Trauma Program Coordinator ( RN BSN ) - Bronson Battle Creek - Full-time Days

Bronson Healthcare Group•Kalamazoo, MI

About The Position

The Trauma Program Coordinator provides coordination of the Trauma Service Line and trauma center components to support a multidisciplinary approach to trauma care. The role promotes optimal care for injured patients in accordance with direction from the American College of Surgeons (ACS), developing, implementing, and evaluating systems and programs that deliver quality trauma services throughout the continuum of care. Areas of responsibility include clinical programs, professional and public education, peer review, research, performance improvement, and injury prevention. The coordinator works closely with the Trauma Medical Director and System Director, Trauma. The coordinator maintains ACS Level I Trauma Center verification by coordinating and maintaining required standards. This includes clinical activities, education, research, performance improvement, trauma registry management, and liaison work with regional and state agencies. The role collaborates with clinicians and prehospital and referral hospital personnel, develops clinical pathways and guidelines, supports trauma research and education, monitors care quality and system outcomes, and coordinates trauma-related improvement activities and database submissions. The position also represents the trauma program on hospital and community committees, supervises trauma registry processes, serves as a resource and liaison for staff and emergency medical services, and develops community trauma-care and prevention programs. The work involves sustained computer use and concentration, considerable standing or walking, regular lifting of objects weighing 20 pounds or less, and assisting with heavier tasks such as moving patients.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
Five years of clinical nursing experience in an emergency or critical care setting.
Current Registered Nurse license in good standing with the State of Michigan.
Maintain competency and continuing education in the area of specialization and professional practice.
Demonstrated educational competency, including course development and lecture presentations.
Excellent interpersonal skills and experience working with physicians, nursing staff, EMS, administrators, colleagues, allied health professionals, and the public.
Demonstrated verbal and written communication, problem-solving, and assertiveness skills.
Organizational skills, including the ability to work independently, take initiative, and meet deadlines.
Advanced computer skills with presentations, spreadsheets, and word-processing programs.
Knowledge of changes in the health-care environment and ability to identify clinical and operational improvement opportunities.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree preparation.
Exposure to pre-hospital, emergency department, trauma critical care, and pediatric critical care settings.
Experience maintaining a trauma registry.
Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN), Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC), and Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS) qualifications.
Database experience.

Responsibilities

Coordinate the Trauma Service Line and trauma center components to support multidisciplinary trauma care.
Promote optimal trauma care and develop, implement, and evaluate systems and programs for quality services throughout the continuum of care.
Maintain American College of Surgeons Level I Trauma Center verification and coordinate compliance with required standards.
Collaborate with physicians, nurses, prehospital personnel, and referral hospital personnel to evaluate and address patient-care issues.
Assess and coordinate needs for trauma-care policies, procedures, protocols, supplies, and equipment.
Coordinate development and implementation of multidisciplinary clinical pathways and develop guidelines based on literature, best practices, and patient-care evaluations.
Support trauma research, including research selection, analysis, distribution of findings, coordination, and publication assistance; participate in the trauma research committee.
Maintain trauma registry data accuracy and oversee data collection, coding, scoring, validation, feedback, and analysis.
Coordinate professional staff development, case reviews, practice guideline implementation, trauma education, and prevention programs.
Monitor clinical processes, outcomes, and system issues related to quality of care; develop quality filters, audits, and case reviews; and identify trends and sentinel events.
Coordinate trauma performance-improvement activities, including outcome and cost analysis, benchmark reporting, registry reporting, and ACS clinical indicators.
Identify, analyze, and document implementation and completion of strategic goals; lead teams developing and revising pathways.
Coordinate identification and validation of data and submission of reports to NTDB, MTQIP, TQIP, and other performance-improvement databases.
Represent the trauma program on hospital and community committees.
Serve as a trauma-care resource for staff and as a liaison to emergency medical services agencies and regional and state organizations.
Develop ongoing community programs, clinical education activities, and trauma prevention offerings.