Program Director, Trauma Services

Minimum Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing is required.  An MSN, MBA or MHA is desired.
• Minimum of five years’ relevant experience in the management and administration of a large academic unit. 
• Must have a current BLS, ACLS, PALS, or current ENPC certification along with a current TNCC or ATCN certification.
• Must have experience working in one of the commercially available trauma registry programs such as Trauma Base, Digital Innovations or Lancet.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Five or more years of progressive nursing management experience in a Trauma Leadership role at an academic Level I Trauma Center or an ACS Verified Level II Trauma Center. 

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

     Business knowledge:

• Key knowledge of modern health care administration, principles and practices within a managed care environment and/or an academic medical center
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of supervision and administration as applied to the management and direction of personnel within areas of accountability
• Effective managerial and administrative abilities as applied to the complex environment of an academic health center

Leadership abilities:

• Ability to implement change in a positive, sensitive, and forward-thinking manner
• Strategic thinking and planning
• Developing goals and objectives, and establishing priorities
• Self-starter with a willingness to try new ideas
• Good judgment and ability to act decisively at the right time
• Effective problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of and ability to function in a participatory management environment which involves clinical department chairmen, division chiefs, administrators, and various levels of management. 
• Results orientation

Human Relations abilities:

• Ability to build collaborative alliances and teams
• Effective persuasion and negotiation skills
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Effective ability to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction
• Flexibility and receptiveness to new and different opinions/ideas
• Ability to create win/win solutions and relationships
• Ability to effectively deal with conflict management and the skill to anticipate and bring issues to resolution

Analytic Skills:

• Organization, planning, scheduling, and project management skills
• Ability to develop and analyze options, recommend solutions to solve complex problems and issues
• Ability to identify and resolve problems with a minimum of direction

Communication Skills:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a high degree of professionalism and competence in dealing with staff, multidisciplinary teams including physicians, administration, and financial staff
• Effective verbal, written communication and group presentation skills
• Design and implementation of communication program to management team

Equal Employment Opportunity:

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.