RN Nurse Navigator - Neuroscience Service Line
RN Nurse Navigator - Neuroscience Service Line
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Job Description
Job Title : Nurse Navigator Job Summary :
The Stroke Navigator assists the Stroke Medical Director and Stroke Program Director to improve the quality/delivery of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke care throughout the continuum of care. He/she works in collaboration with the program directors data analysts department leaders staff and patients to develop and support the stroke programs performance improvement initiatives. The Navigator also assumes responsibility and accountability for the management of resources to achieve efficient high quality outcomes for each patient including support for interdisciplinary and cross facility collaboration. In addition he/she identifies opportunities to streamline care practice using LEAN methodology through development of evidencebased guidelines and protocols.
Experience Education Training Special Skills and Licensure :
Three years acute clinical experience required working with a population related to your expertise
Enrolled in BSN
Obtain SCRN/CCRN certification within 12 months of hire
Microsoft Excel Word and PowerPoint
Current and unrestricted Louisiana RN license and current BLS
Job Function :
- Clinical Practice and Care Management
- Conducts patient rounds while utilizing clinical expertise to aggregate assess and interpret information
- Reviews Patient encounters identifying items for performance/process improvement
- Assists Stroke program director with maintaining stroke policies
- Coordinates and participates in stroke performance improvement/patient safety forums/committees
- Supports new stroke initiatives by identifying and overcoming barriers to clinical care.
- Assists with preparation for Joint Commission certification surveys
- Serves as an active member of stroke workgroups/committees and is an active participant in strategic planning for the Stroke Program. Provides input to meeting agenda reporting on significant trends and outstanding items
- Communication and Collaboration
- Serves as a resource/mentor to bedside staff within the stroke service line
- Collaborates with multidisciplinary care team to promote optimal outcomes for stroke patients
- Partners with stroke program providers to facilitate optimal care supported by guidelines
- Quality
- Responsible for issue identification issue validation issue analyses and initiates followup to assure loop closure to improve clinical outcomes and patient care.
- Identify areas of improvement; using this data to develop educational programs action plans to address quality issues identified and to ensure follow through of developed plans.
- Facilitate stroke patient education and coordinate follow up care to decrease further stroke complications and decrease readmission rate
- Training and Education
- Counsels and trains staff members to increase awareness of adverse trends and participation in interdisciplinary process improvement.
- Identify areas for improvement and education using stroke PI data to develop education programs to address quality issues identified in the stroke program.
- Instructs others on pertinent standards and guidelines; ensures these standards and guidelines are adhered to.
- Other duties as assigned
- Other duties as assigned
Employment Type
Full Time
