Trauma Program Coordinator

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Hendersonville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Tuition assistance

401(k) with match

Job summary

TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center in Hendersonville, TN, seeks an RN Trauma Performance Improvement (PI) Coordinator to lead trauma program work and ensure care meets ACS standards from admission to discharge. You will review cases with the Trauma Medical Director and use data to drive improvements.

You will educate clinical teams, coordinate PI events, and present trends at multidisciplinary meetings, contributing to verification and ongoing service enhancements.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years Emergency Nursing
• Minimum of 1 year Trauma Nursing preferred
• Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing
• BS in Nursing Required

Responsibilities

• Review trauma cases in real time and retrospectively to assess quality and adherence to guidelines
• Identify and validate performance improvement opportunities and action plans
• Coordinate and document Trauma PIPS activities, PI events, data elements, and registry information
• Prepare and present selected cases, trends, and quality findings for multidisciplinary meetings
• Educate clinical teams, residents, EMS agencies, and outlying facilities on trauma PI principles
• Collaborate on guideline development, research initiatives, and verification preparation

Skills

Emergency nursing

Trauma nursing

Data analysis

Education

BS in Nursing

Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing

Tools

ACLS Certification

BLS Certification

PALS Certification

Job description

As aTrauma Program Coordinator, 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 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 analyzing trauma cases—both in real time and retrospectively—to assess quality, timeliness, adherence to guidelines, and alignment with ACS and state standards
• Identifying and validating performance‑improvement opportunities, adverse events, and system issues, and supporting action plans that drive measurable, closed‑loop improvements
• Coordinating and documenting Trauma PIPS activities, PI events, data elements, and registry information to demonstrate compliance and support trauma center verification
• Preparing and presenting selected cases, trends, and quality findings for multidisciplinary PI, peer review, and trauma operations meetings
• Educating and supporting clinical teams, residents, EMS agencies, and outlying facilities by sharing trauma PI principles, guidelines, and best practices
• Collaborating and contributing to 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 1 year of employment start date
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• PALS Pediatric Adv Life Supt must be obtained within 1 year of employment start date
• Minimum of 3-years Emergency Nursing
• Minimum of 1-year Trauma Nursing Preferred
• Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing
• BS in Nursing Required

• 3 years experience Required Years of Experience
• Research Background ideal.

Benefits

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

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs 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
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center is a 159-bed facility providing quality healthcare to Sumner and surrounding counties for more than 45 years. The facility is the first Accredited Chest Pain Center in Sumner County, a Certified Primary Stroke Center and a designated Level III Trauma Center. The Birth Center at TriStar Hendersonville features a six-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), spacious maternity suites and a lactation boutique for inpatient and outpatient breastfeeding services. TriStar Hendersonville also offers emergency services, cardiology, neurology, orthopedic, surgical and wound care services. In addition to its main hospital campus, other affiliates include TriStar Women’s Imaging Hendersonville, The Outpatient Center at Hendersonville, TriStar Portland ER and TriStar Portland Diagnostic Center.

In 2022, the hospital was named the first Innovation Hub of HCA Healthcare and Digital Transformation and Innovation (DT&I). The Innovation Hub is a hospital location dedicated to collaborative design and the development of solutions designed to benefit patients and care team members across HCA Healthcare.

Innovation Hubs are central to HCA Healthcare’s commitment to human-centered, clinically-led innovation. They serve as real-life environments for understanding current state friction points, testing, refining, and integrating digital AI solutions to impact how we provide care. This unique environment brings together care teams, administrators, data scientists and technologists to create solutions that will have lasting impact for HCA Healthcare. Learn more about HCA Healthcare and DT&I.

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.

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.