Clinical Program Manager - Trauma

The Trauma Program Manager (TPM) is responsible for the ongoing assessment, planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of regulatory standards, processes, services, and systems to support the delivery of coordinated, high-quality trauma care across the continuum from a multidisciplinary perspective. This role is responsible for ensuring compliance with the American College of Surgeons standards for a Level I Trauma Center at the 39th and Rainbow campus. The Trauma Program Manager oversees the trauma service, including supervision of staff, coordination of trauma activities and patient flow, and advancement of optimal trauma care through clinical operations, professional and community education, research, performance improvement, and administrative functions. In collaboration with the Trauma Medical Director, this role ensures alignment and facilitation of interdisciplinary care to meet the needs of trauma patients and their families.

Responsibilities

Achieving organizational goals, vision, and objectives for the Trauma Program; Providing clinical expertise and serving as liaison across sub-specialties, hospital departments, and system facilities; Facilitating and coordinating meetings and committees supporting operations and performance improvement activities; Developing and implementing policies, procedures, and clinical guidelines; Collaborating with the Trauma Medical Director, APPs, physicians, and team leaders to assess and guide quality patient care; Ensuring alignment and ongoing compliance with American College of Surgeons standards; Overseeing the Trauma Registry and Trauma Performance Improvement Program by directing data collection, analysis, reporting, and submission to state and national databases; Developing and monitoring performance improvement indicators; Collaborating with quality teams and Trauma Registrars; Ensuring effective identification of issues, follow-up, and loop closure; Creating a unit budget and managing by monitoring staffing, supplies, travel, equipment, volume, revenue, charges, education, and food; Identifying problems, providing solutions and courses of actions; Interacting in a positive, professional manner with evidence of conflict resolution skills; Maintaining a presence on the unit; Primary involvement in employee selection, career development, succession planning and periodic training; Role modeling professional nursing practice through collaboration with staff, leadership, patients, families and physicians; Serving as a mentor for staff developing into leadership roles; Supervising and managing the overall performance and technical competencies of staff

Requirements

High School Graduate; Bachelor Degree Nursing; Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Multi-State - State Board of Nursing - in state in which you live OR Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Single State - State Board of Nursing - active with multistate in progress with proof of application; Current active multistate state Registered Nurse (RN) license in good standing in state in which you live OR active single state RN license in good standing in the state you will be working with proof of application of a multistate RN license in the state in which you live; Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA) within 14 days

Nice to have

Master Degree Nursing; 2 or more years of management experience; Nursing Professional Development Certification (NPD-BC) - American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)