Trauma Program Coordinator ( RN BSN ) - Bronson Battle Creek - Full-time Days

Bronson Health; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Bronson Health is seeking a Trauma Program Coordinator (RN BSN) to lead the trauma service line at Bronson Battle Creek/South Campus. You will oversee clinical programs, education, and performance improvement across the continuum of trauma care.

The role emphasizes multidisciplinary collaboration, registry accuracy, research participation, and pathway development in accordance with ACS standards. Leadership and data-driven improvements are key.

Qualifications

• Requires RN licensure in good standing and BSN.
• 5 years of clinical nursing in ER or critical care.
• Experience with trauma registries preferred.
• ATCN/TNCC/ABLS preferred; ongoing competency required.
• Course development and lecture presentation skills required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate trauma service line and components for multidisciplinary care.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate trauma systems and programs.
• Provide education, research, and performance improvement activities.
• Lead data collection, analysis, and NTDB/MTQIP reporting.
• Represent trauma program on hospital committees and liaise with EMS.

Skills

RN licensure

Emergency nursing

Critical care

Trauma registry experience

Educational lecturing

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Location

Kalamazoo-601 John St.-Bronson Methodist Hospital South Campus (South Pavilion)

Title

Trauma Program Coordinator ( RN BSN ) - Bronson Battle Creek - Full-time

Description

Responsible for providing coordination of Trauma Service Line and of all trauma center components to ensure a multidisciplinary approach to trauma care. Responsibilities include promoting optimal trauma care for the injured patient as established by direction from the American College of Surgeons (ACS). This includes development, implementation, and evaluation of systems and programs directed towards the provision of quality services for trauma patients from a multidisciplinary prospective throughout the continuum of care. Responsibilities include clinical programs, professional and public education, peer review, research, and performance improvement and injury prevention activities. Works in close collaboration with the Trauma Medical Director and System Director, Trauma. Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served.

Qualifications

Minimum B.S.N. required; Master's prepared preferred. 5 years clinical nursing experience in an emergency, or critical care setting required. Exposure to various clinical settings; pre-hospital, ER, trauma critical care, pediatric critical care preferred. Experience in maintaining a trauma registry preferred. Licensed Registered Nurse in good standing with the State of Michigan Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN), Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC), Advance Burn Life Support (ABLS) preferred. Required to maintain own competency and continuing education in area of specialization and professional practice. Must demonstrate educational competency with course development and lecture presentations.

Key Responsibilities

• Must possess excellent interpersonal skills, self-confidence and experience in relations with physicians, nursing staff, EMS, administrators, colleagues, allied health professionals and the general public.
• Must have demonstrated skills in verbal and written communication, problem solving and assertiveness.
• Must have demonstrated organizational skills including the ability to work independently, take initiative and meet deadlines.
• Advanced computer skills (presentations, spreadsheets and word processing programs) necessary.
• Database experience preferred.
• Must possess knowledge about changes in the health care environment and be able to identify opportunities for improvement from both a clinical and operational perspective.

Clinical Activities

• Collaborates with physicians, nurses, prehospital personnel and referral hospital personnel to evaluate and address specific patient care issues.
• Assesses the need for policies, procedures, protocols, supplies, and equipment relating to the care of the trauma patient in coordination with the Trauma Services Director and Trauma Medical Director, hospital administration, and clinicians.
• Identifies the need for and coordinates the development and implementation of clinical pathways for trauma patient populations incorporating members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Develops guidelines based on current literature, best practice, and information from patient care evaluations.

Research Activities

• Involvement in research selection, analysis, and distribution of findings.
• Responsible for overall trauma registry data collection accuracy, feedback, and analysis.
• Maintains the research standards set by the ACS by conducting research, coordinating research and assisting with the publication as needed.
• Actively participates on the trauma research committee.
• Supports all trauma research activities.

Education Responsibilities

• Provide for professional staff development through coordination of educational activities.
• Participation in case reviews, practice guidelines implementation, trauma education and prevention programs.

Performance Improvement

• Monitor clinical processes and outcomes and system issues related to the quality of care provided.
• Develop quality filters, audits and case reviews.
• Identify trends and sentinel events.
• Implements and coordinates trauma related performance improvement activities.
• These activities include outcome and cost analysis, preparing benchmark data reports, hospital trauma registry system reports and Level I Trauma Center specific clinical indicators as recommended by the ACS.
• Identifies, analyzes and documents implementation and completion of strategic goals.
• Leads multiple teams to develop pathways and revise pathways.
• Lead coordination of data identification, validation, and report submission to National Trauma Data Base (NTDB), Michigan Trauma Quality Improvement Program (MTQIP), Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP), and other performance improvement databases.

Administration

• Represent the trauma program on various hospital and community committees to enhance and foster optimal trauma care management.

Supervision of the Trauma Registry

• Supervises collection, coding, scoring, and developing processes for validation of data.
• Trauma Registry design to facilitate performance improvement activities, trend reports, and research while protecting confidentiality.

Consultant and Liaison

• Assures the delivery of comprehensive trauma care through coordination and provision of expert direct or indirect patient care.
• Serve as an internal resource for staff in all departments providing care to trauma patients, and act as an extended liaison for emergency medical services agencies.

Community Involvement in Trauma Care Systems

• Develops ongoing programs and community offerings as well as clinical education activities.
• Assisting and/or directing in community trauma prevention programs.

Shift Details

• First Shift Time Type: Full time
• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
• Cost Center: 2920 Trauma Service Line (BMH)

About Bronson

Bronson Healthcare is a community-owned, not-for-profit health system that has been serving southwest Michigan since 1900. Today, with a workforce of more than 9,000 people and 1,500 medical staff members, it is the area’s largest employer and leading healthcare system. Bronson provides care in virtually every specialty and offers a full range of services from primary care to critical care at more than 100 locations. Bronson’s exceptionally high quality standards enable us to do what’s right for our patients and their families. We are empowered as individuals and as teams, to apply our skills and experience so that every patient receives safe, timely and effective treatment. This unwavering commitment to serving others combined with our unique healing environment helps make the patient experience here an exceptional one. The excellence and Positivity of our employees and medical staff has contributed to Bronson Healthcare being ranked by Forbes as one of America’s Best-In-State Employers (2022-23), by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023) and by the National Association for Business Resources as one of the 2023 Top 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.