RN Stroke Coordinator-Stroke Center-Full Time

Ranked #1 for Safety, Quality and Patient Satisfaction, Jupiter Medical Center is the leading destination for world-class health care in Palm Beach County and the greater Treasure Coast.

Outstanding physicians, state-of-the-art facilities, innovative techniques and a commitment to serving the community enables Jupiter Medical Center to meet a broad range of patient needs. Jupiter Medical Center is the only hospital in Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties to receive a 4-star quality and safety rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Education

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing BSN or equivalent, MSN or equivalent preferred.
  
  

Experience / Qualifications

• Current RN licensure in the state of Florida.
• Will consider if working on BSN degree.
• American Heart Association BLS for Heath Care Provider.
• American Heart Association ACLS.
• Stroke Certification preferred
• A minimum of three to five years of clinical experience.
• Epic experience is required
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to self direct and work with minimal supervision.
• Regulatory abstraction experience required.
  
  

Position Summary

The Stroke Coordinator will serve as the day-to-day lead for the Stroke Program and supervise the development, implementation, accreditation, and organization of the program. The Stroke Program Coordinator will coordinate the efforts between physicians, hospital administration, and staff while tracking the progress of the program.

• Responsible for all program management, report generation and review, process improvement, patient satisfaction, facilities review, budget requirements, and administrative activities of the program.
• Will supervise the development, implementation, and evaluation of the program.
• Data collection, reporting, assessing outcomes, and establishing actions in coordination with the team.
• Will work closely with nursing leadership ensuring a team centered approach to care delivery.
• The stroke coordinator position is currently responsible for the abstraction of quality data that has been input monthly into a national database.
• Expected to respond to all code strokes within the ED during business hours.
• Aid the staff in timely documentation and act as a resource for the entire stroke team.
• Review the charts concurrently during the inpatient stay to ensure we meet all documentation standards and metrics.
• Responsible for creating agendas and meeting minutes for our monthly stroke meetings.
• Acts as a liaison to the Neurologists and our Neuro-interventionalists.
  
  

Performs other duties as assigned.

Team Member Competencies

Establishing Relationships

Builds effective networks, working relationships, and alliances in order to collaborate effectively within department and organization. Can relate to all kinds of people regardless of background; find topics and common interests that can be used to build rapport with others.

Peer Support

Provides guidance and feedback to help others strengthen knowledge/skills needed to accomplish tasks, solve problems, and perform effectively within the team.

Inspiring and Motivating Others

Fosters commitment and cohesiveness by facilitating cooperation and working as a team within the organization toward goal accomplishments. Work well with others, build consensus, and ensure cooperation to complete tasks and positive workflow.

Demonstrating Emotional Intelligence

Exercises self-leadership, self-awareness, and self-regulation; manages emotions so that they are expressed appropriately; leads others by showcasing adaptability, empathy, and social skills.

Acting with Integrity

Interacts with others in a way that is seen as direct and truthful; ensures confidence in individual and organizational motives and representations. Acts in a way that is consistent with personal and organizational values by keeping confidence, promises, and commitments. Clearly states goals and beliefs; informs people of their true intentions, does what they say they will do; follows through on commitments.

Being a Champion for Change and Innovation

Supports people in their efforts to try new things. Things creatively, generates novel and valuable ideas and uses these ideas to develop new or improved processes. Accepts new ways of doing things and adapts to change.

Communicating Effectively

Speaks and writes clearly, conveys information in a concise, organized, and logical manner. Is adept at tailoring the message to fit the interests and needs of the audience. Listens attentively and exercises tact, discretion, and diplomacy when interacting with members of the department and organization.

Promoting Diversity and Inclusion

Treats all people with dignity and respect. Demonstrates an open-minded approach to understanding people regardless of their gender, age, race, national origin, religion, ethnicity, disability status, or other characteristics. Challenge’s bias and intolerance. Develops all-inclusive groups in the realms of social interaction and communication. Shows respect for the beliefs of others; encourages and promotes practices that support cultural diversity; discourages behaviors or practices that may be perceived as unfair, biased, or critical toward people with certain backgrounds.

Physical Requirements

Requires sitting for long periods of time, also stooping, bending, standing, and stretching. Must have manual dexterity for typing and computer data entry. Able to work under a stressful environment, work independently, capable of making sound decisions, be detail oriented, alert, and self-motivated. Ability to push/pull up to 40lbs., carry and lift up to 20lbs.

Threshold Requirements

• These threshold requirements are required and completed yearly basis
• Annual Joint Commission mandatory education requirements, in-service and health requirements including attendance at new employee orientation
• TB/PPD Surveillance Program
• Maintenance of required professional licensing and/or certification(s).
  

This is not necessarily an extensive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associates with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change. I have reviewed these job requirements and verify that I can perform all essential functions of this position.