Manager Trauma Program GCM

Department:

36200 Carolinas Medical Center - Trauma Services

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Trauma Program Manager will oversee Trauma Performance Improvement and Patient Safety and the Trauma PI Coordinator team. Weekdays M-F, 40 hours per week.

Pay Range

$50.05 - $75.10

Atrium Health’s Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) is the flagship hospital of Atrium Health, which is distinguished throughout the Southeastern United States for its excellent patient care and medical expertise. CMC serves as the region’s only Level 1 Trauma center, is Magnet-designated, and also an approved transplant center for heart, kidney, pancreas and liver. We also serve as one of North Carolina’s five Academic Medical Center Teaching Hospitals, providing residency training for more than 200 physicians in 15 specialties and serve as a satellite for the medical school at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Essential Functions

• Works closely with the Director of the Trauma Program to identify and develop and monitor programs to address opportunities for improvement, assessing clinical care, providing ongoing resource/education for process improvement, monitor and facilitate compliance with pertinent regulatory standards.
• Acquires and maintains a current knowledge of the evidence-based practice for discrete populations as appropriate.
• Promotes quality outcomes through the identification of clinical topics and patient care issues in need of scientific inquiry.
• Manages improvement methodologies and plans related to the Trauma patient population and imparts knowledge of improvement process to team leaders and the team.
• Develops the analytic and measurement strategy for all assigned projects including the identification of key metrics and leads the coordination and facilitation of performance improvement data collection, analysis, trending and benchmarking of data and outcomes.
• Trains and manages Trauma Program staff.
• Fosters clinical inquiry that includes journal article reviews; presentations; and the development of Evidence-based or Clinical practice guidelines for the trauma and burn patient populations.
• Oversees and participates in committees as appropriate.
• Regularly attends relevant Trauma Services meetings to provide recommendations based on data collection and professional input.
• Leads the development and review of patient care policies and nursing and practice standards associated with projects for the service line.
• Collaborates with staff educators in developing and supporting clinical nursing practice and innovation in the care of trauma and burn patients.
• Assists educators in the development of competency standards specific to the population.
• Promotes education via lectures, in-services, abstracts, and presentations at local and national meetings as requested.
• Develops, implements, and manages trauma-related outreach network for referral hospitals, pre-hospital, fire, and police providers.
• Analyzes and interprets clinical data in conjunction with co-investigators, statisticians, and other members of the research team as appropriate.
• Monitors the progress of research activities related to the trauma quality program.
• Collaborates in the preparation of manuscripts for publication.

Physical Requirements

General hospital environment with frequent exposure to chemicals, pathogens and blood and body fluids. Environment is climate controlled. Frequent moderate lifting, pulling, pushing, and carrying. Frequent walking, standing, stooping and reaching.

Education, Experience and Certifications

Current Registered Nurse licensure by the applicable state State Board of Nursing. BSN required; MSN preferred. 5 years' experience in related experience required.

Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) from AHA required. TNCC instructor and certification preferred.

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