Trauma Program Manager

About the role

This position requires an expert clinician responsible for coordinating all services/systems to deliver comprehensive trauma care through an organized, multidisciplinary approach.

Core duties and responsibilities

• Affirms the delivery of comprehensive trauma care through coordination and provision of expert direct and/or indirect patient care.
• Effectively assesses trauma system issues and intervenes appropriately.
• Collaborates with the Director to develop, implement, and evaluate policies, procedures, protocols/practice, and management guidelines, monitoring the care of in-hospital patients.
• Serves as a role model and resource in the provision of expert direct and/or indirect trauma nursing care by developing a comprehensive plan of care and evaluating interventions and outcomes.
• Initiates multidisciplinary patient care conferences in collaboration with other team members when indicated for complex patients.
• Serves as a clinical leader in nursing practice within Nursing Services, the hospital, and across health care settings.
• Provides trauma nursing expertise and liaison with the pre-hospital care providers.
• Integrates research into clinical practice setting.
• Utilizes research findings in own clinical practice.
• Disseminates and assists in critique and interpretation of nursing research findings to facilitate utilization by nursing staff.
• Identifies researchable questions in nursing practice and consults with the program evaluation and other resources in pursuing development of a research project.
• Collaborates with other health care disciplines in the conduct of trauma research.

Physical requirements

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Working environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Additional job description

• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
• Shift: Day
• United States of America (Exempt)