Registered Nurse RN Trauma Services Coordinator

RN Trauma Services Coordinator

Banner Boswell Medical Center has a great opportunity for a Registered Nurse as the RN Trauma Services Coordinator.

The ideal candidate will be a seasoned RN with a minimum of 3 years of experience in Acute Care, Emergency or Aero-Medical setting. 1 year of experience in Injury Prevention or Trauma Registry is required. In this position, you will be responsible for promoting optimal care of the trauma patient through clinical programs, administrative functions, and public education. This position enhances the trauma program through activities with Emergency Medical Services, referral facilities, and in-house staff.

Your pay and benefits are important components of your journey at Banner Health. This opportunity includes the option to participate in a variety of health, financial, and security benefits.

If you are a New Graduate Nurse with less than 12 months of experience, please visit the main job search page and under the Job Type filter, select New Nurse Experience.

Banner Boswell Medical Center has provided exceptional health care to the communities in the northwest area of metropolitan Phoenix for over five decades. Today, our 410-bed acute-care hospital is nationally recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of Arizona's Best Hospitals. Banner Boswell offers a full range of acute care services, including cardiology, vascular, thoracic, oncology, orthopedics, neurology, general surgery, robotic surgery, rehabilitation, emergency, stroke, intensive care, pulmonary, urology, and inpatient wound management. We've earned the Society of Thoracic Surgeons highest quality award for CABG & aortic valve replacement and the Joint Commission's Advanced Certification as a Primary Stroke Center.

This position promotes optimal care of the trauma patient within the guidelines set forth by the state of practice and the American College of Surgeons (ACS) through clinical program, administrative functions, and public education. Enhances the trauma program through activities with Emergency Medical Services, referral facilities, and in-house staff.

Core functions include:

• Performing professional activities to maintain competency in trauma patient care and providing education opportunities and orientation to trauma, nursing, and ancillary staff.
• Collecting data to maintain the trauma registry with accurate and valid data.
• Evaluating trauma patient care and care guidelines.
• Assisting with informational needs of referral facilities and in-house staff.
• Providing effective communication between staff, physicians, referral facilities, and emergency medical services.
• Participating in the preparation for site survey and maintenance of state and ACS trauma standards of care.
• Relating to both external and internal customers as it relates to injury prevention, trauma services, and service referrals.

Minimum qualifications:

• Current RN Licensure in state of practice.
• At least three years recent clinical experience in an acute care, emergency, or aero-medical setting. One year of injury prevention or trauma registry experience.
• Able to use standard office software (spreadsheets, presentations, word processing). Good interpersonal relations skills.

Preferred qualifications:

• BSN or MSN preferred.
• TNCC-I, ACLS, PALS-I or ENCP-I preferred.
• Experience with AIS/ISS and ICD-9 coding preferred.
• Trauma and/or Burn Registry data abstraction preferred.
• Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Banner Health supports a drug-free work environment.

Banner Health complies with applicable federal and state laws and does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or disability.