Nurse Stroke Program Manager - Department Of Neurology
Company: Hartford HealthCare
Location: Hartford
Posted on: April 16, 2024
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Job Description:
Job Schedule: Full Time
Standard Hours: 40
Job Shift: Shift 1
Shift Details:
Every day, almost 30,000 Hartford HealthCare employees come to work
with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment
matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut's most
comprehensive healthcare network.
Hartford Hospital is one of the largest and most respected teaching
hospitals and tertiary care centers in New England. Our reputation
for providing complex and innovated care to those in need is built
on our four core values: integrity, caring, excellence and
safety.
Hartford Hospital is an acute-care teaching hospital and level 1
trauma center that is a part of the fully integrated health system;
Hartford HealthCare. Through its institute model, Hartford
HealthCare offers the highest standards of care for cancer, heart
and vascular services, neuroscience, orthopedics and urology. Our
work is built on lean fundamentals, high reliability principles and
dovetailed with support from our acute care organization and
strengthened by the growth of our institutes.
Job Summary:
You would be joining the Ayer Neuroscience Institute at Hartford
Hospital in the position of Stroke Program Manager. This role has
the benefits of being part of the Institute along with the
resources and teamwork that it brings. - Your role, in partnership
with the interdisciplinary team, would be to support, manage and
coordinate systems related to acute stroke care delivery at
Hartford Hospital, optimizing the care and access. - You would also
be responsible for ensuring the program is operating with in Joint
Commission standards for a Comprehensive Stroke Center and lead the
Joint Commission Survey efforts. Supporting clinical services,
tracking quality metrics and developing/implementing quality
improvement plans is also a part of this role. -
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Job Responsibilities:
--- Responds to and supports the provision of excellent stroke
care. - Monitors data related to quality-of-care issues and
pathways for stroke care management including patient education. -
Reviews the process of care metrics, disseminates analyses and data
summaries. - Establishes a system to monitor patient satisfaction.
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--- Leads the Stroke Certification Process. - Maintains the
structure for Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center
recertification. Reviews data abstraction related to stroke metrics
and compliance with Joint Commission and AHA standards of care.
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--- Develops evidence-based policies/guidelines and procedures and
maintains stroke order sets and guidelines for care to enhance
stroke-related medical and nursing patient documentation in the
electronic health record.
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--- Fosters and Maintains relationships within the community stroke
systems. - Develops and maintains community education programs. -
Prepares education for outreach events, stroke screenings and
lectures for local or regional events. - Works with AHA and CT
Stroke groups to promote stroke awareness within the local
community.
--- Serves as a Role Model for interdisciplinary care team. -
Develops and maintains staff education programs. - Oversees
clinical staff competencies related to stroke care. - - -
--- Develops Patient Education materials. - Actively participates
in stroke conferences and nursing education for stroke care. -
--- Maintains knowledge and stays continuously updated on new
evidence and evolving practice paradigms to promote an
understanding of gaps in care, resources and services. - Is seen as
the expert in Stroke for the Region.
--- Collaboratively designs and implements quality improvement
programs with defined targets and monitors results.
--- Supervises and Mentors Stroke Team (Navigators and
Coordinators) by supporting the team via 1:1 meetings, team
meetings and daily huddle. - Understands the dynamics of
organizational behavior, change theory, and healthy work
environments.
--- Partners with Stroke Teams across the system to standardize and
optimize stroke policies, procedures, guidelines, order sets and
overall care for the Ayer Neuroscience Institute. - -Qualifications
- - - - - - - - Current Connecticut Registered Nurse license
required.
- - - - - - - - Bachelor's degree required. * Master's degree
preferred. One degree must be in Nursing.
- - - - - - - - NIHSS (immediate) and SCRN Certification (within 6
months of being eligible to take the exam)
- - - - - - - - Minimum 5 years of experience working with
Neuroscience patients or patients with Stroke.
- - - - - - - - CPR certification preferred.
- - - - - - - - Demonstrated progressive leadership skills.
- - - - - - - - Strong written and verbal communications skills
required.
*Exceptions to the educational requirement will be evaluated on an
individual basis. For example, a strong candidate in the process of
completing the educational requirement will be considered.
Continued progress toward completion of the educational requirement
will be required.
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We take great care of careers.
With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers
exciting opportunities for career development and growth. - Here,
you are part of an organization on the cutting edge - helping to
bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community
education to countless men, women and children. - We know that a
thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a
competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance.
- Every moment matters. - And this is -your moment.
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