Registered Nurse Trauma Coordinator PI

HCA Healthcare; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support including freeCounse

Time away from work programs

401(k) with employer match

Tuition and certification support

Employee discounts

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest is seeking an RN Trauma Performance Improvement (PI) Coordinator to lead the Trauma Program’s work, review cases, and drive data-driven improvements for safe, high-quality care from admission to discharge.

You will collaborate with leaders to ensure ACS standards are met, document PI activities, and present trends at multidisciplinary meetings, while educating teams and EMS partners on PI principles.

Qualifications

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• Trauma Nursing Core Course must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• (RN) Registered Nurse licensure required.
• Bachelor's or Associate degree required.
• Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course or PALS must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• Level II Trauma Center experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead Trauma Program work to keep care safe and high quality from arrival to discharge.
• Review cases, analyze performance, and use data to improve patient care.
• Ensure care meets ACS standards and supports trauma center verification.
• Coordinate and document PI events, data elements, and registry information.
• Prepare and present cases and trends for PI and operations meetings.
• Educate clinical teams and collaborating facilities on PI principles and guidelines.

Education

RN license

Bachelor's degree

Associate degree

ACLS

BCLS

TNCC/CTNC

Job description

As aRegistered Nurse Trauma Coordinator PI, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empoweredat every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives.You'llhelp shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

Job Summary and Qualifications

As an RN Trauma Performance Improvement (PI) Coordinator, you will lead the Trauma Program’s work to keep care safe and high‑quality from the time a patient arrives until they leave the hospital. You will work with the Trauma Medical Director and Trauma Program Director to review cases, analyze system performance, and use data to make changes that improve patient care. Your role ensures care meets national ACS standards, supports program requirements, and shows our commitment to providing safe, reliable, and high‑quality trauma care.

Your role will include:

• Reviewing and analyzingtrauma cases—both in real time and retrospectively to assess quality, timeliness, adherence to guidelines, and alignment with ACS and state standards


• Identifyingandvalidatingperformance-improvement opportunities, adverse events, and system issues, and supporting action plans that drive measurable, closed-loop improvements


• Coordinating and documentingTrauma PIPS activities, PI events, data elements, and registry information todemonstratecompliance and support trauma center verification


• Preparing and presentingselected cases, trends, and quality findings for multidisciplinary PI, peer review, and trauma operations meetings


• Educating and supportingclinical teams, residents, EMS agencies, and outlying facilities by sharing trauma PI principles, guidelines, and best practices


• Collaborating and contributingto guideline development, research initiatives, verification preparation, and ongoing improvements across the trauma service line

What qualifications you will need:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Spt must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date


• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date


• Trauma Nursing Core Course must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date


• (RN) Registered Nurse


• Bachelors Degree, or Associate Degree


• Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course, or PALS Pediatric Adv Life Supt must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date


• Level II Trauma Center experience strongly preferred

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest, 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

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Note:Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest is a 415+ bed acute care hospital that has been serving the north Houston communities for more than 40 years, providing a wide range of medical services including cardiology, maternity care, Level III NICU, pediatrics, bariatrics and neurology. We comprehensively serve our community by employing expert physicians, specialists, nurses and support staff who work together as a unified team to offer a range of diagnostic treatment and support services. From our 24-hour emergency department with Level II Trauma capabilities, to women’s services, to cardiology, we are dedicated to improving the health of our community by delivering exceptional, personalized healthcare. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the region, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s 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.

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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.