Coordinator Trauma Qaulity

Company: St Elizabeth Community Hospital
Location: Red Bluff
Posted on: January 15, 2022

Job Description:

Overview
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital provides state-of-the-art health care to the North State communities. This award-winning facility is a member of the Dignity Health system of health care providers and is a not-for-profit medical center. Located in picturesque Tehama County, St. Elizabeth offers 76 licensed beds, a trauma level III emergency department, comprehensive surgical services and a progressive Family Birth Center. St. Elizabeth Community Hospital is a Truven 100 Top Hospital in the Nation for seven consecutive years, and has built a reputation for excellence in orthopedics, family-centered maternity care and emergency services. St. Elizabeth is a sister facility to Mercy Medical Center Redding and Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta, and is committed to providing the highest quality, compassionate care available. For more information visit https://www.dignityhealth.org/north-state/locations/stelizabethhospital.
Responsibilities
Under indirect supervision the incumbent monitors the process and outcome of Trauma patient care through performance improvement activities centered on evaluation of all aspects of Trauma patient care. Goals are to ensure the quality and timely provision of excellent Trauma care, to improve the knowledge and skills of trauma care providers, and to provide the institutional structure and organization to promote quality improvement. Incumbent facilitates the establishment of policies, procedures, and protocols for the care of the injured, oversees systematic surveillance of this care and modifies the process, and where necessary, to attain and sustain appropriate standards. Critical to these efforts, the incumbent possesses a detailed understanding of the causes, treatment and outcomes of injury and appropriate care of the injury as established by the American College of Surgeons.

Qualifications
Minimum

• American College of Surgeons and Joint Commission background and knowledge, state and federal regulations affecting and involving quality assessment/improvement as they relate to trauma programs CQI principles and tools Implementation of office systems and
• RN - Current California Nursing License required
• Basic computer skills, advanced skills in graphics, software and spreadsheets preferred Knowledge of ICD-9 Codes and Injury Severity Scoring Knowledge of trauma registry design and requirements Knowledge of American College of Surgeons Trauma Center RequirPreferred
  • Experience in Trauma Nursing, Trauma Registry database and trauma systems
  • Recent experience in a designated trauma center
  • Completion of Topic, TNCC certification as CCRN, certification appropriate for the area and Bachelors degree in nursing preferred

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