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Our Trauma Services Team is looking for a Performance Improvement Coordinator to join us in monitoring and evaluating the care of the critically injured trauma patient from the time of injury through the continuum of care. This is a new position, with the goal of ensuring the care we provide is safe, effective, patient centered, timely, efficient, and equitable.

In this role, you will collaborate with the Trauma Medical Director, Nursing Director of Trauma Services, Trauma Coordinator, Trauma Registrars, and Injury Prevention Coordinator to review the performance and safety of the Trauma Program, as well as a multi-disciplinary team to monitor, evaluate, and improve all phases of trauma care. You will also represent the Medical Center on a local and regional level to support trauma system development, injury prevention, and public awareness. This full-spectrum trauma and acute care surgery practice offers rewarding opportunities at an ACS verified Level II Trauma Center (with Level I center type acuity and volume). Saint Alphonsus is the region’s principal provider of advanced, innovative and interdisciplinary critical care services with annual trauma volumes exceeding 2,000. Spanning southern Idaho, eastern Oregon and northern Nevada, Saint Alphonsus brings a level of patient care services that are unmatched throughout the region. Based at the region's only Level II Trauma Center, SARMC is a 387 bed facility with a state-of-the-art digital environment and pioneering technologies including advanced imaging capabilities, telemedicine outreach and award-winning clinical services.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing required; Master’s Degree in Nursing preferred.

• 5 years of work experience in Emergency, Trauma or Critical Care required.

• Basic Life Support for Healthcare providers certification from either AHA, ARC or the Military Training Network is required at hire in all units, unless currently certified in ACLS and/or PALS as defined in the SAHS Certification Crosswalk.

• Other certifications may be required as identified in the SAHS Certification Crosswalk.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Organization's Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions.

• Monitors and tracks trauma patients throughout the continuum of care.

• Design and implement data-driven quality improvement projects, including tracking and monitoring outcomes.

• Coordinate activities to evaluate issues, promote loop closure, and enhance clinical outcomes.

• Promote performance improvement of the trauma program through data collection, analysis, trending, benchmarking, and reporting.

• Collaborate with Trauma Registry staff in the collection, coding, scoring, and reporting of registry data to facilitate performance improvement activities.

• Participate in the development and implementation of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, strategies, and process of care guidelines based on benchmarking data and standards set forth by the American College of Surgeons and State of Idaho Time-Sensitive Emergency program.

• In coordination with other clinical professionals, assist with planning and implementing clinical protocols/practice management guidelines, monitor care of in-hospital patients, and serve as a resource for clinical practice.

• Support outcome assessment and action plans while maintaining confidentiality.

• Support the development and delivery of professional staff development and education based on outcomes in collaboration with the Trauma Coordinator and Injury Prevention, Outreach, and Education Coordinator,.

• Participate in planning and preparing case review, standardizing practice guidelines, and injury prevention programs.

• Participates in trauma care systems at community, state, and national level and represents hospital on committees as appropriate.

• Involved in analysis, validation, and distribution of national benchmarking data findings.

• Serves as an internal resource for staff in all hospital departments, and act as an extended liaison for emergency medical service agencies.

About Saint Alphonsus

Colleagues of Saint Alphonsus Health System enjoy competitive compensation with a full benefits package and opportunity for growth throughout SAHS and Trinity Health. Visit www.saintalphonsus.org/careers to learn more about the benefits, culture and career development opportunities available to you at Saint Alphonsus Health System. Boise, Idaho's Capital City anchors a vibrant and growing mid-sized metropolitan area of 690,000 people. An outdoor enthusiast’s paradise with a flourishing arts and entertainment scene, the region offers a low crime rate, excellent cultural programs, neighborhood parks and nearby forests and rivers. The Boise Metro Area is consistently listed as one of the best places in the country to live, work and play!

Saint Alphonsus and Trinity Health are equal opportunity employers and prohibit discrimination against any individual with regard to race, color, religion, gender, marital status, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.