Trauma Quality Improvement Coordinator

Dignity Health Mercy San Juan Medical Center is a 370-bed not-for-profit Level 2 Trauma Center located in Carmichael California serving the areas of north Sacramento County and south Placer County for more than 50 years. It is one of the area’s largest and most comprehensive medical centers. Dedicated to the community’s well-being our staff and volunteers provide excellence in care for our patients each year. Mercy San Juan Medical Center has received recognition for being a Comprehensive Stroke Center and Center of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery along with Certificates of Excellence in Perinatal Care Hip- and Knee- Replacement.

Trauma Quality Improvement Coordinator RN

Summary:

The incumbent monitors the process and outcome of Trauma patient care through performance improvement activities centered on evaluation of all aspects of Trauma patient care. Goals are to ensure the quality and timely provision of excellent Trauma care, to improve the knowledge and skills of trauma care providers, and to provide the institutional structure and organization to promote Quality Improvement. Incumbent facilitates the establishment of policies, procedures, and protocols for the care of the injured, oversees systematic surveillance of this care and modifies the process, and where necessary, to attain and sustain appropriate standards. Critical to these efforts, the incumbent possesses a detailed understanding of the causes, treatment and outcomes of injury and appropriate care of the injury as established by the American College of Surgeons.

We offer the following benefits to support you and your family: 

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance 
• Flexible spending accounts 
• Voluntary Protection: Group Accident Critical Illness and Identity Theft 
• Adoption Assistance 
• Free Premium Membership to Care.com with preloaded credits for children and/or dependent adults 
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family 
• Paid Time Off (PTO) 
• Tuition Assistance for career growth and development 
• Retirement ProgramsWellness Programs

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Minimum:

• Current CA RN licensure
• BSN

To be successful in this role the following is needed:

• Computer, software, spreadsheet advanced skills
• Data management and analysis
• ICD-9 code and injury severity scoring knowledge
• American College of Surgeons and Joint Commission background and knowledge
• Knowledge of American College of Surgeons Trauma Center requirements
• Knowledge of Sacramento County Trauma requirements
• State and Federal regulations affecting and involving quality assessment/improvement as related to trauma programs
• CQI principles
• Research methodology and statistical process control

Preferred:

• TNCC, TNCC instructor, CCRN, CEN, CNOR certification preferred
• MSN
• Recent experience in Trauma:
  • Nursing
  • Registry database
  • Systems