Bachelor's degree in nursing or associate degree with BSN enrollment agreement.
Current RN license by the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact.
BLS certification from the American Heart Association required.
TNCC certification required; ATCN and TCRN preferred.
5 years of clinical experience required; 3 years of trauma experience preferred.
Completion of relevant trauma courses encouraged within one year of hire.
Active participation in Trauma Regional Advisory Council preferred.
Responsibilities
Coordinate daily operations of campus-specific Trauma Services for efficiency and compliance.
Ensure adherence to regulatory agency requirements for trauma center designation.
Monitor trauma patient care from admission through discharge, focusing on performance improvement.
Track and report performance and process improvement outcomes for trauma programs.
Identify gaps in processes and propose improvement solutions through benchmarking.
Collaborate with leaders and educators to develop trauma multidisciplinary team competencies.
Manage care and services cost-effectively while achieving patient care goals.
Benefits
Comprehensive health insurance options.
Retirement savings plan with employer matching.
Continuing education and professional development opportunities.
Supportive work environment focused on team collaboration.
Flexible scheduling to accommodate work-life balance.
Full Job Description
Job Description
We're searching for a Trauma Nurse Coordinator, someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position you will coordinate clinical and performance improvement activities for Trauma services. The Trauma Nurse Coordinator (TNC) participates and serves as liaison in the coordination and the delivery of high quality, family -centered and developmentally appropriate trauma patient care across services areas. Has 24-hour accountability and ensures efficiency, compliance, and accuracy while maintaining optimum levels of patient and family satisfaction.
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Responsibilities
Coordinates campus specific Trauma Services daily operations to ensure efficiency, compliance and accuracy while maintaining optimum levels of patient and family satisfaction.
Maintains compliance with regulatory agencies including the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), Texas EMS Trauma Acute Care Foundation (TETAF), American College of Surgeons (ACS), ACS Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP), and/or Southeast Trauma Regional Advisory Council (SETRAC) to ensure appropriate trauma center level trauma designation requirements are achieved.
Monitors trauma patient care from admission through operative interventions, ICU care, stabilization, rehabilitation, and discharge, including all trauma performance improvement.
Continually strives to meet trauma program goals, monitors and reviews performance improvement initiatives, and tracks/reports performance and process improvement outcomes.
Reviews processes to identify gaps between requirements and current outputs; identifies opportunities for improvement via benchmarking or other external comparisons.
Generates ideas for solutions; analyzes the effect or impact of each solution; selects appropriate solutions.
Utilizes a team approach with organizational leaders and unit educators to coach and develop trauma multidisciplinary team members to ensure the delivery of high-quality trauma patient care and maintenance of trauma competencies.
Demonstrates accountability for cost effective management of care and services while ensuring the department achieves patient care goals.
Demonstrates effective communication skills with trauma team and ancillary departments to eliminate communication barriers.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in nursing or associate degree in nursing with acceptance or current enrollment in a BSN program and signed agreement or an associate degree in a related field accepted by the Texas Board of Nursing for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining an RN license or a technical diploma in nursing with acceptance or current enrollment in a BSN program and signed agreement or Must be currently enrolled in a nursing bridge program working toward a BSN. Verified BSN-equivalency or a signed agreement is required.
Licenses/Certifications
Required RN - Lic-Registered Nurses by the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact
Required BLS - Cert-Basic Life Support by the American Heart Association
Required TNCC - Cert-Trauma Nursing Core Course by the Emergency Nurses Association
Preferred 3 years Trauma experience and Trauma Program Leadership experience with knowledge of Trauma Program requirements from the Texas department of state health services, Texas EMS Trauma & Acute Care Foundation (TETAF), and American College of Surgeons (ACS) trauma designation requirements.
Completion of Trauma Outcomes Performance Improvement Course (TOPIC), Trauma Coordinators Core Course (TCCC), or Texas Trauma Designation Education Course (TTDEC) strongly encouraged within one year of hire.
Completion of Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM) AIS course, American Trauma Society (ATS) Trauma Program Manager course, ATS Trauma Registry course and/or Texas EMS Trauma Acute Care Foundation (TETAF) Hospital Data Management Course strongly encouraged.
Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) preferred; ACLS encouraged.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Emergency Management Incident Command System (ICS) Courses ICS-100 and ICS-200 preferred
Active participation within Trauma Regional Advisory Council (RAC) and Texas Trauma Coordinators Form (TTFC) strongly encouraged.
About Texas Childrens Hospital
Texas Children's Hospital is a pediatric hospital located in Houston, Texas. The hospital was founded in 1954 and is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine. Texas Children's Hospital has over 4,000 employees and is one of the largest pediatric hospitals in the United States. The hospital provides a wide range of services, including cancer care, cardiology, neurology, and orthopedics. Texas Children's Hospital has been recognized as one of the best children's hospitals in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.
