PROGRAM MANAGER - TRAUMA, Full Time

UHS•Reno, NV

About The Position

The Program Manager - Trauma is a full-time registered nurse position at Sierra Medical Center, a 170-bed acute care hospital within Northern Nevada Health System. The role ensures concurrent rounding and review of trauma patients, maintains trauma registry databases, coordinates data collection, and supports regulatory compliance. It includes monitoring trauma care throughout the inpatient continuum, contributing to quality improvement and performance improvement activities, and serving as a clinical resource. The Program Manager provides trauma-related education to hospital staff and the community, using data to guide educational offerings. The role also oversees data collection and validation processes and designs the registry to support performance improvement, trend reporting, and research while protecting confidentiality. The position supports Sierra Medical Center’s Service Excellence standards.

Requirements

Diploma or associate degree in nursing required.
Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Nevada.
BLS certification upon hire.
ACLS certification upon hire.
TNCC certification.
PALS and/or ENPC certification within 12 months of hire.
Certifications must follow the American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Program curriculum.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Conduct concurrent reviews of trauma patients’ charts for medical necessity, appropriate treatment, and potential quality issues; enter initial data into the database.
Report problems and corrective action steps to the immediate supervisor for resolution.
Monitor trauma patients throughout inpatient care, including planning and implementing clinical protocols and practice management guidelines, monitoring in-hospital care, and serving as a clinical practice resource.
Perform reviews and database entry according to policy and procedure, and analyze data using established criteria for trauma indicators and studies.
Identify trends, profiles, and patterns and report findings to appropriate committees, agencies, and leadership.
Provide trauma-related education to hospital staff and the community, using data to guide educational offerings for multidisciplinary team members.
Supervise the collection, coding, and scoring of data, and develop data-validation processes.
Design the trauma registry to facilitate performance improvement activities, trend reports, and research while protecting confidentiality.
Provide leadership and consultative services for performance improvement activities and assist with regulatory compliance.
Support an organizational culture of Service Excellence and practice Service Excellence standards with all customer groups.