Coordinator - Trauma Injury Prevention - Trauma Services Department

Henry Ford Health • Clinton Township, MI

5h • Onsite

About The Position

The Trauma Performance Improvement (PI) Coordinator identifies, verifies, and investigates complications and events involving trauma patients. Under minimal supervision from the Trauma Program Manager and/or Trauma Medical Director, they will analyze trends and lead the performance improvement and quality assurance activities of the trauma program beginning with pre-hospital and extending through discharge. The Trauma PI Coordinator will utilize a variety of improvement methodologies and group management techniques to support teams through improvement initiatives. Working collaboratively with all members of the trauma team and leadership, they are responsible for development of action plans and completion of loop closure/event resolution for both quality of care and risk issues. Emphasis will be placed on initiatives to increase efficiencies and reduce variability, errors, and defects utilizing program data and current trauma best practices. The Trauma PI Coordinator is expected to prepare reports and recommendations, provide education to team members as needed, and apply new continuous improvement methodologies to spread successful innovation throughout the hospital. This role will reflect the most recent criteria and standards outlined in the current American College of Surgeons (ACS) “Resources for the Optimal Care of the Injured Patient” with respect to trauma performance improvement activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing or other Healthcare-related field required.
• Minimum of five (5) years of clinical experience required.
• Two years project management, process improvement or risk management experience required.
• Experience with clinical quality and patient safety principles/initiatives; demonstrated ability to apply concepts.
• Must possess strong problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to manage simultaneous projects/assignments with potentially conflicting priorities and meet all deadlines a must.
• Must have strong knowledge of efficient and effective data gathering techniques and develop a growing base of analytical/technical and process improvement tools.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to design and present effective educational programs, as well as interact at all organizational levels.
• AAAM Abbreviated Injury Scoring (AIS) Course required within one (1) year of hire.
• Updates and other related courses may be required as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree preferred.
• Knowledge of Lean/Six Sigma methodologies preferred.
• Emergency Department or Trauma/Surgical Critical Care preferred.
• Leadership experience preferred.
• Trauma Outcomes and Performance Improvement (TOPIC) preferred.
• Trauma Care After Resuscitation (TCAR) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identifies, verifies, and investigates complications and events involving trauma patients.
• Analyzes trends and leads performance improvement and quality assurance activities of the trauma program.
• Utilizes a variety of improvement methodologies and group management techniques to support teams through improvement initiatives.
• Develops action plans and completes loop closure/event resolution for quality of care and risk issues.
• Focuses on initiatives to increase efficiencies and reduce variability, errors, and defects utilizing program data and current trauma best practices.
• Prepares reports and recommendations.
• Provides education to team members as needed.
• Applies new continuous improvement methodologies to spread successful innovation throughout the hospital.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level