Trauma Coordinator

Summary

The Trauma Coordinator ensures safe, effective, holistic patient care with complex needs within a specialized area of clinical practice. This nurse serves across the AC care continuum and acts as a clinical resource for patients, families, staff, and community providers. The Trauma Coordinator initiates changes to achieve high standards in patient care, nursing practice, and the work environment.

Required Education

• Bachelor's Degree, Bachelor's Degree Nursing, Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent or Nursing Diploma

Required Work Experience

• Nursing - 4 years of experience

Description

• Remains current in research related to the trauma patient populations and trauma systems.
• Interprets and applies current research.
• Participates in ongoing research relevant to the trauma patients.
• Provides clinical expertise and collaborates with physicians, nurses, pre-hospital providers, specialty services, ancillary services, administration, and agencies within the trauma service area to facilitate optimal care of the trauma patient.
• Predicts, monitors and evaluates patient outcomes for continuity in intervention over time and through systems.
• Facilitates effective implementation of the Trauma Performance Improvement Patient Safety (TPIPS) and Trauma Peer Review process.
• Provides feedback to and requests data for health care providers from EMS and referring hospitals regarding patient care and trauma system issues.
• Checks daily census to identify potential trauma patients, notify appropriate departments such as injury prevention.
• Organizes and enters injury data into the trauma registry database (NTRACS) regarding the patients injury event, its severity, the patient’s care and outcome.
• Abstracts appropriate data elements for all trauma patients, reviewing both concurrently and retrospectively to ensure all necessary elements are captured as required by the Arkansas Department of Health and the National Trauma Data Set.
• Establishes the injury severity score using AIS methodology.
• Performs on-going quality assurance and data validation assessments.
• Generates reports to provide data and statistical information to burn, trauma and injury prevention.

Additional Information

• Time Type: Full time
• Department: CC018172 Trauma Center
• Work Shift: Please See Job Description For Details.