Injury Prevention Coordinator

Under general supervision, coordinates community injury prevention activities and events by researching community needs and implementing programs to meet those needs. Provides lectures and actively participates with municipal and regional committees and organizations in the community and service region. Aids in data collection and curation of the trauma system. Works closely with the multidisciplinary trauma team to ensure proper care of the trauma patient and lend trauma education to the team.

Essential Job Functions

• Coordinates community injury prevention activities and events by researching community needs and implementing a program to meet those needs.
• Establishes communication with school (K-12), youth and parent organizations to coordinate details for injury prevention presentations.
• Develops a group of trained individuals interested in lecturing for presenting injury prevention programs.
• Actively participates with municipal and regional committees and organizations such as, but not limited to Montana Highway Patrol, Billings Police Department, Yellowstone County SafeKids Coalition, ERTAC, Montana State Injury Prevention.
• Network other facilities/agencies in and around the State for input/assistance with Injury Prevention activities.
• Work closely with Billings Clinic Community Relations to implement marketing strategies, assist in the development of image promotions as they relate to injury prevention.
• Utilizes performance improvement principles to assess and improve the quality of patient/resident care. Analyzes and shares the practice implications of nursing research in specialty area.
• Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental, and outside agency environmental, employee or patient safety standards relevant to job performance. Identifies and anticipates problems and safety issues and initiates appropriate action.
• Demonstrates positive, supportive, and caring behaviors in communication with patients/residents, families, visitors, physicians, staff, and others.
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.
• Works with the Trauma Registrar to abstract data to the trauma registry. This includes: Accurately identifying patients for entry into the hospital's trauma registry, abstracting data from medical records of appropriately identified trauma patients. Completes and verifies for accuracy all data collected as a requirement for a level II trauma center.
• Aids in the analyzing of data from the trauma registry and TQIP reports. Formulates reports and queries from the registry reporting system to answer specific questions as directed by the TPC and TMD and works with them to formulate performance improvement plans.
• Conducts multidisciplinary rounds to ensure that comprehensive, multidisciplinary collaboration of trauma care occurs with the patient, family, physicians and other health care providers. Identifies fragmentation/duplication and assists the team in defining effective utilization of resources
• Provides and supports trauma education for Billings Clinic staff and assists in inter-facility and regional staff development including TNCC, ENPC, Stop The Bleed, and TEAM courses. Participates in case review, Trauma M&M, Trauma Committee, Trauma Case conference, ERTAC and STCC
• Tracks physician continuing medical education (CME) requirements as they relate to American College of Surgeons verification including keeping current records of individual physician totals, trauma content of general CME earned, trauma CME account balances. Will also provide TPM, TMD, and individual physicians regular and ad-hoc reports on current CME totals, account balances, and upcoming CME opportunities
• Helps coordinate trauma care management utilizing effective communication across the continuum of trauma care, including helping develop clinical protocols/practice management guidelines, monitoring care of in-hospital patients, serving as a resource for clinical practice, and discharge planning.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

• 4 Year / Bachelors Degree in Nursing, required

Experience

• Two (2) years of trauma/critical care nursing experience
• Teaching experience helpful

Certifications and Licenses

• Current in ENPC, or ability to achieve within first year of hire
• Current in TNCC, or ability to achieve within first year of hire
• Current in ACLS, or ability to achieve within first year of hire
• TCRN certification Within 2 years of hire