Trauma Program Director
Fort Walton Beach Medical Center
Fort Walton Beach, FL
Days

Shift: Days (No Weekends)

Description

Introduction

Do you have the career opportunities as a Registered Nurse Coordinator - Trauma you want in your current role? We invest in what matters most to nurses like you – at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital which is a part of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Do you want to work where you have a voice? Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital!

Job Summary and Qualifications

As an RN Trauma Performance Improvement (PI) Coordinator, you will lead the Trauma Program’s work to keep care safe and high‑quality from the time a patient arrives until they leave the hospital. You will work with the Trauma Medical Director and Trauma Program Director to review cases, analyze system performance, and use data to make changes that improve patient care. Your role ensures care meets national ACS standards, supports program requirements, and shows our commitment to providing safe, reliable, and high‑quality trauma care. 

Your role will include:

• Responds to trauma bays for all Trauma Alerts 
• Responsible for trauma bay readiness  
• Modelsbehaviorat all times, andmentorstrauma nurse responders 
• Coordinates and triages incoming trauma patients, and reviews/evaluates all activations for triage level appropriateness  
• Functions as a clinical liaison for pre-hospital partners  
• Responsible for documentation compliance; performs audits and provides feedback 
• Assiststo coordinate admission consultations and response times for time-sensitive needs  
• Facilitates trauma bay time outs and debriefings in collaboration with primary surgeon 
• Monitors care provision for trauma patients holding in ED for admission 
• Responds to in-house trauma patients’ critical needs  
• Daily rounding on in-house trauma patients; Provides outstanding customer service to trauma patients and their families.  
• Identifies and reports on trauma audit filters 

Job Requirements:  

• Associates Degree in Nursing or Diploma in Nursing Required, Bachelor Degree in Nursing preferred 
• Florida RN license and/or approved multistate RN license required. Compact license holders have60 days to obtain the Florida license after relocation. 
• BLS-AHA Provider issued cardrequiredwithin30 days of start 
• 3+yearsofexperienceas an RN in an ED setting required 
• ACLS, TNCC, PALS, ENPC to be obtained within 6 months of hir

Benefits

HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

"Nurses play a pivotal role and are the backbone of healthcare delivery. At HCA Healthcare, we are dedicated to ensuring nurses have necessary tools and resources to provide world-class patient care, advocating for the profession and helping to shape the future of nursing."

Sammie Mosier, DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive, HCA Healthcare

HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital is a 267-bed hospital. We are a top-performing quality hospital. We have over 300 of the most respected and qualified physicians in the area. We offer an Advanced Primary Stroke Center and a Cancer Care Center. Our services include open-heart surgery and a wide range of specialties. We give advanced care to critically ill patients. We offer emergency services at our main emergency room (ER). We also have a pediatric ER and two freestanding ERs. Together, our team has an unwavering conviction to improve more lives in more ways.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Registered Nurse Coordinator - Trauma opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.