Trauma Performance Improvement RN FT Days ER
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Location: Palm Springs, CA 92262
Description:
Job Description
Desert Regional Medical Center is a 385-bed acute-care hospital classified as a stroke receiving center and level 2 trauma facility with an innovative, patient centered and evidence-based Rehabilitation Services Department. Our compassionate team provides a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, including acute care rehabilitation, joint replacement & spinal surgery, neurosurgery, ICU, Telemetry, step-down care, skilled nursing, as well as outpatient therapy, hand and lymphedema clinics.
GENERAL DUTIES
The Trauma Process Improvement Nurse working in conjunction with the Trauma Program Manager and Trauma Medical Director assists the trauma program in monitoring all aspects of care. This position will assure in conjunction with Trauma Administrative Team that all guidelines and protocols are consistent with the care being provided. The Trauma Process Improvement Nurse, in conjunction with the Trauma Administrative Team, identifies opportunities for improvement and manages the performance improvement program. The Trauma Process Improvement Nurse is responsible for: Meeting Riverside County Trauma Center Standards as well as JC and American College of Surgeons standards, complying with all state and federal regulations, complying with corporate and hospital policy and procedures, managing patient information, promoting teamwork and positive customer service.
Is actively involved, cross trained and able to perform back up in the following duties:
DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC DUTIES:
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Shift: Days
Responsibilities
DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC DUTIES:
Qualifications
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
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Tenet complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.
About Us
Who We Are
We are a community built on care. Our caregivers and supporting staff extend compassion to those in need, helping to improve the health and well-being of those we serve, and provide comfort and healing. Your community is our community.
Our Story
We started out as a small operation in California. In May 1969, we acquired four hospitals, some additional care facilities and real estate for the future development of hospitals. Over the years, we've grown tremendously in size, scope and capability, building a home in new markets over time, and curating those homes to provide a compassionate environment for those entrusting us with their care.
We have a rich history at Tenet. There are so many stories of compassionate care; so many "firsts" in terms of medical innovation; so many examples of enhancing healthcare delivery and shaping a business that is truly centered around patients and community need. Tenet and our predecessors have enabled us to touch many different elements of healthcare and make a difference in the lives of others.
Our Impact Today
Today, we are leading health system and services platform that continues to evolve in lockstep with community need. Tenet's operations include three businesses - our hospitals and physicians, USPI and Conifer Health Solutions.
Our impact spreads far and deep with 65 hospitals and approximately 510 outpatient centers and additional sites of care. We are differentiated by our top notch medical specialists and service lines that are tailored within each community we serve. The work Conifer is doing will help provide the foundation for better health for clients across the country, through the delivery of healthcare-focused revenue cycle management and value-based care solutions.
Together as an enterprise, we work to save lives and can accept nothing less than excellence from ourselves in service of our patients and their families, every day.
About the Team
Careers at Tenet
At Tenet Healthcare, the heart of what we do centers on caring with compassion, which ultimately creates a bond between our caregivers and patients. Everyone contributes to these moments, whether providing care directly or supporting those who do.
As an organization, we provide employees with resources, tools and support to serve our patients and customers in the best way possible. We also take care of one another, helping team members further develop their career pathways and maximize their potential.
Desert Regional Medical Center is a 385-bed acute-care hospital classified as a stroke receiving center and level 2 trauma facility with an innovative, patient centered and evidence-based Rehabilitation Services Department. Our compassionate team provides a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, including acute care rehabilitation, joint replacement & spinal surgery, neurosurgery, ICU, Telemetry, step-down care, skilled nursing, as well as outpatient therapy, hand and lymphedema clinics.
GENERAL DUTIES
The Trauma Process Improvement Nurse working in conjunction with the Trauma Program Manager and Trauma Medical Director assists the trauma program in monitoring all aspects of care. This position will assure in conjunction with Trauma Administrative Team that all guidelines and protocols are consistent with the care being provided. The Trauma Process Improvement Nurse, in conjunction with the Trauma Administrative Team, identifies opportunities for improvement and manages the performance improvement program. The Trauma Process Improvement Nurse is responsible for: Meeting Riverside County Trauma Center Standards as well as JC and American College of Surgeons standards, complying with all state and federal regulations, complying with corporate and hospital policy and procedures, managing patient information, promoting teamwork and positive customer service.
