Vacancy Details

Applications are invited for the Full-time Permanent position of Staff Nurse - TARN (Trauma Audit Research Coordinator) in the Nursing Directorate of St. Vincent’s University Hospital.  

Role Summary:  Major Trauma Audit is a milestone development for the National Office of Clinical Audit and for the evolution of trauma care in Ireland. Measuring performance is vital to managing and improving it. We want Irish trauma victims to have the best possible outcomes to ensure their journey from injury to recovery is optimal. Quality data is required so we can understand better the trauma patient journey and when problems are identified intervene to fix them. Benchmarking our hospitals against national and international comparators creates a culture of competition which drives performance and should ultimately benefit the patient.

As data co-ordinators you are the eyes and ears of trauma at your hospital; your work will link the care provided to patients by the Ambulance Services, Emergency Medicine, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, ICU, Rehabilitation Medicine, General and Cardiothoracic Surgery and more. The future direction of trauma care in Ireland will be defined by the data you collect.

Informal Enquiries or Role Specific Enquiries: Ms Nessa O'Herlihy, CNM3 Email N.O'Herlihy@st-vincents.ie or Phone +353 (1) 221 3801.

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