About the Job:
Collaborates with the Trauma Program Manager and Trauma Medical Director to improve the quality of trauma care encompassing all areas and disciplines of the hospital that participate in the management of the injured patient. Facilitates the trauma performance improvement program including data collection, analysis, and benchmarking of data and quality outcomes. Assists with the identification, validation, and documentation of trauma specific performance improvement variances, complications, and quality filters as required by the American College of Surgeons (ACS).
What You’ll Do:
- Demonstrates Elliot Essentials (I CARE): Innovation, Inspiration, collaboration, accountability, respect, ethics & integrity. Demonstrates Elliot Essentials (I SERVE): Introduce, smile, engage, respect, verify, exceed expectations Demonstrates Elliot Essentials (I INSPIRE): Interactions, innovation, nurture, share, present, imperatives, respect, empower.
- Exemplifies a professional role model. Holds self and others accountable. Coaches, and mentors others. Communicates in a professional, respectful manner.
- Adheres to all enterprise wide departmental policies and procedures. Maintains compliance with timekeeping and attendance.
- Uses time and material resources effectively and contributes to expense reduction.
- Effective team contributor. Collaborates with peers, supports new ideas and offers solutions. Participates in staff meetings, special projects, teams, outside courses, cross training, and committees. Supports organizational and departmental goals and strategic imperatives.
- In Trauma, models excellence in nursing practice through the utilization of advanced concepts in the areas of assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation of perceived, actual, or potential problems.
- Assesses individual patient care and staff development needs through daily rounds and communication with nursing staff and other health team members.
- Assists and provides direction to nursing staff with clinical decision making and priority setting.
- Assumes a leadership role and collaborates with colleagues in nursing leadership and other health team members in responding to clinical events/practice issues within the health system.
- Assures that standards of care are being practiced in accordance with regulatory agencies.
- At the discretion of the Trauma Program Manager, the PI coordinator assists in reviewing, and recommending changes in departmental and organizational policies.
- Collaborates with nursing leadership teams to fully engage staff in initiatives designed to improve outcomes for trauma patients.
- Collaborates with Nurse Educators to provide trauma specific education to front line staff
- Provides specialized expertise to members of the health care team to solve complex situations involving patients, staff, or systems.
- Participates in new product evaluation; recommends and evaluates new products designed to improve patient outcomes.
- Reviews trauma patient charts including daily identification of trauma patients, concurrent and retrospective chart review. Monitors compliance with practice management guidelines.
- Assists trauma registrar(s) in trauma registry maintenance and data abstraction.
- Assists with injury prevention and outreach initiatives as directed by the Trauma Program Manager.
- Attends, coordinates, and contributes to trauma multidisciplinary operational and peer review committee meetings.
- Initiates secondary reviews with Trauma Medical Director and Trauma Program Manager. Tracks and oversees completion of review process and loop closure.
- Collaborates and communicates with Trauma liaisons including Orthopedic surgery, Neurosurgery, Radiology/Interventional Radiology, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, and other Physician specialties as assigned.
Who You Are:
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing required. BSN required. Master’s degree preferred.
- Registered Nurse license issued by the State of New Hampshire. ACLS/BLS required. Required within 2 years of hire: TNCC or ATCN certification, PALS, and TCAR. Certified Emergency Nursing (CEN), Critical Care Nursing (CCRN), and/or Trauma Certified Registered Nurse (TCRN) preferred.
- A minimum of five (5) years nursing experience in a trauma critical care unit or trauma emergency department required. Experience in a Level 1 or Level 2 Trauma Center preferred.
- Demonstrates knowledge of all phases of trauma care to include pre-hospital, resuscitation, stabilization, critical care, convalescent care, and rehabilitation and organ/tissue inquiry.
- Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with community members, patients, families, hospital staff and management. Intermediate skill in Microsoft office required.
- Demonstrates effective time management and organization skills.
Why You’ll Love Us:
- Health, dental, prescription, and vision coverage for full-time & part-time employees
- Short-term, long-term disability, life & pet insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- 403(b) Retirement savings plans
- Continuous earned time accrual
