Trauma Performance Improvement Coordinator
Posted 14 Oct 2026
Advertised as “Trauma Performance Improvement Coordinator - Trauma Services Department ”
BranchFactor Summary
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- Expected experience
- 5+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- On-Site
- Contract
- Full-time
No salary listed for this role.
CertificationsAAAM Abbreviated Injury Scoring (AIS) Course
Field of studyHealthcare, Nursing
Study levelBachelor's or higher
CertificationsTrauma Outcomes and Performance Improvement (TOPIC), Trauma Care After Resuscitation (TCAR), TCRN, CEN, CCRN, CPHQ, Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC), Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
Study levelMaster's
Company Description
Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford's care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation's most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus.
Job Description
Shift: Days
Status: Full time 40 hours per week
GENERAL SUMMARY:
The Trauma Performance Improvement (PI) Coordinator identifies, verifies, and investigates complications and events involving trauma patients. Under minimal supervision from the Trauma Program Manager and/or Trauma Medical Director, they will analyze trends and lead the performance improvement and quality assurance activities of the trauma program beginning with pre-hospital and extending through discharge. The Trauma PI Coordinator will utilize a variety of improvement methodologies and group management techniques to support teams through improvement initiatives. Working collaboratively with all members of the trauma team and leadership, they are responsible for development of action plans and completion of loop closure/event resolution for both quality of care and risk issues. Emphasis will be placed on initiatives to increase efficiencies and reduce variability, errors, and defects utilizing program data and current trauma best practices.
The Trauma PI Coordinator is expected to prepare reports and recommendations, provide education to team members as needed, and apply new continuous improvement methodologies to spread successful innovation throughout the hospital. This role will reflect the most recent criteria and standards outlined in the current American College of Surgeons (ACS) “Resources for the Optimal Care of the Injured Patient” with respect to trauma performance improvement activities.
Qualifications
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing or other Healthcare-related field required. Master’s Degree preferred.
- Minimum of five (5) years of clinical experience required with two years project management, process improvement or risk management experience with knowledge of Lean/Six Sigma methodologies preferred.
- Emergency Department or Trauma/Surgical Critical Care preferred.