Location
Altoona, PA | United States
Job description
UPMC is hiring a Trauma Program Manager! This is an exciting growth opportunity if you are a Registered Nurse and have at least 5 years of clinical nursing experience in a trauma setting.
In this role, the Trauma Program Manager will:
- Work collaboratively with the Director to ensure the utility and effectiveness of the trauma program.
- Oversee the day-to-day operations of the trauma program.
- Monitor the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (PTSF) Standards for the Trauma Center Accreditation or applicable equivalent in state where the facility is located.
- Actively participate in the clinical care of the trauma patients.
Responsibilities:
- Develops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally by demonstrating accountability for actions, enthusiasm, motivation and commitment to patients and colleagues.
- Demonstrates an understanding of cultural differences and holds peers accountable for healthy relationships.
- Maintains a conscious balance between work and personal life.
- Models safe work hours, time management and healthy lifestyle.
- Communicates with peers and management any safety hazards identified in the workplace.
- Create a work environment conducive to professional growth, performance, and job satisfaction.
- Ensure open communication, sensitivity to personal problems, and recognition of performance.
- Ensure communication compliance with policies, procedures, and standards.
- Coordinates activities with the Trauma Program Medical Director and Trauma Program Administrator to facilitate overall quality and consistency
- Responsible for strategic planning activities for the trauma program including clinical, educational, and research activities
- Assess, implement, and evaluate department programs and services to support the trauma program’s strategic and operational plans.
- Ensure compliance with standards set by the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (PTSF).
- Coordinate and mentor other nurses in the program regarding patient care, process improvement, and PTSF requirements.
- Provide leadership and manage resources to articulate and integrate the organizational vision for trauma program continual growth and development.
- Creates a caring and compassionate patient focused experience by building healthy relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.
- Oversees the data flow process for concurrent quality issues and directs each to appropriate personnel.
- Oversees and coordinates organizational preparation of the PTSF survey and application process.
- Participates in scholarly activities including writing for publication, abstracts, or poster presentations at conferences.
- Manages staff, fiscal, and physical resources.
- Develop and control departmental expenses.
- Interview, hire, orient, coach, train, schedule, evaluate, and discipline staff.
- Participates in the development of nursing policies related to the care of the trauma patient.
- Develops, recommends, and administers policies to provide direction and oversight necessary to insure an efficient and effective patient care and/or services.
- Establishes and maintains effective work relationship with members of the health care team I order to coordinate and facilitate the delivery of optimal trauma patient care.
- Serves as a member of related in-hospital, regional, state, and national trauma related committees upon request.
- Collaborates with the Trauma Medical Director and Trauma Program Administrator to develop and maintain a set of quality indicators for the trauma program.
- Oversees all performance improvement documentation including but not limited to patient performance files, mortality and morbidity, and practice guidelines.
- Integrates trauma quality improvement with the hospital quality program.
- Reviews PTSF quarterly reports and indicates trends for review.
- Maintains credentialing data on all trauma practitioners.
- Performs concurrent medical record monitoring and data collection.
- Ensures that all components of the trauma program meet the quality assurance standards as established by the hospital.
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Salary
$36.67 - $59.43 per hour
