Coordinator Stroke Services

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a(an) Coordinator Stroke Services today with Wesley Medical Center.

Job Summary and Qualifications

Position Summary: Responsible for the management of stroke care processes, stroke process improvement, and stroke program accreditation. Facilitates a multidisciplinary team to review policies, practices, and outcomes of stroke care throughout the medical center. Provides education to staff and patients on stroke care. Performs community outreach to educate on stroke awareness and signs and symptoms. Along with hospital leadership will create and implement plans to achieve comprehensive stroke certification and management of the stroke program accreditation processes.

Job Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates the ability to adapt technique/treatment to age of population served, including newborn, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients, while providing care/service with respect to cultural differences and spiritual needs.
• Delivers patient-centered nursing care in accordance with standards of care defined by Wesley Medical Center.
• Coordination with outlying facilities for transfers.
• Acquires and maintains current knowledge in nursing practice and education.
• Community, HUC, EMS education as well as telemedicine sites education.
• Contributes to the professional development of peers, colleagues and others.
• Collaborates with the patient, significant others and health care providers in providing and advocating for patient care.
• Supports research and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Decisions and actions on behalf of patients are determined in an ethical manner.
• Participates in the improvement of operational functions of the department.
• Maintains constructive collegial relations and collaborates with manager in cross-functional process improvement initiatives, facilitates open communication, and problem solving to ensure the effective coordination and integration of services.
• Evaluates and participates in opportunities for outstanding service to all customers and accepts responsibility in partnership that is equally respectful to everyone.
• Collaborate with quality department for data abstraction/entry into GWTG or other database.
• Ability to utilize critical thinking and problem solving skills to identify, interpret, and access appropriate resources in patient specific scenario(s).
• Maintains stroke log database, chart abstraction, ICD 10 coding, resolution of coding errors, data analysis, and reports as needed.
• Organizes data and attends meetings related to stroke care data and including but not limited to multi-disciplinary stroke subcommittee meetings.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Required Registration, Licensure or Certification

• Current Licensure in the State of Kansas as a Registered Nurse (RN) or Current Multi-State Licensure as a Registered Nurse with the ability to obtain a Kansas Registered Nurse license within 90 days of start date

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) verification course through American Heart Assoc. or American Red Cross - Healthcare Provider CPR

• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Stroke Scale

Preferred Registration, Licensure or Certification

• Advanced Practice Nurse

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) verification course within 6 weeks

• Successful completion of Dysrhythmia Exam within 6 weeks

Required Education or Experience

• Graduate of a school of professional nursing

Preferred Education or Experience

• Master’s degree in nursing or business administration

• Experience running project or programs, managing multidisciplinary teams, or working on process improvement committees or councils.

• Experience caring for stroke specific population

• Experience working with accreditation or regulatory bodies such as the Joint Commission

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively

• Possess personal computer skills

• Ability to multi-task, delegate and prioritize

• Possess problem solving and critical thinking skills

• Ability to collaborate with other health care providers

• Ability to educate patients and/or significant others

Preferred Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of quality indicators and practice guidelines for stroke-specific care

Benefits

Wesley Medical Center, 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.

For more than 100 years, Wesley Healthcare has provided exceptional care to thousands of families in Wichita and throughout Kansas and Northern Oklahoma. Wesley Medical Center is a member of the Wesley Healthcare network within Greater Wichita and has been an HCA Healthcare hospital since 1985.

Our physicians treat more than 24,000 patients annually, making Wesley Medical Center the most preferred hospital in Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Additionally, our obstetricians and childbirth staff deliver more than 6,000 babies each year, more than any hospital in a 13-state region.

Home to Wesley Children's Hospital, the region's first and Wichita's only children's hospital, we care for children in a unique space designed specially for kids and their families. And as a Level I Trauma Center and the only Level II Pediatric Trauma Center in Kansas, we are prepared to treat any medical emergency, any time of day.

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.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Coordinator Stroke Services opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and 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.