RN Trauma Coordinator

Salary Estimate: $83,928.00 - $122,449.60 per year. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for candidates hired. Factors that may determine your actual salary include specific skills, years of experience, and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below the midpoint of the range.

About the Role

As an RN Trauma Performance Improvement (PI) Coordinator, you will lead the Trauma Program’s work to keep care safe and high-quality from the time a patient arrives until they leave the hospital. You will work with the Trauma Medical Director and Trauma Program Director to review cases, analyze system performance, and use data to make changes that improve patient care. Your role ensures care meets national ACS standards, supports program requirements, and demonstrates our commitment to providing safe, reliable, and high-quality trauma care.

Responsibilities

• Review and analyze trauma cases—both in real time and retrospectively—to assess quality, timeliness, adherence to guidelines, and alignment with ACS and state standards.
• Identify and validate performance-improvement opportunities, adverse events, and system issues, and support action plans that drive measurable, closed-loop improvements.
• Coordinate and document Trauma PIPS activities, PI events, data elements, and registry information to demonstrate compliance and support trauma center verification.
• Prepare and present selected cases, trends, and quality findings for multidisciplinary PI, peer review, and trauma operations meetings.
• Educate and support clinical teams, residents, EMS agencies, and outlying facilities by sharing trauma PI principles, guidelines, and best practices.
• Collaborate and contribute to guideline development, research initiatives, verification preparation, and ongoing improvements across the trauma service line.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• 3 years of experience in a relevant role.
• No travel required.

Benefits

HCA HealthONE Swedish offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

About the Organization

HCA HealthONE, one of the largest and most comprehensive healthcare systems in the Rocky Mountain region, offers more than 170 care sites in the Denver metro area. The system includes seven acute care hospitals, a dedicated flagship pediatric hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, CareNow® urgent care clinics, mental health campuses, imaging and surgery centers, physician practices, home and hospice care, and AirLife Denver, which provides regional critical care air and ground transportation.

Swedish, an acute care hospital with 408 licensed beds, is a proud member of the HCA HealthONE community for more than 115 years. Swedish is a national leader in neurosciences and serves as the region’s preeminent referral center for advanced stroke treatment, recognized as the state’s first Joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center. The hospital also features a robust robotics program, a certified burn and reconstructive center, and a wide-ranging oncology center.

Consistently recognized as one of the Denver Business Journal’s top corporate philanthropists, HCA HealthONE was named among The Civic 50 as one of the most community-minded organizations, contributing over $1 million in cash and in-kind donations last year, along with more than $400 million in federal, state, and local taxes. HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times and spent an estimated $3.7 billion in recent years on charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.