Trauma Nurse Coordinator

Texas Children's Hospital • Houston, TX

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About The Position

The Trauma Nurse Coordinator (TNC) coordinates clinical and performance improvement activities for Trauma services. The role participates in and serves as a liaison for coordination and delivery of high-quality, family-centered, developmentally appropriate trauma patient care across service areas. The TNC has 24-hour accountability and ensures operational efficiency, compliance, and accuracy while supporting patient and family satisfaction.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, or an eligible alternative nursing or related qualification accepted by the Texas Board of Nursing for RN licensure, with required BSN enrollment or an applicable signed agreement; a nursing bridge-program student working toward a BSN may also qualify. Verified BSN equivalency or a signed agreement is required.
• Required: RN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact.
• Required: Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
• Required: Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification from the Emergency Nurses Association.
• Required: 5 years of clinical experience.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred: 3 years of trauma experience and Trauma Program Leadership experience, with knowledge of trauma program requirements and Texas DSHS, TETAF, and ACS trauma designation requirements.
• Strongly encouraged within one year of hire: Trauma Outcomes Performance Improvement Course (TOPIC), Trauma Coordinators Core Course (TCCC), or Texas Trauma Designation Education Course (TTDEC).
• Strongly encouraged: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM) AIS course, American Trauma Society (ATS) Trauma Program Manager course, ATS Trauma Registry course, and/or TETAF Hospital Data Management Course.
• Preferred: Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN) certification.
• Preferred: Trauma Certified Registered Nurse (TCRN) certification.
• Preferred: Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS); Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) is encouraged.
• Preferred: FEMA Emergency Management Incident Command System courses ICS-100 and ICS-200.
• Strongly encouraged: Active participation in a Trauma Regional Advisory Council (RAC) and Texas Trauma Coordinators Form (TTFC).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate campus-specific daily Trauma Services operations to ensure efficiency, compliance, accuracy, and patient and family satisfaction.
• Maintain compliance with regulatory agencies and trauma designation requirements, including those of Texas DSHS, TETAF, ACS, ACS TQIP, and/or SETRAC.
• Monitor trauma patient care from admission through operative interventions, ICU care, stabilization, rehabilitation, and discharge, including trauma performance improvement.
• Monitor trauma program goals and performance improvement initiatives, and track and report performance and process improvement outcomes.
• Review processes to identify gaps between requirements and current outputs and identify improvement opportunities through benchmarking or external comparisons.
• Generate potential solutions, analyze their effects or impacts, and select appropriate solutions.
• Use a team approach with organizational leaders and unit educators to coach and develop multidisciplinary trauma team members, support high-quality care, and maintain trauma competencies.
• Ensure cost-effective management of care and services while supporting achievement of department patient care goals.
• Communicate effectively with the trauma team and ancillary departments to eliminate communication barriers.

What This Job Offers

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