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Barton Memorial HospitalSee more

addressAddressSouth Lake Tahoe, CA
type Form of workFull-Time
CategoryManufacturing

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Purpose Statement
Consistently Exceptional Care

Barton Health is a not-for-profit, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, race or handicap in its relationship with patients, visitors or employees.

Mission
Barton Health is dedicated to the delivery of safe, high quality health care to community members and visitors. We are committed to compassionate, personalized, comprehensive and responsive treatment of all of our patients and other guests.

Nicotine Free Statement: To further our mission in providing quality, compassionate care to everyone, Barton Health will not hire individuals who use or test positive for nicotine or tobacco products. Barton Health promotes a healthy and safe environment for all Associates, Physicians, Volunteers, Patients, and Visitors. Therefore, all individuals whose pre-employment drug test results are positive for nicotine will have their job offer rescinded, and they will be disqualified from applying for employment for 6 months (180) days from the date of the health screening.

Drug Free Statement:

Barton is also a drug free facility, and as such Barton Health will not hire individuals who do not pass the drug testing requirement. If an individual is not cleared by the Medical Review Officer (MRO), the job offer will be rescinded and they will be disqualified for any future employment at Barton.

COVID Statement:

Since Barton is a healthcare provider in CA, under CDPH, all Barton employees must be fully vaccinated for COVID or have an approved medical or religious exemption and perform weekly testing.

Job Function: Nursing

Employment Type: Full-Time

Hours per Pay Period .8 (64 hours p/pp)

Job Shift: Day

Weekend/Holiday Rotation: Yes

Summary of Position:

The Trauma Program - RN will work in collaboration with the Trauma Medical Director (TMD) and the Trauma Program Manager (TPM) to improve the quality of trauma care throughout the hospital areas that affect trauma patients. The Trauma PI RN will facilitate obtaining program requirements and goals necessary for our Level III Trauma Center as outlined by the American College of Surgeons' Standards for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient. Requires the ability to manage challenging situations and have crucial conversations for the purpose of reaching consensus, maintaining accountability, and consistency among healthcare professionals and stakeholders. This includes oversight of the Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE) for trauma.

Qualifications

Education:
  • Completion of an accredited Nursing program.
  • Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.


Experience:
  • 3 years of experience in trauma (Emergency or Critical Care) required


Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
  • 1 year of process improvement or quality assurance experience preferred
  • Knowledge of Trauma One database preferred
  • Proficient computer skills as are required to document, communicate and enter information into the electronic medical records system
  • Knowledge of ICD coding, Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) and Injury Severity Scale (ISS) scoring systems preferred
  • Intermediate skills with Google Suite, Microsoft Office and Trauma One registry preferred
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision, ability to reprioritize workload as needed
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks at once and ability to meet deadlines
  • In compliance with patient safety standards, must be able to effectively communicate in English; Bilingual abilities preferred


Certifications/Licensure:
  • Current California RN license or ability to obtain prior to hire date
  • Current CPR/BLS, ACLS and PALS certification by the American Heart Association
  • TNCC or within 6 months of hire date
  • Society of Trauma Nurses - Trauma Outcomes and Performance Improvement Course (TOPIC), Rural TOPIC preferred, within 6 months of hire
  • American Trauma Society - Trauma Program Management Course within 6 months of hire
  • Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM) AIS course obtained within 1 year of hire
  • American Trauma Society - Trauma Registry Course, within 6 months of hire
  • American Trauma Society - ICD-10 Trauma Injury Coding Course, within 1 year of hire


Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, stand, sit, and talk or hear.
  • The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
  • The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Lifts, positions, pushes and/or transfer patients.
  • The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.


Working Conditions

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Routine Hospital/Healthcare & Office/Administrative conditions.
  • Contact with patients and guests under a wide variety of circumstances.
  • Regularly exposed to the risk of blood borne diseases.
  • Exposure to infections and contagious disease.
  • Exposed to hazardous anesthetic agents, body fluids and waste.
  • Subject to hazards of flammable and explosive gases.
  • Subject to varying and unpredictable situations, including the handling of emergency or crisis situations.
  • Subject to pressure due to irregular hours, frequent interruptions and stressful situations due to multiple demands.
  • Occasional travel to various health system locations.


Essential Functions
  1. Provides consistently exceptional care at all times.
  2. Review daily emergency department census for patients meeting NTDB criteria
  3. Identify PI issues from daily case review
  4. Maintenance of monthly OPPE schedule
  5. Annual review of PIPS plan implementation and throughput
  6. Proactively identifies, designs, and executes remedial efforts, collaborates with emergency medical services, internal departments, external medical facilities, and other trauma related professionals to ensure achievement of best practice in trauma care.
  7. Participates in the regional, state and national trauma performance improvement activities and Trauma Quality Performance Improvement Plan (TQIP).
  8. Maintains up to date documentation and data tracking of National Trauma Data Standard (NTDB) patients in the trauma registry, Trauma One.
  9. Track and complete loop closure for all PI issues in Trauma One database.
  10. Provides oversight and direction to medical professionals through daily rounding with respective trauma team, monitoring compliance, analyzing, tracking and benchmarking trauma data outcomes and results of performance improvement activities.
  11. Conducts and incorporates trauma patient research with evidenced-based practice to facilitate improved clinical outcomes.
  12. Collaborates with the respective trauma leadership team and other key stakeholders to implement the annual Trauma Performance Improvement and Patient Safety (PIPS) Program plan.
  13. Facilitates monthly Trauma Operational Committee (TOC) and Trauma Peer Review Committee meetings.
  14. Responds to the needs of the department by performing other duties, as necessary.

Purpose Statement
Consistently Exceptional Care

Mission
Barton Health is dedicated to the delivery of safe, high quality health care to community members and visitors. We are committed to compassionate, personalized, comprehensive and responsive treatment of all of our patients and other guests.

Values/Standards

Barton Health commits to integrity, collaboration and excellence through the practice of our four Service Standards:
  • Safety
  • Respect
  • Image
  • Efficiency

Barton Health is a not-for-profit, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, race or handicap in its relationship with patients, visitors or employees.
Refer code: 2329374. Barton Memorial Hospital - The previous day - 2023-02-03 14:15

Barton Memorial Hospital

South Lake Tahoe, CA
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