Program Manager - Pediatric Trauma

Medical City Healthcare; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Free counseling

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Tuition assistance

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Medical City Dallas seeks an RN Trauma Program Coordinator to lead trauma services and align practice with national standards. You will drive operations, data integrity, and education across hospital teams to improve patient outcomes.

In this role, you will partner with leaders to support verification readiness, and you will engage in local and national trauma initiatives while advancing patient safety and quality care.

Qualifications

• RN licensed in the state with pediatric trauma experience.
• ACLS, PALS, and ENPC/TNCC or equivalent certifications.
• BLS obtained within 30 days; other certs within specified timelines.
• Bachelor's degree required for leadership position.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and evaluate Trauma Program operations and outcomes.
• Develop processes for trauma data collection and registry management.
• Collaborate with clinicians and leadership to promote high‑quality care.
• Lead PIPS activities for improvement and patient safety.
• Provide trauma education and resources for staff and EMS.
• Represent the program in local, state, and national trauma organizations.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

RN – Registered Nurse

ACLS

PALS

ENPC/TNCC

Job description

Medical City Dallas

Registered Nurse - Program Manager - Pediatric Trauma

Full Time, Exempt

As a Program Manager - Pediatric Trauma, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

Job Summary and Qualifications

As an RN Trauma Program Coordinator, you will partner with hospital and departmental leaders to ensure every trauma patient receives safe, timely, high-quality care. You’ll help guide the Trauma Program’s operations and outcomes—aligning clinical practice, data, and processes with local, state, and national standards for Trauma Center designation. Serving as the operational lead for program initiatives, you will support verification readiness, strengthen system performance, and help advance the trauma services that allow us to improve more lives in more ways.

Your role will include:

• Coordinating and evaluating Trauma Program operations, monitoring outcomes and performance to maintain excellence and meet designation requirements
• Developing and overseeing reliable processes for trauma data collection, coding, scoring, validation, and registry management that support the PIPS plan
• Collaborating and consulting with clinicians, nursing leadership, educators, and patients across the continuum to promote consistency, communication, and high-quality care
• Leading and performing PIPS activities, including event identification, opportunities for improvement, action planning, and loop-closure to enhance patient safety and outcomes
• Providing and coordinating trauma education, training materials, and resources for hospital staff, EMS providers, and community partners
• Engaging and representing the Trauma Program through active participation in local, state, and national trauma organizations, committees, and professional initiatives

What qualifications you will need:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Spt
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Emergency Nurse Pediatric Cour must be obtained within 18 months of employment start date
• PALS Pediatric Adv Life Supt
• Trauma Nursing Core Course
• Trauma Outcomes and Perf Imprv must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date
• (RN) Registered Nurse
• Bachelors Degree

Benefits

Medical City Dallas, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, includingfree counselingand referral services
• Time away from workprograms for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Educationsupport through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefitsfor fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Medical City Dallas is recognized for its advanced medical facilities and commitment to excellence in patient care. We are an 895+ bed tertiary care center. Our medical team consists of more than 1,500 physicians, many are recognized as the worlds best in their specialties. Patients travel to Medical City Dallas from all over the United States and from other countries. We offer sophisticated treatment by our 400+ in-house physician specialists. Medical City Dallas has a full-service adult hospital and pediatric hospital. We have separate adult and pediatric emergency rooms, outpatient clinics and diagnostic centers. Our providers have access to state-of-the‑art technology and are pioneering new medical procedures to accommodate patient needs. As a part of the Medical City network of hospitals, patients are ensured access to leading medical experts and advanced healthcare innovations across the network.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the Worlds Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated 3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patients family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.