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Req# 28921 Aultman Health Foundation, CANTON, OH AULTMAN HOSPITAL Aultman Health Foundation Full Time, Day Shift, 730-4 PURPOSE OF POSITION: The coordinator is a member of the inpatient medicine team who is responsible for delivery of processes designed to improve quality and efficiency in the care of hospitalized patients. The nurse works closely with the Inpatient medicine team, which includes hospitalists, specialty hospitalists and neurology as well as the leadership team to engage and educate the physician team, optimize performance on defined key metrics, patient treatment, and ensure collaboration with the care team. The nurse will assist in the coordinator of our neurology inpatient medicine and stroke program. The role will support and implement changes to the management and care of our patients, including the stroke population at Aultman Hospital and support to the Health Delivery System. The coordinator works to achieve and maintain regulatory certification as well as quality measures and regulatory compliance. SUMMARY: The inpatient medicine coordinator serves as clinical liaison and collaborates with all disciplines across different levels of the health care continuum and applies the process of assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and coordination of care to meet the patients' health care needs to ensure safe, quality, and cost-effective care. The RN must provide efficient, quality service. The RN will accomplish this goal by the timely coordination of quality healthcare services to meet an individual's specific health care needs in a cost-effective manner and by providing an excellent patient experience. This position is also responsible for overseeing and facilitating clinical performance activities, potentially across multiple service lines. Activities include identifying cohorts of patients eligible for specific initiatives, identification and analysis of readmissions participating in daily workflows, advocating for patient goals in the care plan, and ensuring communication throughout the care team as the patient moves through their hospital stay. The coordinator will assist leadership to assure standardization of excellence and care for patients, including stroke patients. This care encompasses clinical treatment, decisions and diagnosis for inpatients and assures quality care for the stroke patient throughout the continuum. They will function as a stroke champion to designated stroke units. RESPONSIBILITIES & EXPECTATIONS Participate in the development of site-specific workflows to achieve program goals and performance targets, that are aligned with hospital priorities Provide timely status of implementation, barrier resolution, and action plans through real time chart reviews and abstractions Understand, clearly articulate, and promote the adoption of hospital and AIM clinical performance objectives with the team Engage and support education to provider team(s) related to clinical performance initiatives, goals, and measurement Collaborate with the onsite team to establish and communicate patients' care goals Adherence to Regulatory body such as The Joint Commission or ACHC or the body chosen by the program/hospital Maintain core measure data base, including stroke Participate in OH Coverdell program CE maintenance for stroke, per requirement of governing body (8 per year specific to stroke) Preparation and availability for site visits Stroke committee management and maintenance of data presentations Monthly stroke alert variance meeting Stroke Alerts Attend in person to assist and reduce door to needle time. Attend LVO to facilitate process and transfer Communicate with neurologist if not in house Participate in proactive evaluation of program metrics and initiate additional investigation of drivers when targets are not achieve