Trauma Coordinator

Overview

The Trauma Coordinator is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining a cost-effective system of care for trauma patients and their families throughout the continuum of care. The TPM works both independently and in collaboration with the trauma services medical director and other members of the health care team and the management staff. The TPM is self-directed and self-motivating, plans and conducts work with minimal direction, and reports the progress of work to the director of nursing.

Responsibilities

• Established support individual contributor that executes tasks that are typically
• routine, with some deviation
• from standard practice.
• Follows processes to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and quality of deliverables.
• Develops and routinely evaluates critical pathways, and/or plan of care for trauma
• injuries in collaboration with
• the multidisciplinary trauma team members.
• Ensures preparedness of trauma units for management of the trauma by
• identifying individual unit needs and
• addressing through appropriate channels for successful resolutions.
• Communicates in a timely manner, issues related to trauma care or individual
• trauma patients need with Trauma
• Coordinator, and/or Trauma Medical Director.
• Demonstrates the organization's mission, vision, and core values of improving
• health and promoting well-being.

Qualifications

Education:

• Associate Degree in Nursing required.
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred.

Work Experience:

• Minimum of two (2) years of clinical experience in trauma and/or emergency care required.

Licensure/Certification:

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the Commonwealth of Kentucky required.
• Current Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to establish and maintain effective interpersonal relationships.
• Ability to adapt to, accept, and implement organizational and operational changes.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated critical thinking and analytical abilities.
• Effective teaching, coaching, and mentoring skills.
• Ability to conduct, interpret, and apply research findings to clinical practice.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.