Is actively involved, cross trained and able to perform back up in the following duties:
- Attends hospital, Tenet, Medical Staff, Department meetings as assigned.
- Meet hospital wide and department specific competencies.
- Participates willingly in Department/Hospital process improvement plans.
- Ensures confidentiality with patient and physician information and demonstrates understanding of HIPAA.
DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC DUTIES:
- Maintain participation in a state or national clinical organization pertaining to trauma registry.
- Ability to work productively in a fast paced and changing environment.
- Ability to work with minimum supervision.
- Able to demonstrate proficiency with computer hardware, trauma registry software and ensuring preventative and routine maintenance for a database registry.
- Accurately identifies all patients for entry into the hospital trauma registry, abstract data from the medical records of appropriately defined trauma patients. Completes and verifies for accuracy all data collected and entered as a requirement for a level II trauma center according to current local, state and national standards.
- Aids in the preparation for the American College of Surgeons- Committee (ACS-COT) on Trauma Center Verification/Re-verification and/or the Riverside County EMS Agency trauma survey.
- Analyzes trauma data to provide both routine and ad hoc reports of trauma statistics and performance improvement and patient safety audits/filters to the TPM for but not limited to: monthly performance improvement meetings and trauma operational meetings, routine volume reporting, statistics, trends in audit filters, loop closure evaluation and opportunities for improvement, education, financial analysis, trauma audit committee and southeast trauma coordinating care committee, external oversight: The Joint Commission, CMS, and the ACS COT, and/or Riverside County EMS Agency, Trauma research.
- Assigns and scores all injuries utilizing the AIS and ICD-10 system or equivalent. Assigns accurate E-codes, collects and codes data on all procedures, complications, ensures all data elements for the hospital trauma registry are collected, entered and validated per current local, state, and/or national standards.
- Attends required orientation and training seminars.
- Demonstrates initiative and creativity in problem solving.
- Designs, implements and tests the user interfaces and reports for database applications.
- Develops and reports trauma audit filter information to the Trauma Operations Committee and Multidisciplinary Trauma Review Committee as appropriate.
- Ensures loop closure on all identified issues.
- Establishes and maintains the databases used for testing new and modified applications.
- Maintains confidentiality of patient care and business matters.
- Meets production standards within established time requirements.
- Modifies and maintains database structure and methods as required.
- Monitors the security of data to ensure the integrity and reliability of database systems.
- Other duties as assigned by the TPM.
- Performs chart reviews for those trauma patients meeting criteria for Pl/Peer Review
- Prepares the cases for review for the multidisciplinary peer review meetings.
- Proven ability to abstract data from database software into spreadsheet formats.
- Responsible for maintaining the tracking system for case review, audit filters, Pl, and peer review reports.
- Submits the required data elements to the Riverside County trauma registry as required by state statute. Identifies and submits data to approved local, regional, and national trauma registry as approved by the TPM.
- Work and performance meet quality standards.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
- Licensure/ Certification/ Registration: Current California RN license
- Current American Heart Association BLS certificate
- Education: Bachelor's degree required
- Experience: Minimum of five years of trauma nursing experience or equivalent
- Special Qualifications: Knowledge of trauma statistical reports, peer review, performance improvement and injury prevention, epidemiology is an asset
- Ability to create and make data presentations to groups with varied needs
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office
Shift: Days
Responsibilities
DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC DUTIES:
- Maintain participation in a state or national clinical organization pertaining to trauma registry.
- Ability to work productively in a fast paced and changing environment.
- Ability to work with minimum supervision.
- Able to demonstrate proficiency with computer hardware, trauma registry software and ensuring preventative and routine maintenance for a database registry.
- Accurately identifies all patients for entry into the hospital trauma registry, abstract data from the medical records of appropriately defined trauma patients. Completes and verifies for accuracy all data collected and entered as a requirement for a level II trauma center according to current local, state and national standards.
- Aids in the preparation for the American College of Surgeons- Committee (ACS-COT) on Trauma Center Verification/Re-verification and/or the Riverside County EMS Agency trauma survey.
