Stroke Program Coordinator

The position is responsible for planning, implementing, and coordinating programs and services associated with Renown Regional Medical Center Comprehensive Stroke Center / and Renown South Meadows

The Stroke Program Coordinator shares the responsibility of administering all aspects of the Neurosciences/Stroke program. The Program Coordinator is responsible for formulating short term and long-term strategies to ensure the organization's vision, mission and values are carried out through the delivery of high-quality cost-effective patient care for the neurosciences service line with a high level of integrity.

The Stroke Program Coordinator is responsible for assuring all neurosciences/stroke center standards are met as required by the Joint Commission and meet center of excellence (COE) designation by meeting the standardized set of ten performance measures for stroke patient care. The position is responsible for the coordination of the quality assurance process, program development, planning, organizing, implementation, assessment, patient flow and performance improvement of the service line. The position is also responsible for utilization, community outreach, patient advocacy, staff and physician education and marketing communications.

The Program Coordinator provides ongoing patient tracking, and concurrent and retrospective charts abstracting for performance monitoring, The position will develop a long-term approach with the goal to reach an uneventful and successful progression for the patient from preadmission, through the medical management and/or surgery process, inpatient stay, and post operative/discharge to follow-up care. .

This position is responsible for writing, preparing, and maintaining research proposals for stroke clinical trials for review by the Institutional Review Board. The position must be knowledgeable in program rules and regulations established by grant agencies and regulatory agencies such as the FDA and GCP guidelines.

This position will be responsible for facilitating and overseeing stroke support group activities, education and research. This position will also interact with outside organizations including American Heart Association, American Stroke Association, National Stroke Association and additional organizations as assigned.

This position performs other tasks related to research and neurosciences activities, as assigned.

This position does provide patient care.

The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.

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Description

Education:

Must have working-level knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing and speaking English. Bachelor's Degree is required, preferably in Nursing. Master's degree in nursing preferred as well.

Experience:

Two years of acute care nursing experience is required or one year of critical care preferred

License(s):

Ability to obtain and maintain a State of Nevada Registered Nurse license required at time of hire.

Certification(s):

Ability to obtain and maintain BLS and ACLS Certification by the American Heart Associate required at time of hire.

Computer / Typing:

Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word and have the ability to use the computer to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc.