Stroke Coordinator Registered Nurse

As a Stroke Coordinator Registered Nurse, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

Job Summary and Qualifications

POSITION SUMMARY:  

Responsible for the identification, clinical evaluation, and tracking of in-house stroke patients. Directs ongoing patient tracking, chart abstracting, and data entry of stroke patients into all stroke databases. Responsible for patient education, participating in multidisciplinary rounding, quality assessment of patient care to include assisting with design and development of PI indicators, active participation in outcome review, and initial screening for peer review issues. All stroke registry data and PI activities will comply with Joint Commission, state and national guidelines. Provides ongoing statistical reports and assists with developing specialized reports as required. Participates in stroke research as appropriate. Serves as a liaison between HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital , outreach facilities, and EMS. Works in collaboration with Stroke Medical Director, Emergency Department, clinical units where stroke patient are cared for, and all other ancillary departments. Performs other related duties as required or assigned.

 QUALIFICATIONS:

Registered Nurse with a minimum of 2-4 years of recent experience in their field of specialty. Prior knowledge of stroke treatment and management is preferred. They should demonstrate competency in the four-prong areas of education, clinical/technical skills, research, and outreach.

ESSENTIAL CORE FUNCTIONS:

Educator/Academic & New Hire Liaison:

• Develops and assists with implementation of hospital-wide stroke awareness education.

• Participates in mentorship of new staff during orientation or cross-training for program population.

• Designs and conducts formal and informal training to enhance team knowledge and operational efficiency.

• Educates staff, outreach facilities, and EMS on the Stroke Standards of Care.

Change Agent/Team Member:

• Identifies opportunities for improvement by incorporation of data and patient outcomes into continuous quality

improvement process.

• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals in the development, implementation,

monitoring and revision of written care protocols.

• Designs and implements PI activities, analyzing results to improve both the PI and training initiatives.

Researcher/Consultant:

• Researches and presents pertinent clinical literature to healthcare team.

• Serves as clinical expert resource to healthcare team.

• Demonstrates, via role modeling and consultation, advanced knowledge and practice in stroke patient care.

• Develops and reviews policies and procedures in relation to the care of the stroke patient, consistent with

evidence-based practice recommendations.

Leader/Communicator:

• Communicates with core team members, nursing directors, clinical staff and physicians to facilitate identified

issue resolution.

• Manages the interdisciplinary components of the stroke program via effective communication skills.

• Coordinates with nursing directors throughout the hospital and outreach facilities to ensure standardized,

evidence-based care of stroke patients.

Outreach/Patient Education:

• Serves as a patient advocate promoting patient access to services, tools, and medications needed to ensure successful stroke care management.

· Ensures follow-up care is identified, ordered and scheduled for patients discharged from acute care for hub facility.

• Coordinates with the hub healthcare team to provide patient/family education regarding post-stroke care and

management.

• Develops relationships and communication protocols with physician groups and community to promote stroke

care and management.

Program Specific:

· Directs/completes concurrent and retrospective chart abstracting and data entry for stroke patients into the stroke registry databases.

· Coordinates and facilitates the Stroke Committee Meetings.

· Responds as part of stroke response team to in-house and ED Stroke Alerts to facilitate the nursing and physician evaluation (when on campus)

· Directs development and implementation of stroke patient satisfaction assessment.

· Tracks compliance monthly with clinical standards, patient’s response and intervenes in a timely manner to ensure best outcome.

· Actively support management in establishing standards of care, noting non-compliance and participating in corrective action plans for quality improvement.

EDUCATION REQUIRED AND/OR PREFERRED:

• • Associate Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma from an accredited institution required. BSN or Bachelor’s Degree in a related field is preferred from an accredited institution
  • Annual Stroke Education within 90 days of hire as required by the Joint Commission Primary Stroke Certification

   

  LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION:  

  • Current FL RN license required or appropriate compact licensure. If compact license held in another state, active FL RN compact license required within 90 days of hire. Advanced Nurse Practitioner license acceptable

  · American Red Cross or American Heart Association Basic Life Support Course (BLS or BCLS) and Certification required at hire*

  *Instructor certifications interchangeable with required certifications

   

  EXPERIENCE REQUIRED OR PREFERRED:

  SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND ABILITIES:

  · Must be organized and self-motivated.

