Rural Trauma Care Coordinator

University of Utah Health Research; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 39,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Utah Health is seeking a Rural Trauma Care Coordinator to manage full life-cycle care coordination for rural trauma patients. You will liaise with interdisciplinary teams, schedule tests, coordinate resources, and ensure data collection to improve rural health outcomes.

In this in-person role on campus in Salt Lake City, you will respond to patient inquiries, assist with discharge planning, and work with social work, financial counseling, and nutrition teams to facilitate

Qualifications

• Two years applicable background experience in nursing, social work or care coordination.
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred; others considered with related healthcare experience.
• Experience coordinating care, patient advocacy, case management or healthcare services.

Responsibilities

• Schedules patient appointments, tests and procedures and coordinates care plans.
• Receives and directs patient communications via phone, email and other channels.
• Assesses escalated patient questions and coordinates care plans.
• Monitors outcome surveys to provide data for team performance.
• Identifies patient needs and educates patients on processes.
• Coordinates resources and communicates with local providers.
• Triage referrals from physicians and self-referred patients.
• Gathers medical information to support care coordination.
• Ensures insurance coverage and escalates complex cases to financial counselors.
• Acts as liaison with social work, financial counseling and nutrition.
• Provides patient instructions and education in collaboration with providers.
• Works with discharge planning to align needs with resources and equipment.
• Assists in coordinating seminars and community outreach.
• Monitors program performance and coordinates development within the team.
• Coordinates treatment planning conferences and CME requirements.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Independent work

HIPAA knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Social Work / Case Management degree

Tools

EMR applications

Outlook

Word

Excel

Job description

Open Date: 09/11/2026

Requisition Number: PRN46193B

Job Title: PS Practice & Patient Care Crd

Working Title: Rural Trauma Care Coordinator

Career Progression Track: E

FLSA Code: Professional

Patient Sensitive Job Code?: Yes

Standard Hours per Week: 40

Full Time or Part Time?: Full Time

Shift: Day

VP Area: U of U Health - Academics

Department: 00260 - Division of General Surgery

Location: Campus

City: Salt Lake City, UT

Type of Recruitment: External Posting

Pay Rate Range: 39300 to 68349

Close Date: 12/11/2026

Job Summary

Position Summary

The Patient Coordinator is responsible for full life-cycle coordination of care and serves as a liaison between rural trauma patients and healthcare system. This position helps manage patient needs, coordinates services across multiple care teams and facilities, and ensures appropriate data collection for the Division for improving rural health outcomes. This position answers all patient questions and collaborates with members of an interdisciplinary team to coordinate care and facilitate resource and discharge planning to reach optimal outcomes for the patient.

Corporate Summary

University of Utah Health is an integrated academic healthcare system with five hospitals including a level 1 trauma center, eleven community health centers, over 1,600 providers, and a health plan serving over 200,000 members. University of Utah Health is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. In addition to our clinical delivery system, we have a School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, and College of Health providing education and training for over 1,250 providers annually. We have over 2 million patient visits annually and research grants exceeding $350 million. University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics represents our clinical operations for the larger health system.

Responsibilities

• Schedules patient appointments, tests and procedures and ensures the coordination of patient care plans across interdisciplinary teams.
• Receives, responds to, and directs patient communications, including phone calls, emails, and other interactions.
• Assesses escalated patient questions and ensures the coordination of care plans.
• Monitors for completion of outcome surveys to provide team with data to assess outcomes
• Identifies patient needs, answers questions and educates new patients on the process so they can make informed decisions.
• Identifies resources locally for patients and assists with communication with local providers
• Triage referrals from physicians, both internal and external, in addition to self-referred patients.
• Gathers needed medical information such as records, slides, films, and ancillary tests to assist in the coordination of patient needs.
• Ensures insurance coverage, resolves any issues with coverage, and escalates complicated issues to appropriate financial counselor.
• Acts as a liaison with other care groups such as social work, financial counseling, and nutrition to facilitate the patient intake process.
• Provides detailed patient instructions and education in collaboration with providers and other clinical staff.
• Works with discharge planner to facilitate and align patient needs with resources and/or equipment to meet quality and clinical outcomes.
• Assists in the coordination of seminars and community outreach activities.
• Monitors program performance and coordinates any programmatic development within the team.
• Coordinates treatment planning conferences, logistics, presentations, and associated CME requirements.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Demonstrated excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational, and follow-through skills.
• Ability to be motivated with attention to detail and the ability to work efficiently and independently, demonstrating a passion for providing excellent customer service.
• Ability to learn new applications and software, procedures and processes.
• Ability to assimilate data from various sources.
• Ability to display active listening and verbalize empathy while developing relationships with patients, guests and coworkers.
• Able to prioritize and multi-task in a fast paced environment.
• Demonstrated knowledge of HIPAA regulations to ensure that patient information is guarded and respected.

Qualifications

Required

• Two years applicable background experience in nursing, social work or care coordination.
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing is preferred. Candidates with a degree in Social Work, Case Management or a related healthcare/human services field will also be considered. Relevant professional experience in care coordination, patient advocacy, case management, or healthcare services is highly valued.

Preferred

• Competency in electronic patient charting and scheduling.
• Experience in a high volume clinical setting or multidisciplinary clinics or working with high-acuity, complex patients.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.

• This is a sedentary position that may exert up to 10 pounds and may lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. This position involves sitting most of the time and is not exposed to adverse environmental conditions.

Reporting Relationships

This position reports to Dr. Marta McCrum who is the Principal Investigator for Trauma Related Research and Associate Professor in the Division of General Surgery.

Disclaimer

This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job. The above job description reflects the general physical and mental demands and environmental conditions required to perform the essential functions for this position. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties to this job at any time. The University of Utah Health complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended and Sections 503 & 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and extends reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants or employees with disabilities. A qualified applicant must be able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without a reasonable accommodation.

[MM1]**This is an in-person / on-site position

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience) in public health, health education, health promotion, management, behavior science, social science, social work or nursing with 2 years relevant work experience or Medical Assistant with State of Utah, National Certification, or equivalency and 5 years of clinical experience.

Demonstrated ability to lead as well as function effectively as a member of a team and successfully promote change. Strong analytical, organization and leadership skills. PC/Windows literate with working knowledge of the following Microsoft applications: Outlook, Word and Excel. Demonstrated human relation and effective communication skills.

This is a patient-sensitive position.

Preferred Experience

Working knowledge of quality improvement and project management methodologies, tools and techniques and principles of change management. Demonstrated ability to effectively facilitate and mentor project teams preferably using QI methods (i.e., PDSA). Familiarity with electronic medical record (EMR) applications.

This position is patient-sensitive and must fulfill all associated requirements. We protect our patients, coworkers and community by requiring all patient-sensitive employees to be immunized according to CDC standards and hospital policy. Limited exemptions may be made for documented medical contraindications or religious beliefs that object to vaccinations.

Care is appropriate to the population served

Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

Preferences

Type

Benefited Staff

Additional Information

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