The Executive Director of Trauma Services provides for the overall coordination of the Trauma Center Strategic Planning, Regulatory Compliance, Performance Improvement and Trauma Registry in collaboration with Trauma Medical Director. This position ensures maintenance of the American College of Surgeons Level I Trauma Center Verification by coordinating, organizing, assembling, and maintaining required standards of Level I Trauma Center. Has an active role in the following; clinical activities, education, research, performance improvement, injury prevention, outreach, trauma registry management, and acts as a liaison to outside regional and state agencies. Develops guidelines based on current literature, best practice, and information from patient care evaluations. 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. Represents the trauma program on various hospital, community, state, and national committees to enhance and foster optimal trauma care management. Additionally, leads programs and initiatives focused on Emergency General Surgery (EGS) and Forensics.
Essential Job Functions & Accountabilities
- Demonstrates knowledge, skills, and abilities to support the management of injured and EGS patients and Trauma, EGS, and Forensics program operations.
- Collaborates and partners with the Trauma Medical Director (physician dyad partner) to lead overall service line and operation of the function, program assessment, planning, organizing, coordinating, evaluating, and leading the Trauma Center to ensure shared overall performance and accountabilities.
- Integrates evidence-based standards of care and current regional, state, and national trauma quality indicators into trauma programs.
- Anticipates and responds to program needs, including rotation of leader on-call duties.
- Leads team members, promoting employee engagement, optimal service for internal and external customers, adequate staffing, and productivity standards. Is accessible to the team and conducts regular team meetings to ensure communication and coordination of services.
- Prepares department operating budgets on an annual basis and monitors areas of responsibility for compliance within current budget.
- Promotes departmental and organizational activities for providing courteous customer service to patients, families, visitors and external customers.
- Assumes responsibility for the clinical and financial performance of hospital departments under authority.
- Oversees compliance of established policies and is responsible for meeting legal and regulatory standards and requirements as well as accrediting body compliance.
- Directs people resources with regard to business and clinical functions of departments. Identifies and recommends space, supplies, equipment, and resources needed for departmental operations.
- Works collaboratively and communicates effectively with the Executive Leadership, Medical and Hospital Directors, Nursing Staff, and administrative staff to provide the overall coordination of the Trauma Program.
- Job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and may be subject to change with or without notice. Staff are expected to perform other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- Master of Science in Nursing or other health related field from an accredited University.
- 5 plus years of leadership experience.
- 5 plus years of experience in a health related field.
- 2 plus years of leadership experience in trauma services in a level I or II Trauma Center.
- Current licensure by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas or proof of reciprocity of licensure between the State of Texas and another state.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) and/or Advanced Trauma Care for Nursing (ATCN) Instructor.
- Trauma Registered Certified Nurse (TCRN) or similar within 1 year.
- NIMS training 100, 200, 700, 800 within 90 days of hire.
Preferred Qualifications
- 5 plus years of leadership experience in trauma services in a level I or II Trauma Center.
- TNCC or ATCN Course Director.
- Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) Training Course.
- National Trauma Nurse Certification, TCRN, (may be obtained subsequent to hire).
- Current JPS recognized CPR certification and must be maintained throughout employment.