Stroke Program Coordinator RN

Founded in 1910, Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital is a 229-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Bakersfield, California. Serving nearly 90,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including Level II NICU, cancer care, women’s health, and orthopedics. Additionally, Mercy Hospital Downtown & Mercy Hospital Southwest have been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. They are both Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Centers. Mercy Hospital Downtown offers the only inpatient Oncology Unit in Bakersfield while Mercy Hospital Southwest has the only Obstetric Emergency Department in Bakersfield.

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As our Stroke Program Coordinator RN, you are fundamental to developing, implementing, and evaluating our stroke program, ensuring quality, multi-disciplinary care continuum-wide. You'll partner closely with the Stroke Program Medical Director for program success.

Every day you will lead collaborative stroke care systems and services. You'll manage process/performance improvement for nursing and ancillary staff, plan clinical programs for high-quality outcomes, and advance patient/family and nursing stroke care practice. Your responsibilities include Stroke Program accreditations, quality assessment, improvement, and inter/intra disciplinary communications, plus collaboration on shared system/improvement projects.

To be successful, you must demonstrate strong leadership, program development, and quality improvement skills. Excellent communication, collaboration, and relationship-building are essential for driving multidisciplinary stroke care, with a deep commitment to patient outcomes, accreditation, and continuous improvement.

• • Coordinate and maintain the certification of the certified stroke center under the leadership of Administration and the hospital Stroke Medical Director. Once achieved follow appropriate guidelines/recommendations to maintain certification.
  • Identify and follow patients with stroke during hospitalization for the purpose of applying evidence-based practice to improve patient outcomes, both physiological and financial.
  • Mentor staff in using/fostering the use of evidence-based tools to improve the case of a stroke patient (stroke order sets, nursing care resource guide, patient educational tools). Facilitate neurological assessment skills for caregivers across the spectrum of stroke care. Maintain hospital-wide communication regarding the Stroke Program.
  • Supports community screening and educational activities related to cerebrovascular disease.
  • Maintains knowledge of evidence based practice changes, new research, and new recommendations from appropriate agencies.
  • Demonstrate motivation for continued growth as an educator, and by active review of current literature, professional networking, and attendance at relevant seminars/conferences. Communicate educational offerings to the Stroke Team and keep track of the team’s stroke educational hours.

Required

• Registered Nursing License in good standing with the CA. board.
• Basic Life Support (BLS), from the AHA.
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or equivalent education and experience. Magnet Hospital: BSN required.
• Minimum of three (3) years of nursing experience and one (1) year of leadership experience.