Trauma Injury Prevention-Education Coord RN

While you’re busy impacting the healthcare industry, we’ll take care of you with benefits that may include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, adoption assistance, annual bonus eligibility, and more!

CHI Franciscan and Virginia Mason are now united to build the future of patient-centered care across the Pacific Northwest. That means a seamlessly connected system offering quality care close to home. From basic health needs to the most complex, highly specialized care, our patients can count on us to meet their needs with convenient access to the region’s most prestigious experts and innovative treatments and technologies.

Job Summary
This job is responsible for researching, developing, leading, coordinating and delivering variety of regulatory, technical and clinical training and public injury prevention/education programs. Areas of focus include new employee trauma orientation, continuing medical education (CME), clinical competency assessments and learning initiatives for Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH) trauma-designated hospitals, providers and staff and implementing/maintaining an organized interdisciplinary community or regional injury prevention program, including activities involving motor vehicle
occupant safety, motorcycle/bicycle safety/helmet initiatives, pedestrian safety, fall and/or firearm injury prevention, violence intervention and screening programs.

Work includes: 1) researching and developing graphs/tables and other documentation highlighting recent injury mechanisms/trends and clinical quality and cost-effectiveness of patient care from the Trauma registry; HER observation and/or other assessment modalities; 2) reporting injury prevention activities and in-service education and ongoing support to clinical staff and related deliverables; 3) leading, developing, coordinating and maintaining approaches for community and clinical education and outreach designed to improve outcomes from trauma and minimize the effects of injury; 4) leading, developing and maintaining, in collaboration with unit-based and regional RN educators, an organized trauma orientation for new nursing staff and providers caring for trauma patients; 5) preparing/negotiating trauma/funding-related grant applications and service contracts; and 6) serving as an advocate for quality trauma-related patient care.

Education/Work Experience Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in a Nursing and four years of directly related work experience, preferably in a healthcare
environment, that demonstrates attainment of the requisite job knowledge skills/abilities. Work experience in safety,
public health, injury prevention, healthcare education/outreach is preferred.

Licensure/Certification

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse issued by the Washington State Board of Nursing.
• TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core Course) Provider within 6 months of date of hire.
• TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core Course) Instructor within 12 months of date of hire.
• ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support) Course Coordinator within 24 months of date of hire.
• Current CPR/BLS Certification within 30 days of date of hire.