Injury Prevention Coord RN Trauma Ctr

Northridge Hospital Medical Center•Los Angeles, CA

1d•$49 - $74•Hybrid

About The Position

Dignity Health – Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a 394-bed, acute care, nonprofit community hospital located in Northridge, California. The hospital offers a full complement of award winning services, including the Leavey Cancer Center, a cardiovascular center, stroke center, the Center for Assault Treatment Services, a pediatric medical center, and the only pediatric trauma center in the San Fernando Valley. As a leading provider of compassionate, high-quality and affordable patient-centered care, we share a rich legacy with Dignity Health, one of the nation’s five largest health care systems. We are part of a 21-state network of nearly 9,000 physicians, 62,000 employees and more than 400 care centers. This role is for a Registered Nurse with a commitment to community health and a drive to prevent injury. The Trauma Center Injury Prevention Coordinator RN will join a dynamic team. Under the supervision of the trauma program manager, overall responsibilities include coordinating injury prevention programs, planning, and implementing tasks, providing injury prevention education, and conducting evaluations and reports to assess quality and performance of injury prevention programs. As part of the trauma team, expectations include overall support as needed with performance improvement and registry. Promotes community awareness of the trauma system as well as injury prevention. Participates with community wide trauma education and injury prevention programs for both hospital and the public. This will require occasional weekends and flexibility with schedule and work location. Functions as a designated injury prevention spokesperson for injury prevention. Develops, plans, and implements injury prevention programs and outreach activities using evidence based research when available. Identify high rates of injury and the populations in which the injuries occur. Target the at-risk populations and run reports to collect, and analyze data for evaluation of current and future injury prevention efforts. Trains and educates health care professionals and the community in injury prevention. Develop operational tools necessary to achieve injury prevention objectives and services. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Minimum 3 years’ experience as an Emergency Room or ICU Nurse and the last 2 years in a trauma center
Graduate of an accredited Nursing School/Program
BSN Degree required
Skilled clinical experience in the overall care of the trauma patient required
Current and active RN:CA
AHA BLS ACLS
AHA PALS -- within 90 days of hire
FIRESAFETY -- within 90 days of hire
TNCC -- within 6 months of hire

Nice To Haves

Trauma Nurse Core Course instructor preferred
Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses preferred

Responsibilities

Coordinating injury prevention programs
Planning and implementing tasks
Providing injury prevention education
Conducting evaluations and reports to assess quality and performance of injury prevention programs
Overall support as needed with performance improvement and registry
Promoting community awareness of the trauma system and injury prevention
Participating with community wide trauma education and injury prevention programs for both hospital and the public
Functioning as a designated injury prevention spokesperson
Developing, planning, and implementing injury prevention programs and outreach activities using evidence based research
Identifying high rates of injury and the populations in which the injuries occur
Targeting at-risk populations and running reports to collect and analyze data for evaluation of current and future injury prevention efforts
Training and educating health care professionals and the community in injury prevention
Developing operational tools necessary to achieve injury prevention objectives and services