Trauma Program Coordinator: Performance Improvement

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

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.