Stroke Program Coordinator RN
Billings Clinic

Billings, Montana

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This position is responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of the stroke program at Billings Clinic. This individual works in close collaboration with the stroke medical director to organize the services and systems necessary for a multidisciplinary approach to care for stroke patients. Works collaboratively with the health care team, including physicians, nursing, case management and other health care providers to improve the physical, psychosocial, rehabilitative, educational, and spiritual needs of the stroke patient and/or their family. Responsibility for the day-to-day process and performance improvement for stroke care rests with this position. The role includes educational, clinical, research, administrative, and outreach activities for the stroke program.

Essential Job Functions

• Supports and models behaviors consistent with Billings Clinic's mission, vision, values, code of business conduct and service expectations. Meets all mandatory organizational and departmental requirements. Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental and outside agency standards as it relates to the environment, employee, patient safety or job performance.
• Maintains knowledge and adheres to standards and criteria set forth for Stroke Accreditation.
• Coordinates the daily care of stroke patients in conjunction with the physician and midlevel provider. Collects, reviews, and analyzes information for evaluating patient care outcomes.
• Maintains the stroke registry for the purpose of performance improvement by measuring and evaluating plans to improve both the processes of care and the outcome. Supervises the collection, coding, scoring, and development processes for validation of data. Facilitates in designing the registry to facilitate performance improvement activities, trend reports, and research while protecting confidentiality.
• Coordinating stroke care management utilizing effective communication across the continuum of stroke care, including planning & implementation of clinical protocols/practice management guidelines, monitoring care of in-hospital patients, serving as a resource for clinical practice, and discharge planning.
• Identifies multidisciplinary opportunities for improvement in a timely manner, and assists team members with problem resolution through plan development, implementation and evaluation. Monitors quality, cost, continuity of care, clinical outcomes and system issues related to care delivery, developing quality filters, audits, and case reviews, identifying trends and sentinel events and helping to outline remedial actions while maintaining confidentiality. Assists in coordinating the delivery of services to facilitate the patient's progression through the continuum.
• Is responsible for the operational and financial aspects of the Stroke Program, serving as liaison to administration, and representing the Stroke Program on various hospital and community committees to enhance and foster optimal care management.
• Facilitates and ensures that comprehensive, multidisciplinary collaboration of stroke care occurs with the patient, family, physicians and other health care providers. Identifies fragmentation/duplication and assists the team in defining effective utilization of resources. Coordinates stroke committee and multidisciplinary stroke peer review meetings.
• Provides and supports stroke education for Billings Clinic staff and assists in inter-facility and regional staff development. Participates in case review, standardizing practice guidelines, and & directs community stroke education and prevention programs.
Participates in the development of stroke care systems at the community, state, and national levels
• Stabilizes the complex network of many disciplines that work together to provide high-quality care, serving as an internal resource for physicians and staff in all Billings Clinic departments, and acting as a liaison for Stroke Care with the community and state.
• Works with Stroke Medical Director to develop and evaluate stroke evidence-based guidelines, pathways, and protocols to reduce inappropriate variation in care. Is involved in research selection, analysis, and distribution of findings, and facilitates protocol design for accurate data collection, feedback, and analysis.
• Identifies needs and sets goals for own growth and development; meets all mandatory organizational and departmental requirements.
• Exhibits exceptional knowledge in the stroke patient's clinical care. Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental and outside agency environmental, employee or patient safety standards relevant to job performance.
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.


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