Full-Time Trauma Nurse Coordinator | UPMC Hamot

• Develops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally by demonstrating accountability for actions, enthusiasm, motivation and commitment to patients and colleagues.
• Demonstrates an understanding of cultural differences and holds peers accountable for healthy relationships.
• Maintains a conscious balance between work and personal life. 
• Models safe work hours, time management and healthy lifestyle.
• Communicates with peers and management any safety hazards identified in the workplace.
• Participates in the development of nursing policies related to the care of the trauma patient.
• Develops, recommends, and administers policies to provide direction and oversight necessary to insure an efficient and effective patient care and/or services.
• Establishes and maintains effective work relationship with members of the health care team in order to coordinate and facilitate the delivery of optimal trauma patient care.
• Serves as a member of related in-hospital, regional, state, and national trauma related committees upon request.
• Orients new staff as requested.
• Coordinates activities with the Trauma Program Medical Director and Trauma Program Administrator to facilitate overall quality and consistency
• Develop and maintain a set of quality indicators for the trauma program to insure that staff in all departments dealing I the care of the trauma patient is knowledgeable about the hospital trauma program and standards of care.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, nonphysician providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, and patients/families.
• Ability to work productively and effectively within a complex environment, handle multiple/changing priorities and specialized equipment.
• Critical thinking skills necessary to exercise and to lead others in application of the nursing process.
• Facilitates multidisciplinary performance improvement activities in relation to trauma patient care and outcomes.
• Develops conceptual framework in collaboration with managers and other staff members to encourage staff development.
• Demonstrates accountability for professional development that improves the quality of professional practice and the quality of patient care.
• Aggregates information and data related to trauma care delivery system to insure accurate tracking and trending of trauma data.
• Creates a caring and compassionate patient focused experience by building healthy relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.
• Maintains all performance improvement documentation including but not limited to patient performance files, mortality and morbidity, and practice guidelines.
• Manages the data flow process for concurrent quality issues and directs each to appropriate personnel.
• Assists with organizational preparation of the PTSF survey and application process.
• Monitors compliance with the PTSF standards related to quality of care.
• Management of the Pennsylvania Outcomes and Performance Improvement Measurement System (POPIMS).
• Participates in scholarly activities including writing for publication, abstracts, or poster presentations at conferences.

• Collaborates with the Trauma Medical Director and Trauma Program Administrator to develop and maintain a set of quality indicators for the trauma program.

   

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  ntegrates trauma quality improvement with the hospital quality program.

• Reviews PTSF quarterly reports and indicates trends for review.
• Maintains credentialing data on all trauma practitioners.
• Performs concurrent medical record monitoring and data collection.
• Ensures that all components of the trauma program meet the quality assurance standards as established by the hospital.