The Stroke Program Coordinator manages the Regions Hospital stroke program by maintaining compliance with any external regulatory and certification requirements and quality measure benchmarks. This dynamic role contributes to quality stroke patient care through development of systems for quality care review, improvement initiatives, and research activities, while providing oversight for the maintenance of the stroke registry databases (Minnesota Stroke Registry, Paul Coverdell Registry, Get With the Guidelines), and reports pertinent, timely patient data. The Stroke Program Coordinator role offers significant autonomy in addition to collaboration with teams to choose the best approach to accomplish the work, with a lot of variety - no two days are the same!
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., with variability based on job demands. This role is eligible to work remotely up to one day per week depending on business needs.
Responsibilities
This role collaborates with the interdisciplinary team at Regions along with leaders across the HealthPartners system, referring hospitals/clinicians, regional EMS services, and coordinates public health efforts to facilitate patient access to stroke services throughout the continuum. The Stroke Program Coordinator role is instrumental in working alongside several disciplines to ensure appropriate cost-effective and efficient progression through the system and continuity of care. This role also develops and implements timely and effective clinical education programs as appropriate and is critical to maintain certification as a Comprehensive Stroke Center, monitor stroke program performance, identify gaps, follow up on critical issues, initiate performance improvement plans, and figure out the next steps to improve processes and outcomes.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in nursing. Five years of acute nursing experience. Two years of care for stroke patients. Current Minnesota RN license. NIH Stroke Scale certification. BLS certification. Certified Neuroscience RN (CNRN), Stroke Certified RN (SCRN), or Critical Care RN (CCRN) certification within two years of hire.
Preferred Qualifications: Master’s degree in nursing. Experience in management, supervision, quality improvement, and/or care planning.
Regions Hospital
Saint Paul, Ramsey, MN 55101
US
