CoxHealth Trauma Nurse Clinician - Weekend Option

Summary

About Us 

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence: 

• Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times  

• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek in 2024. 

• Recognized as a Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024. 

• Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024. 

• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads in 2023. 

• Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.  

• Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare in 2025. 

Benefits  

• Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement Plan with employer match, and many more! 

• For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

• Job Summary

  • • An employee who has clinical expertise in the application of the nursing process and theory in the area of traumatology. Primary goals of the individual in this role include monitoring trauma care across the continuum from pre-hospital care to rehabilitation as it applies, through initial trauma activations, trauma rounds and chart review as well as performing collection of trauma patient outcome data. While also being a resource person for staff, communication with patient families and providers. In addition, this individual will participate in the planning and implementing of clinical protocols and practice guidelines related to trauma care. Serves as an internal resource for staff in all departments through trauma education, assists in the development and community education/injury prevention programs.

• Job Requirements

  • Education

    • Required:

      • Required: Graduate of an approved nursing program

      • Required: Achieve and maintain 24 hours of trauma related education each year with 6 of those hours related to Pediatric Trauma

      • Required: Bachelor's Degree in nursing

  • Experience

    • Preferred:  3 years of trauma-related experience in a critical care area (ER, Prehospital, OR, ICU). 

  • Skills

    • Good public relation skills

    • Excellent telephone skills

    • Experienced with Microsoft Office

  • Licensure/Certification/Registration

    • Required: MO RN License

    • Required:

      • Nursing Certification or master's prepared within 1 year of hire
        • (Certification in Emergency Nursing, Critical Care Nursing, Trauma Certified Registered Nurse or other related clinical specialty certification

      • TNCC- within one year of hire

      • ENPC- within one year of hire

      • PALS- within one year of hire

      • ACLS- within one year of hire