Clinical Coordinator / RN Trauma Admin

Overview

Join our team as a day shift, full-time, Trauma Team & Admin Clinical Coordinator Registered Nurse (RN) in Tyler, TX.

Why Join Us?

Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better

• Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance, and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.

• People-First:  We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.

• Make Healthcare Better:  We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.

Get to Know Your Team:

• UT Health Pittsburg offers 25 private rooms, a 24-hour Level IV trauma center and acute stroke ready facility, surgical suites, advanced diagnostics, a sleep lab, wound healing center, swing bed care, 16 physician offices and a UT Health East Texas Olympic Center fitness facility.

Responsibilities

• Assumes responsibility, in conjunction with the Trauma Program Director, for the Trauma Service operation
• Collaborates with the hospital medical staff, Administration, Department Heads, Patient Care Managers and nursing staff to coordinate all aspects of trauma
• Coordinates and participates in clinical management of trauma patients with Trauma Surgeons and other health care providers.
• Oversees the trauma registry, trauma log and performance improvement program for the Trauma Center.
• Collaborates with the Trauma Program Director and Trauma Medical Director in regional trauma activities
• Collaborates with hospital and trauma staff to provide professional and community trauma education
• Collaborates with the Trauma Program Director, Medical Director and Administration to achieve and maintain Trauma Center Designation according to American College of Surgeons and State criteria
• Provides leadership and operational oversight for the UT Health- Quitman hospital, ensuring care delivery aligns with evidence-based practice, Joint Commission standards, and organizational goals
• Serves as the central point of coordination across Emergency Department, inpatient, tele-neurology, EMS, and ancillary teams to support safe, timely, and standardized stroke care.
• Reviews stroke cases and performance data to identify opportunities for process improvement and improved patient outcomes, and collaborates closely with physicians, nursing, and interdisciplinary teams to implement best practices.
• Supports staff education, develops and maintains stroke protocols and order sets, and ensures continuous readiness for Joint Commission certification, with a focus on delivering the highest quality stroke care to the patients and communities we serve.

Qualifications

Job Requirements:

• Graduate from an approved school of nursing and licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Texas required
• Registered Nurse with a current license to practice in the State of Texas.
• BLS certification must be obtained within 14 days of hire or transfer into the role and prior to providing direct patient care
• 1-3 years in Trauma Program Department, Emergency Nursing or Critical Care Nursing
• 1-3 years’ experience in Trauma patient care
• 1-3 years’ experience in a Trauma Program
• TNCC Provider/Instructor within one year
• PALS or ENPC Provider/Instructor within one year
• ATCN Provider/Instructor within one year
• ACLS Provider within six months

Preferred Job Requirements:

• Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN)