Nurse Manager Stroke Program

Overview

Join to apply for the Nurse Manager Stroke Program role at Methodist Healthcare System
. This position is Mid-Senior level and full-time. The opening is located in San Antonio, Texas.

• 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 Air Med 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.

• Coordinates stroke services and sepsis protocols to ensure compliance with appropriate governing agencies. Demonstrates excellence in practice through full role functions: practitioner, educator, consultant, and leader.
• Develops and reviews policies and procedures in relation to stroke care of patients and sepsis. Develops and implements needed protocols, pre‑printed order sets, participates in stroke patient rounds to identify issues and evaluate solutions. Audits all sepsis patients for compliance.
• Serves as a liaison with pre‑hospital providers, other stroke centers, tertiary centers, regional hospitals, and community and government agencies. Develops and maintains quality improvement to obtain objective data for overall analysis of both programs and develops evidence‑based care delivery to ensure quality stroke and sepsis care delivery.
• Actively participates in local, state, regional, and national organizations that support stroke and sepsis care. Coordinates all on‑site certification visits. Follows required JCAHO program certification regulations.
• Assists in monitoring quality outcomes and identifies areas for improvement in the care or protocols. Trends admission data and maintains program action plans and scorecards.
• Manages the orientation and training, staff development, problem resolution, and protocol performance for program efficacy. Collaborates closely with identified physician champions for both programs.

• Graduate of a school of nursing. BSN required;
  Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum three years of hospital nursing experience in Critical Care or Emergency nursing required.
• Must have recent experience and proficiency with computer databases, word processing, and spreadsheet programs.

• Current license to practice professional nursing in the State of Texas.
• NIH Stroke Scale certification.

Methodist Hospital opened in 1963 as the first hospital in the now internationally acclaimed South Texas Medical Center. With over 900 beds, Methodist Hospital offers a broad range of specialties including cardiology, oncology, bone marrow transplants, emergency medicine, neurosciences, maternity care, gynecology and orthopedics. We are proud to be the largest provider of the lifesaving ECMO Program in San Antonio, are home to the largest robotics program in the world, and our Adult Blood Cancer and Stem Cell Transplant unit has become the first…