Assistant Trauma Medical Director

The Assistant Trauma Medical Director serves as a physician leader within the Trauma Program and Division of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care within the Department of Surgery and reports to the Trauma Medical Director and Chair of the Department of Surgery. The Assistant Trauma Medical Director supports the Trauma Medical Director in the clinical, administrative, quality, educational, and strategic oversight of the Trauma Program and assists in maintaining compliance with the standards of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT) and other applicable regulatory and accrediting organizations. The Assistant Trauma Medical Director supports the mission of the Department and Health System through excellence in trauma care, quality and performance improvement, education, physician engagement, operational performance, and trauma program development.

Responsibilities
1. Serve as Assistant Trauma Medical Director and support the Trauma Medical Director in providing physician leadership and oversight of the clinical, operational, quality, and strategic activities of the Trauma Program. 2. Assist the Trauma Medical Director in ensuring that the Trauma Program complies with federal, state, and local requirements and the standards of applicable regulatory and accrediting organizations, including the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT) and Det Norske Veritas (“DNV”). 3. Maintain an active clinical practice consistent with departmental expectations and participate in the evaluation, resuscitation, operative and nonoperative management, and ongoing care of injured patients. 4. Participate in and provide physician leadership for the Trauma Performance Improvement and Patient Safety (PIPS) Program, including case review, identification of opportunities for improvement, development of corrective action plans, monitoring of outcomes, and evaluation of the effectiveness of corrective actions. 5. Assist the Trauma Medical Director with multidisciplinary trauma peer review and collaborate with physicians, nursing, the Trauma Program Manager, trauma registry personnel, and other members of the multidisciplinary trauma team to identify and address opportunities to improve trauma care. 6. Review trauma quality and outcomes data, including Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) data, registry data, institutional performance metrics, and other relevant benchmarks, and assist in developing initiatives to improve clinical outcomes and program performance. 7. Assist in the development, implementation, review, and maintenance of trauma clinical practice guidelines, protocols, policies, and standards of care consistent with current evidence and ACS-COT requirements. 8. Promote a culture of professionalism, accountability, collaboration, patient safety, and patient-centered care throughout the Trauma Program. 9. Collaborate with hospital, physician, nursing, emergency medicine, critical care, surgical and nonsurgical specialty services, ancillary departments, prehospital providers, and hospital leadership to optimize the continuum of care for injured patients. 10. Support strategic initiatives for the growth and advancement of the Trauma Program, including preparation for and maintenance of ACS trauma center verification and other applicable trauma center designations and accreditations. 11. Support trauma education and professional development, including education of attending physicians, residents, advanced practice providers, nurses, prehospital personnel, and other members of the trauma team, and participate in trauma-related research and scholarly activities consistent with the mission of the Department. 12. Participate in Trauma Program, departmental, hospital, and health system committees and meetings as requested by the Trauma Medical Director or Chair of the Department of Surgery. 13. Represent and act on behalf of the Trauma Medical Director when specifically designated, including participation in Trauma Program activities, meetings, performance improvement activities, and administrative functions during periods when the Trauma Medical Director is unavailable. 14. Assist the Trauma Medical Director in preparation for trauma center verification and regulatory reviews, including assessment of compliance with applicable standards, identification and remediation of program deficiencies, and implementation of initiatives necessary to advance the Trauma Program. 15. Perform administrative and other related duties as assigned by the Trauma Medical Director or Chair of the Department of Surgery.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.