Nurse Manager-Trauma Program

UnityPoint-St. Luke's-Downtown campus

Hours: Full Time, hours vary

Plans manages, coordinates, and evaluates the care provided in the assigned area of responsibility. Provides leadership to ensure operational effectiveness of trauma services within the trauma and emergency departments, evalauates special projects related to Trauma status clinical practice and designation. Position is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining a cost-effective system of care for trauma patients and their families throughout the continuum of care. Works both independently and in collaboration with the trauma program medical director and other members of the health care team.Upholds operations and services to facilitate maximum quality, cost efficiency and productivity. The position is self-directed and self-motivating, plans, leads, and conducts work with minimal direction and is instrumental in promoting quality of life for patients, personnel, and the community.

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.  Here are just a few:    

• Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.

• Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.

• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.  

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.

Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

Leadership and Strategy

• Interpret and implement policies and procedures; make recommendations for revisions; assist with updating policies and procedures.
• Participate in the development and planning of goals and objectives related to trauma care.
• Coordinate with the medical director, hospital administration and clinicians to assess the need for policies, procedures and protocols relating to the care of trauma patients.
• Develop policies and procedures based on current literature, input from clinicians and other sources such as information from patient care evaluations.
• Represent the Trauma Program on various hospital and community committees to enhance and foster optimal trauma care management.
• Work with a broad array of departments to resolve inefficiencies and reduce costs
• Defines and communicates employee performance expectations. Assesses staff competency and actively participates in the planning and implementation of staff development processes and activities.
• Supervise adherence to hospital policies and procedures and standards through observation, medical record review, staff feedbacks and other appropriate sources.
• Monitor trauma care financial reimbursement issues.
• Implements program initiatives.
• Monitor and maintain compliance with statewide trauma system regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate preparation for statewide trauma system designation site visit.
• Develop and foster collaborative relationships with all hospital departments to facilitate and support quality trauma care.
• Participate in state and regional trauma care activities
• Serve as a resource for the hospital staff regarding trauma care issues.
• Plan and implement strategies for ongoing trauma program development and improvement.
• Using data from the trauma registry analyze current injury patterns, develop and implement effective injury prevention tactics in coordination with community members.
• Participate in the development and delivery of community and EMS education concerning trauma care.
• Collaborate with trauma program medical director, physicians and other health care professionals to provide clinical and system oversight for the care of trauma patients ensuring the provision of efficient, quality, cost-effective care.

Performance Improvement

• Assess and improve departmental performance.
• Maintains quality control programs and participates in the organization's overall quality control program.
• Monitor performance of hospital staff involved with the care of trauma patients.
• Monitor trauma patient outcomes; evaluate for trends.
• Coordinate with physicians, nurses, other in-hospital staff and outside providers to evaluate and address specific patient care issues.
• Coordinate and participate in trauma committee meeting including case and peer review.
• Ensures risk management principles and practices are implemented. Ensures staff adherence to standards and regulatory agency requirements.
• Provides for interfacility and regional professional staff development, participating in case review, standardizing practice guidelines, and directing community trauma education and prevention programs

Data Collection/ Abstraction and Interpretation

• Assists in data collection related to the trauma patient.
• Analyze registry data on the trauma patient population; identify trends for strategic planning and performance improvement.
• Manage registry data: collection, analyzing and trending.
• Supervise the collecting, coding, scoring and developing of processes for validation of data entered into the registry.
• Ensure accurate data entry into the trauma registry.
• Ensures the maintenance of the trauma registry in collaboration with the trauma.
• Facilitate the measurement of selected outcomes for the trauma patient population.

Education

• Must have bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN).

License(s)/Certification(s)

• Valid nursing license.
• Must be BLS certified through AHA upon hire.
• TNCC Trauma Nurse Core Curriculum within 180 Days Required
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 180 Days Required

Experience

• Requires a minimum of three years relevant work experience
• Requires a minimum of two years management experience