Clinical Program Manager - Trauma

About the role

The Trauma Program Manager (TPM) oversees the trauma service, including supervision of staff, coordination of trauma activities and patient flow, and advancement of optimal trauma care through clinical operations, professional and community education, research, performance improvement, and administrative functions. This role ensures compliance with the American College of Surgeons standards for a Level I Trauma Center at the 39th and Rainbow campus.

Responsibilities

• Achieves organizational goals, vision, and objectives for the Trauma Program.
• Provides clinical expertise and serves as liaison across sub-specialties, hospital departments, and system facilities to ensure integrated operations.
• Facilitates and coordinates meetings and committees supporting operations and performance improvement activities.
• Develops and implements policies, procedures, and clinical guidelines to support administrative and clinical functions.
• Collaborates with the Trauma Medical Director, APPs, physicians, and team leaders to assess and guide quality patient care.
• Ensures alignment and ongoing compliance with American College of Surgeons standards.
• Oversees the Trauma Registry and Trauma Performance Improvement Program by directing data collection, analysis, reporting, and submission to state and national databases; developing and monitoring performance improvement indicators; collaborating with quality teams and Trauma Registrars; and ensuring effective identification of issues, follow-up, and loop closure.

Requirements

• High School Graduate
• Bachelor Degree Nursing
• Master Degree Nursing preferred
• 2 or more years of management experience
• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Multi-State - State Board of Nursing - in state in which you live OR Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Single State - State Board of Nursing - active with multistate in progress with proof of application
• Current active multistate state Register Nurse (RN) license in good standing in state in which you live OR active single state RN license in good standing in the state you will be working with proof of application of a multistate RN license in the state in which you live.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA) within 14 days

Skills

• Collaboration
• Quality Improvement
• Performance Improvement
• Leadership
• Education
• Administrative Management