Trauma Coordinator

This position is responsible for the development, implementation, delivery, and evaluation of community injury prevention and patient safety education programs. The coordinator will track program participation, outcomes, and compliance metrics while serving as a resource for injury prevention initiatives across the organization and community. In addition, the individual will receive training in trauma registry operations and assist with trauma data management and registry-related activities.

Responsible for monitoring and evaluating the care of trauma patients and the coordination of performance improvement and patient safety programs for the trauma center in conjunction with the trauma medical director (from state regulations). Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary trauma team, functioning as a patient advocate, educator, key point of contact and liaison between the patient and all other appropriate services.

This position is responsible for the development, implementation, delivery, and evaluation of community injury prevention and patient safety education programs. The coordinator will track program participation, outcomes, and compliance metrics while serving as a resource for injury prevention initiatives across the organization and community. In addition, the individual will receive training in trauma registry operations and assist with trauma data management and registry-related activities.

Responsible for monitoring and evaluating the care of trauma patients and the coordination of performance improvement and patient safety programs for the trauma center in conjunction with the trauma medical director (from state regulations). Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary trauma team, functioning as a patient advocate, educator, key point of contact and liaison between the patient and all other appropriate services.

• Regulatory/Compliance:
  Knowledge of trauma regulations and strategies for state, CMS, TQIP/ACS and TJC compliance. Partners with the Trauma Medical Director in the development of policies and oversight of the program
• Leadership:
  Annual and ongoing review and revision of standards, order sets and forms. Trauma team PIPS and PEER Review: agenda, case discussions, minutes, attendance reports.
• Education:
  
  Develop facility required trauma continuing education requirements for nursing staff annually. Create trauma education for new ED RN’s and ESA’s. Provide new provider trauma orientation TNCC instruction/course direction. Develop/lead trauma specific competencies annually for ED and ICU. Act as a resource for outlying Mosaic facilities. Coordinate annual trauma consortium. Maintain trauma hours for continuing education yearly.
• Outreach:
  Provide timely feedback to EMS and transferring facilities. Coordinate/participate in community injury prevention and outreach programs. Develop trauma education for local EMS programs.
• Process improvement (PIPS):
  Real time response to alerts to facilitate processes and ensure regulatory compliance. Indicator development and monitoring including loop closure and issues log. Provide feedback to providers and nursing staff. Review current literature and acquire reference materials for the trauma program.
• Registry:
  Oversight of trauma registry and IRR process.
• Trauma Rapid Response:
  Real time response to trauma alerts during business hours. Resource/support during time-critical events. Maintain ER competencies (PALS, ACLS, TNCC, CPI, yearly assigned competencies).
• Other Duties as Assigned:
  Back up staff to ER for mass casualty or influx of high acuity trauma patients. Meeting attendance as required

• Nursing diploma or degree from accredited school of nursing.
  
  - Required
• Bachelor's Degree
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