Associate Director - Trauma Program - 8 Hour Days

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center•Los Angeles, CA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Director, Trauma, in the Jim and Eleanor Randall Department of Surgery, leads and manages trauma services at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. They also support trauma program growth across the Cedars-Sinai Health System. This role is responsible for advising on trauma services, ensuring clinical operations adhere to program-specific goals and regulatory guidelines, and leading the Trauma Quality Improvement & Patient Safety program (PIPS). The position involves facilitating committee meetings, participating in quality improvement processes, leading audit filter submissions, and providing leadership and coaching for professional development. The Associate Director also leads coordination with clinical departments for guideline development, participates in case conferences, and oversees educational events and classes like ATLS and ATCN. A key responsibility is managing the trauma data system, ensuring data input and integrity of the Trauma Registry, and advising on the development and implementation of the Injury Prevention Program. The role also involves mentoring trauma care professionals, leading trauma studies, overseeing data selection for research, and preparing for Level 1 Trauma Program accreditation in partnership with various leadership roles. Additionally, the Associate Director establishes effective working relationships, responds to action items, shares knowledge, ensures inclusive practices, and represents the organization externally. Management responsibilities include supervising daily work, assigning tasks, planning and directing staff work to meet budget and timelines, and handling hiring, onboarding, scheduling, personnel actions, and performance reviews.

Requirements

5 years Within a healthcare setting such as medical, surgical, stroke, radiation and/or related department/unit - required
4 years Managing academic clinical department(s), service line(s), and/or related. - required
3 years Supervisory/Management experience and overseeing department(s)/service line(s) in a healthcare setting. - required
Registered Nurse License
BLS from AHA or ARC

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Business Administration, Science in Nursing, and/or related. - preferred
Master's Degree Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Business Administration, Science in Nursing, and/or related. For Clinical Support Programs, the MSN is required. - preferred

Responsibilities

Advises the trauma services and ensures clinical operations within trauma care are adhering to program specific goals and regulatory guidelines.
Leads, maintains, and continually improves the Trauma Quality Improvement & Patient Safety program (PIPS).
Leads and facilitates the Trauma Performance Improvement Committee meetings to identify areas of improvement in reporting, data collection or review.
Participates in the Central and Regional Quality Improvement process of the Trauma Hospital Advisory Council (THAC).
Leads the validation and ensures that all DHS audit filter information is submitted to Trauma Hospital Advisory Council (THAC) within the designated time periods accurately.
Leads, develops and provides leadership, coaching and opportunities for professional development to facilitate self-directed work processes, collaboration and focus on quality patient care outcomes related to the Trauma program.
Leads the coordination and collaboration with the appropriate clinical departments for the development of guidelines, protocols, policies, procedures as needed.
Engages in the weekly ACS Case Conference as part of the trauma PIPS process.
Provides input on issues as needed.
May round with the ACS Service as needed.
Leads the organization and participates in the planning of trauma surgery grand rounds, and other educational events in collaboration with other departments and divisions.
Coordinates the administration and ensures the educational classes for Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN) remain of high quality.
Has lead responsibility for handling the trauma data system.
Coordinates the data input and integrity of the Trauma Registry.
Ensures trauma registrars submit information according to DHS-EMS Registry.
Advises the development of and implementation of the Injury Prevention Program within the community and addresses community educational needs through review of data and prioritizes injury prevention programs.
Mentors other trauma care professionals and related staff as required as a Level I trauma hospital.
Leads and takes part in trauma and studies concerning trauma processes as appropriate.
Oversees the coordination / selection of trauma registry data for research purposes and review and approve all data and data requests for the purposes of trauma related research.
Leads the preparation in concert with Trauma Program Medical Director for Level 1 Trauma Program accreditation.
Leads central initiatives related to Trauma Program in partnership with the Service Line Director, Trauma Medical Director, Division Director of General Surgery, Director of Acute Care Surgery, and the Chair of Surgery.
Establishes effective working relationships with cross-functional, cross-departmental team(s).
Responds timely, effectively and appropriately to action items.
Shares knowledge, and time to assist other members of the team.
Ensures practices and procedures are inclusive of interpersonal and cultural diversity.
Represents the organization with external constituencies.
Supervises the day-to-day work of employees, assigns work, ensures tasks are completed.
Plan, lead, and direct work of staff to ensure goals and objectives are completed within established budget and timelines are adhered to.
Responsible for hiring, onboarding, managing schedules, personnel actions, performance reviews, and performance.