Trauma Coordinator - Quality & Safety
About The Position
Coordinates the trauma program components to include staff and community education, patient education, quality metric compliance monitoring and program needs assessment evaluation. Clinical activities: Coordinate management across the continuum of trauma care, including the planning and implementation of clinical protocols and practice management guidelines, follow- up and monitoring the care of in-hospital patients, Develop and implement clinical protocols and practice guidelines, serve as a clinical practice resource. Education responsibilities: Provide interfacility and regional professional staff development Participate in case reviews and offer feedback Direct community outreach trauma education and prevention programs Performance Improvement: (In conjunction with the Trauma Program PI nurse) Monitor clinical processes and outcomes, Monitor system issues that affect quality of patient care Develop audits, case review tools Identify trends and opportunities for improvement and assist in remedial mitigating actions Administration: Serve as the liaison to administration. Represent the hospital’s trauma program in various forums: other hospitals, community committees, state committees, national committees. Quality representative - responsible for ensuring that the requirements of the trauma program are implemented and maintained and, when applicable, appropriately escalated Assists with the budgetary process for the trauma program. Expert in trauma program verification standards/regulatory requirements Oversight of the trauma registry: Provide oversight of data collection, coding, scoring, use of data and validation of data. Liaison: acts as liaison to local agencies, administration, physicians and healthcare staff as it relates to trauma Collaborates with multidisciplinary team and coordinates delivery of care to the trauma patient Participation in research projects and community and national involvement with development of trauma care systems, when applicable
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science Degree (BSN) in nursing.
- Five years in acute care nursing required.
- A minimum of three years of trauma specialty experience.
- Must acquire a minimum 12 hours of trauma related continuing education per year.
- Strong management skills that include organizational, analytical verbal and written communication competencies and an orientation to detail
- Licensed as RN in South Carolina.
- BLS required.
- ACLS to be obtained within 6 months of hire.
- Must obtain membership and actively participate in regional and/or national trauma organizations.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate management across the continuum of trauma care, including the planning and implementation of clinical protocols and practice management guidelines
- Follow- up and monitoring the care of in-hospital patients
- Develop and implement clinical protocols and practice guidelines
- Serve as a clinical practice resource
- Provide interfacility and regional professional staff development
- Participate in case reviews and offer feedback
- Direct community outreach trauma education and prevention programs
- Monitor clinical processes and outcomes
- Monitor system issues that affect quality of patient care
- Develop audits, case review tools
- Identify trends and opportunities for improvement and assist in remedial mitigating actions
- Serve as the liaison to administration.
- Represent the hospital’s trauma program in various forums: other hospitals, community committees, state committees, national committees.
- Quality representative - responsible for ensuring that the requirements of the trauma program are implemented and maintained and, when applicable, appropriately escalated
- Assists with the budgetary process for the trauma program.
- Expert in trauma program verification standards/regulatory requirements
- Provide oversight of data collection, coding, scoring, use of data and validation of data.
- Acts as liaison to local agencies, administration, physicians and healthcare staff as it relates to trauma
- Collaborates with multidisciplinary team and coordinates delivery of care to the trauma patient
- Participation in research projects and community and national involvement with development of trauma care systems, when applicable
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
