Director of Trauma Services, RN - Mercy San Diego
Director of Trauma Services, RN
Full Time, Salary Role - Eligible for the Management Incentive Compensation Plan (MICP) at the Director level
Location\: Scripps Mercy San Diego
AWARD-WINNING WORKPLACE\:
- Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2026.
- Recognized by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.
- Becker's Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2026 list of 165 top places to work in health care.
Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
We encourage you to join Scripps Mercy San Diego as the Clinical Director of a Level I Trauma Program. Lead a dynamic team of approximately 25 employees that include Trauma Team Leads, Trauma Registrars, a PI Nurse, Trauma Injury Prevention Outreach Coordinator, Orthopedic Techs and Trauma Clinic staff.
Mercy San Diego’s Trauma Center sees approximately 2800 patients per year. The ideal candidate will have experience working in a high-volume Level I trauma environment as a trauma nurse or in a trauma ICU. The director works closely with the Trauma team and must have the ability to build close relationships with physicians.
Key Responsibilities
- Participates in trauma care systems at the community, state and national levels.
- Creates and implements clinical protocols and practice management guidelines to ensure a focus on patient safety.
- Participates in a multidisciplinary approach monitoring processes and outcomes.
- Creates quality filters, audits and case review to identify any trends and outlines any remedial actions.
- Supervises the collection, coding, scoring and development of data for validation and distributes findings.
- Ensures adherence to the American College of Surgeons standards for trauma designation, San Diego county contract with the department of Emergency Services, and that Title 22 chapter 7 division 9 are met.
- Oversees the safe transition of patients through the continuum of care to include active participation of nursing staff in planning and coordinating patient care, and direct hand-off to next appropriate level of care.
This is a Full Time, salaried position at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego.