What are the responsibilities and job description for the Stroke Outreach Coordinator position at BHS Baptist Healthcare System?
Summary Job Description: Stroke Outreach Coordinator Full Time I First Shift Diagnostic and Imaging I Lexington, Ky Neuro diagnostics specializes in the performance of diagnostic neurological procedures across the continuum of life for both our inpatient and outpatient populations. Services include routing and continuous electroencephalograms, intraoperative neural monitoring, evoked potential studies, electromyography, nerve conduction studies, and myelography. Our team is a very experienced team with on-site clinical expertise and collaboration. Responsibilities: Serve as an outreach coordinator and educator to provide stroke care coordination with spoke hospitals, EMS agencies, system navigation, and advocacy for stroke patients. Attends and assists in leading monthly Stroke Team meetings, BHS Stroke Coordinator meetings, and other related meetings as needed. Develops and sustains a stroke log and provides written or in-person feedback and education to EMS, spoke hospitals, and BH Lex ED on all Code Strokes. Collaborate with the Quality Nurse for Stroke Outcomes and the outcomes department for quality improvement activities. Participates in annual stroke screenings, conferences, and public stroke awareness projects. Partners with the Stroke Program Coordinator to develop and initiate a Stroke Support Group. Demonstrates initiative, accountability, and autonomy in developing the Stroke Program Outreach Coordinator position to meet JC and AHA guidelines and requirements. Develops measures and reports outcomes of telemedicine stroke services to the Stroke Program Coordinator in alignment with AHA and JC standards. Works with healthcare providers to maintain concordance with evidence-based care and established guidelines. Collaborates with hospital departments, physicians, and rehabilitation groups to optimize EPIC development, conduct research initiatives, and prepare for JC Certification reviews. Requirements: Bachelor’s degree. Two years of experience. Certification as AANN Stroke Nurse Certification or AANN Neurological Nurse Certification within one year of employment Current KY or Compact State License as a Registered Nurse. Benefits: Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance Life Insurance Short Term and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance Identity Theft Protection Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire Bereavement Leave (includes pets) PTO Sell Back Program Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation) Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support Retirement with Company Match Work Experience Education If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.