Full Job Description
Summary:
Under general direction directs and coordinates the Pediatric Trauma Program at the Alaska Native Medical Center. Provides competent primary healthcare services, facilitates and supports all components of the trauma center to accomplish individual patient plans of care; and to assure and maintain ANMC's Pediatric Trauma Center designation. Works under the supervision of the Trauma Nurse Director, Pediatric Trauma Medical Director and Trauma Medical Director.
Responsibilities:
Advanced specialist in pediatric trauma for the Alaska Native Medical Center and as a pediatric trauma consultant for the referral facilities within the state of Alaska.
Independently acts as patient ombudsman to ensure that appropriate consultation, rehabilitative, and social concerns are addressed for the pediatric trauma patient.
Provides consultation to physicians, nurses and other health care providers in meeting patient trauma care needs of individual or group of patients in both outpatient and inpatient settings through concurrent patient rounding.
Collects and analyzes data regarding patient care outcomes, makes recommendations for change and interfaces with other referring facilities to evaluate their needs and assists with the development of their trauma programs. Participates in data collection, aggregation, analysis, and reporting ANMC trauma activities. Assists with maintaining the trauma registry. Consistently supports and actively participates in ongoing preparations for the ACS site review for Level II trauma center re-verification.
Provides for interfaculty and regional professional staff development, participates in case review, standardizes practice guidelines, and directs community trauma education and prevention programs.
Oversees and monitors clinical outcomes and system issues related to quality filters, audits, and case reviews, identifies trends and sentinel events, and recommends remedial actions while maintaining confidentiality.
Actively participates as a member of the Trauma Clinical Core Business Group and the Multidisciplinary Trauma QAI Peer Review team. Assists with the development of multidisciplinary initiatives and plans of care to improve clinical operations and trauma-related programs. Participates in various hospital meetings to improve trauma patient care processes. Actively participates in committees and boards outside the ANTHC campus.
Under the supervision of the Trauma Nurse Director and Pediatric Trauma Medical Director, directs pediatric trauma care management across the continuum of trauma care, including planning and implementation of clinical protocol/practice management guidelines, monitoring care of in-hospital patients, serving as a resource for clinical practice, implementing/evaluating injury prevention activities and identifying/resolving performance improvement patient safety issues.
Under the supervision of the Trauma Nurse Director, Pediatric Trauma Medical Director and Trauma Medical Director, coordinates all aspects of and maintains specific requirements (as required by the American College of Surgeons) for a designated Pediatric Level II trauma facility.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Other information:
KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS
• Knowledge of Alaska Tribal Health System, ANTHC, and Alaska Native culture(s) and politics.
• Knowledge of organizational performance measurements, quality management methods.
• Knowledge of regulations governing health care organizations, including Medicare/Medicaid and insurance reimbursement, health care compliance, accreditation, licensing, and certification standards.
• Knowledge of the state of Alaska EMS system including the pre-hospital, medivac, and private hospital system and the trauma registry.
• Skills in interpersonal relationships.
• Skill and capability to efficiently make independent decisions.
• Skill in establishing priorities, workflow, and procedures to ensure timely and accuracy of work.
• Skill in effectively leading staff and delegating tasks and authority.
• Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationship with others.
• Skill in operating a personal computer utilizing a variety of software programs.
• Skill in providing safe and effective nursing care, assessing patient situations and taking effective courses of action.
• Skill in providing first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Skill in accessing and prioritizing multiple tasks, projects and demands.
MINIMUM EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
A Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or Associate Degree in Nursing and two (2) years professional nursing experience.
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATION
Non-supervisory - Five (5) years professional nursing experience with pediatric trauma patients in the emergency room, critical care areas, operating room, flight nursing, or as a trauma nurse coordinator and substantial knowledge of the medical and nursing aspects of trauma care. An equivalent combination of relevant education and/or training may be substituted for experience.
AND
Leadership - One (1) year involving employee supervision, program management, or leadership.
MINIMUM CERTIFICATION QUALIFICATION
• Current registered nurse license in the State of Alaska
• Trauma Nursing Core Course Instructor (or within one year of hire)
• Trauma Nursing Core Course Director (or within two years of hire date)
• Advance Trauma Life Support Course Coordinator (or within two years of hire date)
PREFERRED EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
• Master's Degree in nursing, business or quality improvement preferred.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATION
• Experience in the Alaska Tribal Health System.
PREFERRED CERTIFICATION QUALIFICATION
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support
• Certified Pediatric Nurse
• Critical Care Registered Nurse
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
• Assignments are usually of a long term, recurring or broadly defined nature with specific criterion from the American College of Surgeons' Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT) for trauma facility verification and state designation.
• Plans and directs own work, determines sequence of assignments, selects and develops methods and collaborates with other trauma nurse specialists as appropriate.
• Safety precautions for employees such as blood drawing for screening of various diseases such as hepatitis, required immunizations, etc. are necessary.
