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Stroke Care Consultant

Primary Location Honolulu, Hawaii Worker Location Onsite Job Number 1344914 Date posted 03/27/2025
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Description:
Job Summary:

The Stroke Care Consultant provides clinical expertise, leadership and coordination of all elements of the Hawaii Kaiser Permanente Regional Stroke Program. The Stroke Care Consultant, in collaboration with the interdisciplinary stroke committee, is responsible for the planning, organizing, and evaluation of patient care within the stroke program as well as maintaining compliance with Joint Commission standards for Primary Stroke Center certification and national guidelines for stroke management at both hospital locations.  Additional responsibilities include nursing and physician stroke education and training, co-leader of multidisciplinary stroke rounds, stroke research, Neurointervention Radiology stroke program development and maintenance, patient and family education, and community outreach.

Essential Responsibilities:


  • Leadership:The Stroke Care Consultant serves as the subject matter expert for the Joint

    • Commission performance measures, clinical practice guidelines, and the American Stroke Association practice guidelines to ensure expert, comprehensive stroke care from the ED through discharge planning. Collaborates with the Stroke Medical Director and interdisciplinary stroke committee in the development and maintenance of the stroke program, stroke committees and work groups. The Stroke Care Consultant co-leads multidisciplinary patient rounds to ensure consistent high quality, comprehensive stroke care.  Works with medical director for medical staff follow up issues and with nurse managers for staff follow up.

    • Regulatory compliance: Conducts retrospective and concurrent stroke chart audits to assure compliance with Joint Commissions eight performance measures for stroke patient care. The Stroke Care Consultant works in collaboration with Quality Assurance to meet performance measures, identify performance deficiencies, and provides interventions as identified by Quality Assurance and stroke audits. Maintains all necessary standards required on ongoing primary stroke center certification. Prepares and manages intra-cycle call and future Joint Commission certification review site visits. Maintains reports from data and interpreting the results to present to the interdisciplinary stroke committee meetings.

    • Nursing and physician training and education: Provides quarterly educational events, seminars, and on-boarding for stroke care nursing staff in the ED, CCU, Telemetry, Step-down, Clinical Decision Unity, and the dedicated stroke medical surgical unit. Maintains educational records and monitoring for yearly educational compliance. The Stroke Care Consultant functions as the stroke education expert who coaches and guides the clinical team in the daily care of stroke patients, including guidance with the NIHSS assessment, patient education and planning, and swallow screening guidelines. Conducts inpatient stroke drills as necessary across the care delivery systems. Facilitates effective educational plans for patients, families, physicians, nursing staff, team members and the community. Additional responsibilities:  Neurointerventional Radiology program, maintenance of stroke order-sets, Clinical Practice Guidelines, obtaining and maintaining Primary Stroke Center certification, and stroke research (in coordination with the Department of Neuroscience).

    • Long term planning: Provide leadership and implement development of a Comprehensive Stroke Center for Kaiser Moanalua Medical Center. Provide leadership for the development of stroke clinic for patient follow-up after discharge.
    Basic Qualifications:
    Experience


    • Minimum seven (7) years of clinical experience.

    Education

    • Bachelors degree in Nursing or four (4) years of experience in a directly related field required.
    License, Certification, Registration
    • Registered Nurse License (Hawaii) required at hire
    • Basic Life Support from American Heart Association
    Additional Requirements:

    • Must maintain a minimum of eight (8) hours of annual stroke education.
    • Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
    • Thorough understanding of the PC and Windows environment.
    • Proficiency in retrospective and concurrent chart abstracting.
    Preferred Qualifications:

    • Minimum seven (7) years of clinical experience in critical care and/or ED nursing experience preferred.
    • Minimum three (3) years of experience working with stroke patients.
    • Experience working in a Joint Commission Certified Primary Stroke Program.
    • Thorough understanding of EPIC Health Connect program, Health Stream.
    • Masters degree in nursing (MSN, MN).
Primary Location: Hawaii,Honolulu,Moanalua Ancillary Building Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM Working Hours End: 05:00 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Onsite Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-HI-01|NUE|Non Union Employee Job Level: Individual Contributor Department: Moanalua Medical Center - Trauma Administration - 1201 Pay Range: $118900 - $153780 / year Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location. Travel: No On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital). Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. At Kaiser Permanente, equity, inclusion and diversity are inextricably linked to our mission, and we aim to make it a part of everything we do. We know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes Kaiser Permanente a better place to receive health care, a more supportive partner in our communities we serve, and a more fulfilling place to work. Working at Kaiser Permanente means that you agree to and abide by our commitment to equity and our expectation that we all work together to create an inclusive work environment focused on a sense of belonging and wellbeing.

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Submit Interest