Trauma Nurse Coordinator

Texas Children's Medical Center • 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 serves as a liaison in coordinating and delivering high-quality, family-centered, developmentally appropriate trauma patient care across service areas. The TNC has 24-hour accountability and ensures efficiency, compliance, and accuracy while maintaining high levels of patient and family satisfaction.

The position coordinates campus-specific Trauma Services operations, monitors trauma patient care from admission through discharge, and supports compliance with applicable trauma regulatory and designation requirements. It also works with organizational leaders and unit educators to develop trauma multidisciplinary team members and improve care quality and trauma competencies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, or an accepted alternative pathway involving an associate degree or nursing technical diploma with acceptance or current enrollment in a BSN program and a signed agreement; an associate degree in a related field accepted by the Texas Board of Nursing for RN licensure is also listed. Current enrollment in a nursing bridge program toward a BSN is required for the stated bridge pathway. Verified BSN equivalency or a signed agreement is required.
• Current RN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification from the Emergency Nurses Association.
• Five years of clinical experience.
• Three years of trauma experience and Trauma Program leadership experience, with knowledge of Texas DSHS, TETAF, and ACS trauma designation requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN) certification.
• Trauma Certified Registered Nurse (TCRN) certification.
• Completion of the Trauma Outcomes Performance Improvement Course (TOPIC), Trauma Coordinators Core Course (TCCC), or Texas Trauma Designation Education Course (TTDEC) is strongly encouraged within one year of hire.
• Completion of the 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 is strongly encouraged.
• Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification is encouraged.
• FEMA Emergency Management Incident Command System (ICS) Courses ICS-100 and ICS-200.
• Active participation within a Trauma Regional Advisory Council (RAC) and the Texas Trauma Coordinators Form (TTFC) is strongly encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate campus-specific Trauma Services daily 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 and review 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 and analyze potential solutions, assess their impact, and select appropriate solutions.
• Work with organizational leaders and unit educators to coach and develop trauma multidisciplinary team members and maintain trauma competencies.
• Manage care and services cost-effectively while ensuring the department achieves 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