Registered Nurse Stroke Coordinator

HCA Houston Healthcare; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Education support

401(k) match

Paid time off

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood is seeking a Stroke Coordinator to lead development, implementation, and evaluation of the hospital's stroke program from a multidisciplinary perspective. You will analyze data, manage timelines, and drive evidence-based improvements to achieve quality outcomes across the continuum of care.

The role involves creating policies, presenting quality reports, coordinating with leadership, and delivering acute stroke continuing education programs to staff.

Qualifications

• RN required.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes and evaluates data to support stroke care quality.
• Manages data on critical pathway timeframes and patient outcomes.
• Develops evidence-based policies and procedures for stroke program.
• Presents stroke system quality reports and defines quality goals.
• Leads implementation of action plans with stakeholders.
• Collaborates with leadership to improve nursing and ancillary processes.
• Ensures continuous quality improvement through data collection and analysis.
• Coordinates stroke program standards and protocols.
• Identifies cases for Quality peer review.
• Develops policies with Stroke Medical Director.
• Leads Quality Improvement projects and education for acute stroke.

Job description

Strong staffing Support when it matters most. Technology and tools that streamline patient monitoring and communication to help you work more efficiently. Robust supply chains to keep you fully equipped. Ongoing clinical education to improve your skills. As a Registered Nurse at HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood, you’ll have all the staffing support, technology and resources you need to deliver safe, high-quality care—so you can focus on what you do best.

Job Summary And Qualifications

The Stroke Coordinator is fundamental to the development, implementation and evaluation of the stroke program directed towards the provision of quality services for patients who are experiencing stroke from a multi-disciplinary perspective throughout the continuum of care.

• Analyzes and evaluates data and statistics to support the provision of quality services for patients experiencing stroke
• Manages and analyzes data relevant to critical pathway timeframes, evaluates patient outcomes, and identifies and intervenes on variances
• Develops evidence-based policies and procedures & performs gap analyses that explore and clarify areas for program improvement
• Constructing/presenting stroke system quality reports and proposing unique organization-specific quality goals and outcome measures
• Develops and champions implementation of action plans, in coordination with key stakeholders to address opportunities for improvement
• Works with leadership teams in developing and evaluating process and performance improvement activities as they relate to nursing and ancillary personnel
• Assures continuous quality improvement through data collection, analysis and process improvement projects
• Coordinates the development, implementation, review and revision of Stroke Program standards, policies, procedures and protocols
• Identify and refer appropriate cases to Quality for peer review process
• Develop evidence-based policies and procedures to support the stroke program as required in collaboration with the Stroke Medical Director
• Leads and participates in Quality Improvement processes and performance improvement projects
• Educational Responsibilities
• Develops and delivers acute stroke continuing education programs

What qualifications you will need

• (RN) Registered Nurse

No Travel Required

Benefits

2 years experience Required Years of Experience

HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood, 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

As a full-service, 420+ bed acute care hospital, HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood has provided the northeast Houston community with high-quality, cost-effective healthcare for over 25 years. We are dedicated to providing comprehensive, quality care, close to home. Our Women’s Center offers high-risk OB care, a Level III NICU, and pediatric services. We have an advanced Brain & Spine Center, which includes a DNV Comprehensive Stroke Center and the Sleep Center of Excellence. Our Orthopedic Center offers total joint replacement surgery using advanced technology. Other services include innovative and customized cardiovascular services, including open heart and vascular surgery and state-of-the-art imaging and endoscopy services for more accurate diagnosis and treatment plans. We are also a Certified Level I Stroke Center and an Accredited Chest Pain Center. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the region, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

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.

“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

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