Trauma Program Coordinator

Phoenix Children's Hospital; Arizona; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Phoenix Children's Hospital is seeking a Trauma Program Coordinator to support trauma care and quality across designated trauma centers. The role collaborates with trauma leadership to meet state designation requirements, improve performance, and promote patient safety.

The candidate will develop trauma education, assist with registry data entry, and coordinate outreach to EMS and referring hospitals, while supporting emergency preparedness and system-wide improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates, implements, and evaluates trauma center performance.
• Supports compliance with state rules regarding trauma center performance, including performance improvement and patient safety activities.
• Participates in the evaluation and improvement of trauma care systems at hospital and community level.
• Serves as liaison between main campus trauma program and community trauma centers.
• Develops and implements trauma education.
• Identifies education needs at community trauma centers.
• Implements effective education strategies.
• Coordinates and supports trauma registry data entry.
• Facilitates identification of trauma patients for entry into the registry.
• Supports trauma registry personnel and activities for submission to state and/or national databases as required.
• Coordinates and implements trauma outreach activities.
• Provides follow up, feedback, and education to transporting agencies and referring hospitals.
• Identifies opportunities for clinical or systems improvements and implements strategies to improve them.
• Attends local EMS and hospital system meetings as appropriate.
• Supports emergency preparedness activities.
• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.

Job description

Position Summary

The Trauma Program Coordinator is responsible for supporting trauma care and quality at designated Phoenix Children`s trauma centers under state designation only. The Coordinator promotes the delivery of quality trauma care through clinical practice, consultation, education, collaboration, leadership, outreach, and prevention. The Coordinator assumes responsibilities for supporting state trauma designation requirements at Phoenix Children`s community campuses under the direction of the Trauma Program Manager and in collaboration with trauma center leadership. The Coordinator supports trauma center performance improvement activities as required by state Trauma Center Rules.

Position Duties

• Coordinates, implements, and evaluates trauma center performance.
  
  • Supports compliance with state rules regarding trauma center performance, including performance improvement and patient safety activities.
  
  • Participates in the evaluation and improvement of trauma care systems at hospital and community level.
  
  • Serves as liaison between main campus trauma program and community trauma centers.
• Develops and implements trauma education.
  
  • Identifies education needs at community trauma centers.
  
  • Implements effective education strategies.
• Coordinates and supports trauma registry data entry.
  
  • Facilitates identification of trauma patients for entry into the registry.
  
  • Supports trauma registry personnel and activities for submission to state and/or national databases as required.
• Coordinates and implements trauma outreach activities.
  
  • Provides follow up, feedback, and education to transporting agencies and referring hospitals.
  
  • Identifies opportunities for clinical or systems improvements and implements strategies to improve them.
  
  • Attends local EMS and hospital system meetings as appropriate.
  
  • Supports emergency preparedness activities.
• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.

Phoenix Children's Mission, Vision, & Values

Mission
To advance hope, healing and the best healthcare for children and their families
Vision
Phoenix Children's will be the leading pediatric health system in the Southwest, nationally recognized for exceptional care, innovative research and advanced medical education.

We realize this vision by:

• Offering the most comprehensive care across ages, communities and specialties
• Investing in innovative research, including emerging treatments, tools and technologies
• Advancing education and training to shape the next generation of clinical leaders
• Advocating for the health and well-being of children and families

Values

• We place children and families at the center of all we do
• We deliver exceptional care, every day and in every way
• We collaborate with colleagues, partners and communities to amplify our impact
• We set the standards of pediatric healthcare today, and innovate for the future
• We are accountable for making the highest quality care accessible and affordable