RN Trauma Process Improvement Coordinator

About the role

Baylor Scott and White Medical Center - Grapevine is seeking a Trauma Process Improvement Coordinator RN to join their dedicated team. This position is available as a Full-Time Day Shift, with varying 8 or 10-hour shifts.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Trauma Program Manager and Trauma Medical Director to create a Trauma Process Improvement Program.
• Ensure the trauma program meets local regulations and accreditation standards.
• Track patient care issues in trauma process improvement, ensuring accurate tracking for resolution.
• Assess, develop, implement, and evaluate processes and education improvements for trauma patient care.
• Integrate the trauma registry into the trauma PI process.
• Update Trauma Department Dashboards and review PI project results for dashboard metrics.
• Create trauma education programs following new trauma care guidelines and based on research and evidence.
• Provide trauma education in the Emergency Department.
• Cookout outreach education programs like ATLS, ATCN, and TNCC.
• Participate in community and hospital outreach programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN).
• Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Within 30 days of hire, obtain BLS (Basic Life Support) certification.
• Within 12 months of hire, complete the Trauma Outcome Performance Improvement Course.
• Within 30 days of hire, obtain PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) certification or ENPC (Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course).
• Within 180 days of hire, complete ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) certification.
• Within 180 days of hire, complete either the Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses course or the Trauma Nurse Core Course.
• 3 years of recent RN experience, including 1 year in ICU or ER in a Trauma Level 1 or 2 hospital.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with trauma process improvement, its terms, and standards.
• Awareness and proficiency in established standards and procedures relating to nursing and patient care.
• Insight into laws, rules, regulations, standards, protocols, and policies governing nursing care in your assigned department.
• Understanding of medical terms and promotion of health, management of diseases, and prevention of illness.
• Knowledge of medications, their effects, dosages, and side effects.
• Understanding of professional nursing ethics and patient privacy rights.

Skills

• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to analyze data and identify trends.
• Proficiency in trauma registry software.
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills.

Benefits

• Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• PTO accrual beginning Day 1.

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

FT Days, 6am-4pm (varies, 8 or 10 hour shifts).