Registered Nurse Trauma Coordinator - Trauma Center - Trauma Coordinator
Company: Mission Regional Medical Center
Location: Weslaco
Posted on: May 6, 2024
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Job Description:
Registered Nurse Trauma Coordinator - Trauma Center
Overview
Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to
our core values of quality, compassion, and community! Knapp
Medical Center, a member of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, offers
incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a
community dedicated to making a difference. SIGN ON BONUS 10K
Knapp Medical Center is an award-winning, not-for-profit hospital
in Weslaco, Texas. With 227 beds, the community hospital
specializes in emergency care, orthopedics, obstetrics and
gynecology, wound care, surgery, cardiology, gastroenterology,
critical care, and interventional radiology. Knapp serves as the
only acute care hospital in the Mid-Valley area, as well as
Weslaco's only Level III Trauma Center, Advanced Primary Stroke
Center, and Level II Newborn Nursery. Knapp has been providing
quality and compassionate healthcare to Mid-Valley residents for 60
years. More than 300 physicians serve on the hospital's medical
staff. Knapp also serves as one of the largest employers in the
Mid-Valley, employing more than 450 people. For more information,
please call or visit
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate
against applicants due to veteran status, disability, race, gender,
gender identity, sexual orientation, or other protected
characteristics. If you need special accommodation for the
application process, please contact Human Resources. Know Your
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Responsibilities
In conjunction with the Trauma Medical Director, is responsible for
the organization of services and systems necessary for a
multidisciplinary approach to providing care to injured patients
and for managing, promoting, evaluating and directing the
day-to-day operations of the Trauma Program. Provides direction for
patient care across the continuum in collaboration with the trauma
team physicians, sub-specialists, nursing and ancillary services.
The Trauma Coordinator is a registered nurse who is responsible for
promoting optimal trauma care, through clinical activities,
professional and public education, administrative functions, and
quality improvement activities. The Trauma Coordinator is
responsible for the Trauma PI Program, Trauma Registry, and
Community Injury Prevention Programs. Works in conjunction with
outside agencies including EMS and other regulatory agencies. Close
communication with these groups allows the coordinator to function
as a stabilizing force in the multidisciplinary care required by
the trauma patient. This involvement begins with the pre-hospital
care of the patient, care in the emergency department, and extends
through admission to discharge home, transfer to an institution
with a higher level of care, entering into a rehabilitation
program, or death. It is important for the coordinator to establish
and maintain a communication system with all departments and
individuals involved in the care of trauma patients.
Qualifications
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING 1. Graduation from an accredited
school of nursing required. Bachelor of Science, preferred. 2.
Current licensure State Board of Nurse Examiners. 3. Current BLS
(AHA) certificate upon hire and maintain current. 4. Current ACLS
(AHA) certificate upon hire and maintain current. 5. Current PALS
(AHA) or ENPC certificate upon hire and maintain current. 6. TNCC
required 7. Minimum of three years in emergency nursing and in the
care of trauma patients.
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