- Analyzes trauma data to provide both routine and ad hoc reports of trauma statistics and performance improvement and patient safety audits/filters to the TPM for but not limited to: monthly performance improvement meetings and trauma operational meetings, routine volume reporting, statistics, trends in audit filters, loop closure evaluation and opportunities for improvement, education, financial analysis, trauma audit committee and southeast trauma coordinating care committee, external oversight: The Joint Commission, CMS, and the ACS COT, and/or Riverside County EMS Agency, Trauma research.
- Assigns and scores all injuries utilizing the AIS and ICD-10 system or equivalent. Assigns accurate E-codes, collects and codes data on all procedures, complications, ensures all data elements for the hospital trauma registry are collected, entered and validated per current local, state, and/or national standards.
- Attends required orientation and training seminars.
- Demonstrates initiative and creativity in problem solving.
- Designs, implements and tests the user interfaces and reports for database applications.
- Develops and reports trauma audit filter information to the Trauma Operations Committee and Multidisciplinary Trauma Review Committee as appropriate.
- Ensures loop closure on all identified issues.
- Establishes and maintains the databases used for testing new and modified applications.
- Maintains confidentiality of patient care and business matters.
- Meets production standards within established time requirements.
- Modifies and maintains database structure and methods as required.
- Monitors the security of data to ensure the integrity and reliability of database systems.
- Other duties as assigned by the TPM.
- Performs chart reviews for those trauma patients meeting criteria for Pl/Peer Review
- Prepares the cases for review for the multidisciplinary peer review meetings.
- Proven ability to abstract data from database software into spreadsheet formats.
- Responsible for maintaining the tracking system for case review, audit filters, Pl, and peer review reports.
- Submits the required data elements to the Riverside County trauma registry as required by state statute. Identifies and submits data to approved local, regional, and national trauma registry as approved by the TPM.
- Work and performance meet quality standards.
Qualifications
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
- Licensure/ Certification/ Registration: Current California RN license
- Current American Heart Association BLS certificate
- Education: Bachelor's degree required
- Experience: Minimum of five years of trauma nursing experience or equivalent
- Special Qualifications: Knowledge of trauma statistical reports, peer review, performance improvement and injury prevention, epidemiology is an asset
- Ability to create and make data presentations to groups with varied needs
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office
#LI-JS4
Tenet complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.
About Us
Who We Are
We are a community built on care. Our caregivers and supporting staff extend compassion to those in need, helping to improve the health and well-being of those we serve, and provide comfort and healing. Your community is our community.
Our Story
We started out as a small operation in California. In May 1969, we acquired four hospitals, some additional care facilities and real estate for the future development of hospitals. Over the years, we've grown tremendously in size, scope and capability, building a home in new markets over time, and curating those homes to provide a compassionate environment for those entrusting us with their care.
We have a rich history at Tenet. There are so many stories of compassionate care; so many "firsts" in terms of medical innovation; so many examples of enhancing healthcare delivery and shaping a business that is truly centered around patients and community need. Tenet and our predecessors have enabled us to touch many different elements of healthcare and make a difference in the lives of others.
Our Impact Today
Today, we are leading health system and services platform that continues to evolve in lockstep with community need. Tenet's operations include three businesses - our hospitals and physicians, USPI and Conifer Health Solutions.
Our impact spreads far and deep with 65 hospitals and approximately 510 outpatient centers and additional sites of care. We are differentiated by our top notch medical specialists and service lines that are tailored within each community we serve. The work Conifer is doing will help provide the foundation for better health for clients across the country, through the delivery of healthcare-focused revenue cycle management and value-based care solutions.
Together as an enterprise, we work to save lives and can accept nothing less than excellence from ourselves in service of our patients and their families, every day.
About the Team
Careers at Tenet
At Tenet Healthcare, the heart of what we do centers on caring with compassion, which ultimately creates a bond between our caregivers and patients. Everyone contributes to these moments, whether providing care directly or supporting those who do.
As an organization, we provide employees with resources, tools and support to serve our patients and customers in the best way possible. We also take care of one another, helping team members further develop their career pathways and maximize their potential.