RN Trauma Process Improvement
About The Position
This role contributes significantly to the mission by leading proactive efforts to minimize traumatic injuries and support vulnerable patients. The role elevates community safety and integrates with the overall trauma care strategy. Every day, the individual will oversee the comprehensive planning, development, and oversight of the Injury Prevention Program. They will act as the primary liaison to community groups, schools, government agencies, and regional coalitions, ensuring program alignment with ACS requirements. The individual will also develop and deliver targeted educational content, conduct community outreach, and analyze injury data to inform prevention strategies. To be successful in this role, strong leadership, program management, and communication skills are vital for coordinating across diverse community and healthcare stakeholders. A deep commitment to public health, injury prevention, and patient safety is essential, along with the ability to meet ACS verification standards and manage complex community-based programs. Administrative duties account for 25% of the role, and job responsibilities and functions account for 50%.
Requirements
- Current California State Board Registered Nursing License
- Minimum of 3-5 years clinical trauma nursing experience, e.g., emergency department, operating room, critical care intensive care unit
- Registered Nurse: CA
- Basic Life Support - CPR
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Fire Safety, within 90 Days
Nice To Haves
- Bachelors Of Science Nursing
- Experience in public speaking an asset
- Trauma Nurse Core Course
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Responsibilities
- Oversee the comprehensive planning, development, and oversight of the Injury Prevention Program.
- Act as the primary liaison to community groups, schools, government agencies, and regional coalitions, ensuring program alignment with ACS requirements.
- Develop and deliver targeted educational content.
- Conduct community outreach.
- Analyze injury data to inform prevention strategies.
- Accurately identify all patients for entry into the hospital trauma registry.
- Abstract data from medical records using electronic systems and including trauma patient chart review.
- Complete and verify for accuracy all data collected as a requirement for a Level II trauma center.
- Assign, grade, and score all injuries accurately utilizing the AIS and ICD-9 system.
- Assign accurate E-codes, collect and code data on all procedures and complications.
- Maintain a paperless data process.
- Optimize all available electronic resources to support the trauma data process.
- Ensure that all data is validated and maintain a concurrent and comprehensive data validation process.
- Provide monthly, annual, and ad-hoc reports to the TPD meeting all required deadlines.
- Submit the required data elements to the County trauma registry, American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program (ACS/TQIP), and the National Trauma Data Base (NTDB) as required.
- Submit data to approved local, regional, and national studies as approved by the TPD.
- Maintain the database for the trauma patients including all hardware and software.
- Monitor the security of data to ensure the integrity and reliability of database systems.
- Abstract data from database software into spreadsheet formats.
- Participate in all audits, site surveys, and other special events as directed by the TPD.
- Participate in local, regional, state, and national trauma data projects, initiatives, and meetings as approved by the TPD.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
