Registered Nurse (RN), Stroke Program Navigator (Temp)

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Overview:

Make a meaningful impact on stroke patient outcomes at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is seeking a full-time temporary Registered Nurse (RN) Stroke Program Coordinator/Navigator to help drive patient progression reduce length of stay and support exceptional outcomes for our stroke population.

Why Youll Love This Opportunity

• Lead meaningful work that directly supports stroke patient outcomes care progression and quality metrics.

• Collaborate with neurology hospital medicine rehabilitation case management nursing and palliative care teams.

• Bring clinical expertise and operational focus to one of the regions premier acute care hospitals.

• Help shape a role with the potential to become permanent based on demonstrated impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Daily patient surveillance: Proactively track stroke patients across units to support timely progression of care.

• Barrier identification and escalation: Identify and escalate delays related to diagnostics consults procedures discharge planning or clinical changes.

• Mortality risk mitigation: Recognize high-risk patients early and escalate concerns related to decline complications or delays.

• Care coordination: Align neurology hospitalists rehab case management nursing and other key partners around patient needs and next steps.

• Discharge acceleration: Support early planning for transitions to inpatient rehabilitation skilled nursing home health hospice or other appropriate settings.

• Goals-of-care and palliative integration: Prompt early consults for high-risk populations including SAH and ICH patients as appropriate.

• Post-discharge continuity: Help ensure patients complete advance care planning prior to discharge when appropriate due to elevated risk for recurrent stroke.

The Stroke Program Coordinator/Navigator applies professional nursing judgment clinical expertise and technical knowledge to support comprehensive neurological and stroke patient care. This role helps ensure assessment management implementation and evaluation of interventions aligned with accrediting agency requirements disease-specific program certifications CMS expectations and Sentara standards.

Location: Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Norfolk VA

Position Status: Full-time 40 hours per week

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Education Requirements

• BSN Required

Certification/Licensure Requirements

• Registered Nurse license required

• Basic Life Support (BLS) required within 90 days of hire

Experience Requirements

• 3 years of RN experience Required

• Stroke Patients-Incumbents are required to be knowledgeable of the standards of care for the stroke patients and meet the annual educational requirements set forth by the System for certified stroke centers.

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is the regions first Magnet hospital a 525-bed medical center a primary teaching facility and home to the areas only Level I Trauma Center within a 126-mile region.

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Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

Medical Dental Vision plans

Adoption Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10000

Paid Time Off and Sick Leave

Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave

Emergency Backup Care

Long-Term Short-Term Disability and Critical Illness plans

Life Insurance

401k/403B with Employer Match

Tuition Assistance $5250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education

Student Debt Pay Down $10000

Pet Insurance
Legal Resources Plan
Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus ifestablished system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital located in Norfolk VA is a 525-bed tertiary care facility that is home to the only Level I Adult Trauma Center and burn trauma unit in Hampton Roads and also serves as the primary teaching hospital for Eastern Virginia Medical School.

In addition to the high-quality heart program at Sentara Heart Hospital our facility is home to Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance and several other dedicated facilities and specialized services. As a recognized accredited Comprehensive Stroke Center and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence our hospital specializes in heart and vascular neurosciences neurosurgery urology oncology spine care advanced imaging behavioral health maternity and womens health including a state-of-the-art neonatal intensive care unit.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30000-member workforce. Diversity inclusion and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission to improve health every day this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

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