Trauma Nurse Coordinator

At Texas Children’s Hospital, our mission starts with our people. Guided by our HEART values—Humility, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Trust—we strive to create a workplace where teammates feel valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work every day.

We’re searching for a Trauma Nurse Coordinator, someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position you will coordinate clinical and performance improvement activities for Trauma services. The Trauma Nurse Coordinator (TNC) participates and serves as liaison in the coordination and the delivery of high quality, family -centered and developmentally appropriate trauma patient care across services areas. Has 24-hour accountability and ensures efficiency, compliance, and accuracy while maintaining optimum levels of patient and family satisfaction.

Think you’ve got what it takes?

- Bachelor's degree in nursing or associate degree in nursing with acceptance or current enrollment in a BSN program and signed agreement or an associate degree in a related field accepted by the Texas Board of Nursing for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining an RN license or a technical diploma in nursing with acceptance or current enrollment in a BSN program and signed agreement or Must be currently enrolled in a nursing bridge program working toward a BSN. Verified BSN-equivalency or a signed agreement is required.
- Licenses/Certifications
Required RN - Lic-Registered Nurses by the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact
- Required BLS - Cert-Basic Life Support by the American Heart Association
- Required TNCC - Cert-Trauma Nursing Core Course by the Emergency Nurses Association
- Preferred ATCN – Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses
- Preferred TCRN – Trauma Certified Registered Nurses

- Required 5 years Clinical experience
- Preferred 3 years Trauma experience and Trauma Program Leadership experience with knowledge of Trauma Program requirements from the Texas department of state health services, Texas EMS Trauma & Acute Care Foundation (TETAF), and American College of Surgeons (ACS) trauma designation requirements.
- Completion of Trauma Outcomes Performance Improvement Course (TOPIC), Trauma Coordinators Core Course (TCCC), or Texas Trauma Designation Education Course (TTDEC) strongly encouraged within one year of hire.
- Completion of Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM) AIS course, American Trauma Society (ATS) Trauma Program Manager course, ATS Trauma Registry course and/or Texas EMS Trauma Acute Care Foundation (TETAF) Hospital Data Management Course strongly encouraged.
- Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) preferred; ACLS encouraged.
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Emergency Management Incident Command System (ICS) Courses ICS-100 and ICS-200 preferred
- Active participation within Trauma Regional Advisory Council (RAC) and Texas Trauma Coordinators Form (TTFC) strongly encouraged.