Registered Nurse (Trauma Acute Care Surgery)

PQC is accepting applications for experienced, civilian Trauma Acute Care Surgery Registered Nurses (RN/MSN) to work onsite at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (Bethesda, Maryland).

Duty Hours: 

Monday–Friday
7AM–330PM

Compensation
Hourly:  $68.00 + $5.09 

 

Qualifications

 

Education

Bachelor’s degree of Registered Nursing from a college or university accredited by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

Certifications

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Experience
Minimum of five (5) years of concurrent nursing experience with three (3) years in either critical care or trauma nursing, emergency nursing, or inpatient perioperative nursing.
One year (1) minimum of Performance Improvement or Patient Safety experience or proof of comparable education/training.

Must be able to demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, and Excel) for Trauma Nurse Coordinator position and Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point) for Trauma PI Coordinator position.
Experience in nursing documentation in an electronic health record system.
Must possess ability to communicate respectfully and work collaboratively with team members and outside departmental personnel.

Board Certification

Trauma Certified Registered Nurse.

License

Must have current state licensure as a Registered Nurse in the United States.

Miscellaneous

Possess a valid state driver’s license.

Possess, or be able to obtain, a background screening.

Must complete initial and annual training independently.

Excellent oral communication skills. Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of people for the purpose of informing the healthcare team of plans/actions, for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization. Effectively uses appropriate communication format in addressing professional issues.

Excellent written communication skills to perform accurate documentation, both written and electronic, of all activity in accordance with requirements.

Completes orientation and competency verification programs in accordance with established guidelines.

Contributes to professional environment using appropriate leadership skills.

Responsibilities

Shall be able to read, write, speak and understand English well enough to effectively communicate with all patients and other health care providers.

Shall be knowledgeable of equipment and supply terminology and skill sufficient to identify and use necessary equipment and supplies properly and to communicate proper use with nurses, medical staff, patients, and family members.

Shall be sufficiently skilled to teach patients proper self-care and to motivate patients and family members to continue the procedures for promoting rapid healing.

Shall be knowledgeable and possess skills necessary to provide care appropriate to any age-related needs of the patients. The contract RN shall demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development appropriate to the appropriate patient population served: infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric (>65).

Possessing knowledge of a wide range of medical disorders/conditions, diagnostic studies and treatments related to prevention, and detection of illnesses in adults, is desirable.

Be knowledgeable in professional care theories, principles, practices, and procedures to perform nursing assignments of moderate difficulty and experience in assessing adult and geriatric patients, as appropriate.

Possess knowledge of computer operations and proficiency in the use of basic word processing, data entry and automated medical records.

Assists the Trauma Program Manager (TPM) and Trauma Medical Director (TMD) in developing and maintaining a comprehensive Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (TACS) Program.

Ensures timely and accurate concurrent and retrospective reviews of trauma patients’ (civilian and military) medical records for inclusion criteria, data element abstraction, and identification of complications and/or performance improvement filters for further review by the Trauma Acute Care Surgery team, peer review, and performance improvement processes.

Adheres to required definitions and/or guidelines for data entry into database computer applications with 95% compliance on quarterly audits to ensure inter-rater reliability

Serves as liaison to the multidisciplinary team and works collaboratively in support of the TACS Program.

Provides data analysis and trends related to continuum of care of trauma and acute care surgery patients through continuous review of medical records, focused audits, and case reviews.