Acute Stroke Coordinator

2 weeks ago


Toronto, Canada Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Full time

We currently have a** Regular Full-time **opportunity for an **Acute Stroke Coordinator** in the **Regional Stroke **Department at our **Bayview** campus.

**Hours of Work**: Weekdays: & Alternating Weekends**:Days, Evenings, and Nights; 12hrs; As per schedule**, Statutory Holidays and On Call Required**

**Summary of Duties**

Reporting to the Director of the Regional Stroke and Neurovascular Programs, the Acute Stroke Coordinator will enhance stroke care by coordinating logistics of care to increase efficiency of care processes, communicating with the interprofessional care team, liaising with patients/family members regarding clinical status, education, and repatriation, conducting data collection, and participating in quality improvement initiatives.

**Tasks**
- Collaborates in the development, implementation and evaluation of an organized stroke care delivery system
- Collaborates with the interprofessional team to enhance the provision of stroke care that incorporates clinical standards best practices, and pathways, and enhances care/service delivery outcomes
- Performs independent/interdependent advanced stroke assessments in support of the Stroke Team as per Stroke Best Practice Guidelines
- Coordinates hyperacute stroke care (provision of EVT and thrombolysis) by liaising with other services and team members as required to facilitate interprofessional care delivery and efficient movement of the patient
- Facilitates the flow of stroke patients throughout their care experience. This includes coordination with all teams involved in stroke care
- Liaises with patients and family members to facilitate care coordination, and to enhance the patient and family experience
- Participates in delivery of educational initiatives to meet patient, family and healthcare professional learning needs
- Maintains constant readiness for system-wide stroke care
- Keeps informed of current best practice guidelines and research evidence
- Collect key data elements and participate in quality improvement and process monitoring to support continued implementation of best practice stroke care

**Qualifications/Skills**
- Regulated health professional
- Registration and good standing with Professional Regulatory College
- Minimum 5 years experience with neuro / stroke care required
- Current Basic Cardiac Life Support certificate required
- Demonstrated knowledge of relevant clinical/stroke related best practices within the management of Complex Neuro / Stroke cases that bridge the full continuum of care
- Recent related direct care experience with acute stroke care and rehabilitation / recovery and complex cases
- Demonstrated interprofessional team leadership skills and superior interpersonal and communication skills
- Demonstrated ability and insight to determine boundaries in scope of practice and role limitations
- Ability to work effectively both autonomously and within an interprofessional team environment
- Ability to problem solve, prioritize and manage time effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Demonstrated understanding of person-centred care and the ability to utilize the principles in daily practice
- Experience with patient and family education
- Experience with data collection and in utilizing data to collaborate with the team to support quality improvement
- Computer skills (MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, database software), or willingness to develop skills

Human Resources

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). If you require accommodation for disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please indicate this in your cover letter.

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is strongly committed to inclusion and diversity within its community and welcomes all applicants including but not limited to: visible minorities, all religions and ethnicities, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and all others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

Please be advised that in order to be eligible for employment at Sunnybrook, all new hires must have received the full series of a COVID-19 vaccine or combination of COVID-19 vaccines approved by Health Canada (e.g., two doses of a two-dose vaccine series, or one dose of a single-dose vaccine series); **AND** have received the final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at least 14 days ago. Medical exemptions or any other kind of requested exemption based upon the Hospital’s obligations pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code will be considered on a case-by-case basis.



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