  · Must have excellent verbal, interpersonal and customer relations skills.

  · Can follow instructions.

  · Has excellent reading and comprehension skills along with good grammar and spelling

  · Must be mathematical and analytical.

   

  CUSTOMERS SERVED: All staff of HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital, outreach facilities, and EMS in both clinical and non-clinical departments, including patients/families, physicians, volunteers, agency, contract, students and the community.

   

  COMPETENCIES REQUIRED TO PERFORM CORE FUNCTIONS:

  Career Development

  • Accepts personal responsibilities for own professional development.

  • Promotes participation in professional organizations for self and others.

  • Demonstrates effective oral and written communication.

  • Uses effective interpersonal skills.

  • Fosters critical thinking.

  • Links nurses to professional development and other relevant resources.

   

  Education

  • Assesses learner characteristics, including learning styles and learning needs for program development.

  • Demonstrates proficiency in use of technology.

  • Evaluates the outcomes of staff education.

  • Functions in the roles of both teacher and facilitator.

   

  Leadership

  • Adheres to regulatory body/agency standards.

  • Advocates for nursing development programs that support the needs of the learner and the organization.

  • Anticipates and forecasts trends.

  • Effectively facilitates group processes.

  • Functions as a change agent and leader.

  • Implements motivational strategies at the individual, group, program, and organizational levels.

  • Maintains confidentiality of sensitive information.

  • Uses outcome measurements and outcome evaluation methods.

  • Promotes problem solving.

  • Interprets and uses research in practice.

  • Demonstrates knowledge of the research process.

  • Models the application of evidence-based practice.

  • Uses organizational strategic plan and goals to determine educational priorities.

   

  Program and Project Management

  • Plans and implements programs and projects, using innovation and creativity.

  • Consistently uses planning methodologies when implementing, facilitating, and evaluating various programs and

  projects.

  • Designs and implements evaluation plans for programs and projects.

   

  PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS:

  Service: Strives to meet expectations/needs of customers; responds to concerns with sense of urgency; seeks win-win solutions for reasonable patient/customer expectations. Supports the care of the stroke patients throughout the facility and outreach facilities.

  Quality/Ethics/Integrity: Seeks opportunities for improvement; prevents small problems from becoming large; pays attention to detail; follows instructions and protocol/procedures; adheres to company code of conduct; maintains integrity in all aspects of work.

  Relationships: Builds effective working relationships; finds and provides information to clarify situations; expansion original ideas; contributes own ideas; places high priority on other team members’ goals; gains team agreement to support ideas; clearly explains rationale behind ideas/goals; demonstrates sensitivity to differing cultural views and needs; meets attendance and punctuality requirements.

  Adaptability: Seeks to understand changes in work tasks/processes; actively seeks information about newtasks/processes; treats change and new tasks/processes as opportunities for learning and personal growth; speaks positively about changes to others; quickly modifies behavior to deal effectively with change.

   

  PHYSICAL & MENTAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

   

  This position is classified as medium which is defined as exerting up to 50 lbs force occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs frequently, and/or up to 10 lbs constantly.

HCA Florida Lake City Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future."

Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive

HCA Healthcare

HCA Florida Lake City Hospital is a 140+ bed acute care hospital. For over 60 years, we have served Columbia, Hamilton, and Suwannee counties and surrounding communities. Our hospital is a part of HCA Healthcare North Florida. We offer medical and surgical programs including 24-hour emergency care, heart care, interventional cardiology, orthopedics, cancer care, and imaging and rehabilitation services. We are an Accredited Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission. We are an Accredited Chest Pain Center by the American College of Cardiology. We have achieved Disease Specific Certification in the treatment of Sepsis by the Joint Commission. For 20 years in a row, we have been named the area's Best of the Best Hospital. We were named an employer of choice in 2019 by the Lake City-Columbia County Chamber of Commerce.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Stroke Coordinator Registered Nurse opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing, apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.