CV / Neuro RN Navigator

Company: Catholic Health Initiative
Location: Bryan
Posted on: February 6, 2020

Job Description:

Position Type: Full Time Schedule: 8am - 5pm Primary Location: TX > BRYAN > REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER JOB SUMMARY Assists in promoting optimal care to the Cardiac and Stroke patient through clinical activities, professional and public education, performance improvement and patient safety. The Cardiac / Stroke RN Navigator acts a resource person to all patient care areas, regarding nursing care as related to the Cardiac and Stroke patient. The Cardiac / Stroke RN Navigator will actively participate in the development of regionalized acute cardiac and stroke systems QUALIFICATIONS Education o Required: AND o Preferred: BSN Experience o Required: 2 years Cardiac / Stroke Nursing Experience Licensure/Certifications o Required: RN, ACLS, NIH Stroke Scale ACCOUNTABILITIES * Performs daily and concurrent review of patients treated with Cardiac and Stroke protocols for appropriateness, response times, performance and outcomes. * Identifies patients for Cardiac and Stroke M&M. Ensures the standard quality of care is being delivered for all Cardiac and Stroke patients. Completes quality review in a timely manner. Assists Cardiac / Stroke Program Manager with performance improvement and patient safety plan. * Collaborates with Cardiac / Stroke Program Manager and Outcomes Management department to develop and implement process improvement initiatives. * Professional & Educational: participates in professional organizations as related to acute cardiac and stroke care. Maintains ACLS & NIHSS certifications. Maintains cardiac / stroke orientation / education program for entire facility. Maintains the facility as designation requires, meeting all standards of care, quality reviews and community education. * Data: Ensures accurate data is accumulated for administrative reporting. Assists with the abstraction of the data and the validity of the cardiac & stroke registries. Ability to run reports and provide data to the Cardiac / Stroke Program Manager. * Utilize organized and systematic plan, related data abstraction, aggregation and analysis. Consistently utilize error prevention processes during record review and adapt analysis. Report all actual/possible adverse events identified during record review. * Privacy: Assures privacy of all patients' information to protect patient rights and meet HIPPA guidelines. Reports suspected violations immediately. * Assists Outcomes Management as required in the maintenance of related databases. Assists in presentation of trends in appropriate committees. * Participates in quality improvement programs with EMS personnel. * Promotes education related to cardiac and stroke conditions for identified units and other hospital personnel. * Complete special studies, focus reviews or investigations and prepare reports regarding cardiac and stroke programs as requested. * Actively participate in committees by insuring timely and accurate communication of all related information to Cardiac / Stroke Program Manager and other committee participants as required. Assist in the preparation of agendas and recording of minutes for committees. * Community Outreach and Education: participates in cardiac and stroke public education. * Meeting / In-service Attendance: Attends in-services, workshops and reads current journals to keep abreast of new developments in the cardiac and stroke fields. Attends 6 unit meetings per year, all mandatory in-services and completes annual competencies. Attends other meetings as designated by Cardiac / Stroke Program Manager. · * OTHER Performs other duties as assigned to meet the organization`s needs. Additional Information * Requisition ID: 2019-R0262745 * Schedule: Full-time * Market: CHI St. Joseph Health

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