**Description** **Rapides Regional Medical Center** **RN Stroke Coordinator** **Full Time, Days, No Weekends** Do you want to be appreciated daily? Our nurses are celebrated for being on the front line, empathetic for patients. At Rapides Regional Medical Center our nurses set us apart from any other healthcare provider. We are seeking a RN Stroke Coordinator to join our healthcare family. **Benefits** Rapides Regional Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include: + Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation. + Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more. + Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing + 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service) + Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock + Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance. + Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more + Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts + Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships + Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships) + Colleague recognition program + Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence) + Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income. Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards) **_Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location._** At Rapides Regional Medical Center, our nurses play a vital part. We know that every nurse’s path and purpose is unique. Do you want to create your own personal career path in nursing? HCA Healthcare is your career destination! Our scale makes it possible for nurses to create the career path that fits their life – for life – and empowers their passion for patient care. Apply today for our RN Stroke Coordinator opportunity. **Job Summary and Qualifications** The Stroke Program Coordinator position involves the coordination of clinical management of the stroke patient population across the entire continuum of care. Serves as a leader for the Stroke program performance and improvement initiative as well as monitors outcomes. Maintains clinical expertise and acts as a clinical resource/role model for all areas caring for stroke patients. Provides and/or coordinates educational activities with nursing management and the education department for physicians, staff, patients, EMS and referral hospitals. Acts as a community liaison on behalf of the program and hospital. Directly involved in the marketing/promotion of services provided. This role provides education and leadership, serves as a resource and guide to identify current concepts and evaluates their usefulness in improving outcomes, quality and patient safety. Assists in the coordination of reports and analysis of data. Ensures and models a commitment to the organization’s vision, mission, and values to support clinical outcomes. Supports the promotion of a patient safety culture; emphasizing risk reduction while analyzing trends in events to support process improvement efforts that align with the high reliability strategies. Maintain communication with administration, medical staff, and departmental leaders regarding process improvement activities. **What you will do in this role:** + Maintains and demonstrates clinical expertise in the area of stroke. Remains an expert resource for adherence to treatment in relation to clinical trials and clinical practice guidelines and provides resources to physician and staff. + Completes at least 8 hours stroke continuing education (CNE) annually. + Reviews current stroke clinical practice guidelines, policies and procedures annually and facilitates requisite revisions. Ensures facility adopts the most current clinical practice guidelines. + Collaboratively works with physicians and interdisciplinary teams to develop, implement and annually revise pathways, treatment algorithms, order sets and processes including stroke codes through entire facility. + Oversees universal usage of order sets and processes for the stroke program. Identifies variances and facilitates variance resolution. + Ensures Stroke Performance Measures are received by the Joint Commission, Stroke Get with the Guidelines and Louisiana Emergency Response Network per the required timeframes. + Responds as part of the response team to in-house and ED stroke codes to facilitate the nursing evaluation, administration of thrombolytic and rapid transport of large vessel occlusion stroke patients. + Coordinates with therapists, social workers, and case managers to ensure patient flow occurs expeditiously and efficiently. + Identifies opportunities for improvement by incorporation of data and patient outcomes in continuous quality improvement processes by developing and implementing action plans. + Collaborates with nursing leadership in order to develop and promote stroke nursing standards of care. + Directs development and implementation of post-discharge stroke patient perception of care. + Participates in Louisiana Emergency Response Network stroke initiatives. Attends required committee meetings to maintain State of Louisiana Stroke Designation. + Facilitates development of stroke physician/staff orientation program, annual competencies and specific educational programs for entire range of healthcare professionals + Collaborates with and educates EMS/Referral hospitals to ensure delivery of quality care and rapid access to Rapides Reginal Medical Center. + Leads the multidisciplinary stroke team and committee meetings. **What qualifications you will need:** + Advanced Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date + Registered Nurse + Bachelors Degree + Basic Cardiac Life Support, or CPR for Healthcare Providers must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date + A minimum of 3 years experience in an acute care setting **_Required_** Rapides Regional Medical Center is a 350+ bed hospital and ER in Alexandria, Louisiana. We offer services ranging from Cancer Care to Wound Care. Our medical staff includes doctors in more than 30 medical specialties. At Rapides Regional we believe that well-defined values are the key to nurturing staff and patient satisfaction. By joining our team you contribute to the positive culture of the hospital. This culture impacts the well-being of patients and their families. It also impacts your colleagues, and your own personal job satisfaction. Learn what our commitment to patient satisfaction, service excellence and professional expertise can do for your career. 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. "The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our RN Stroke Coordinator opening. **Apply today and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will reach out.** We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.