and applications
- Demonstrate an independent work initiative, sound judgment and attention to detail
- Ability to handle multiple task simultaneously
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited school of nursing
- Minimum of a current Wyoming Registered Nurse License or enhanced Nurse Licensure (eNLC) upon start date
- Cheyenne Regional RQI within 14 calendar days of hire
- NIH Stroke Scale Certification
- Two years’ experience in neurosciences, critical care, or emergency nursing
- Certified Neuroscience Registered Nurse (CNRN), or Stroke Certified Registered Nurse (SCRN), or Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN)