Injury Prevention Coordinator – Trauma – Full Time, Days

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is a 306-bed medical center, providing care to residents of eastern Long Island. The hospital facility is home to the Knapp Cardiac Care Center—an advanced heart disease diagnostic and treatment facility—as well as a modern ambulatory surgical pavilion with specialized services including women’s imaging, a sleep laboratory, and bariatric surgery. Our Provisional Level 2 Trauma Center delivers comprehensive and specialized care for patients with traumatic injuries. The Stroke Center at NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is designated by the New York State Department of Health as a Primary Stroke Center, with expert neurologists available to provide treatment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Additionally, NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk has multiple outpatient sites, including an outpatient wound care center, a hemodialysis center, and various primary care and specialty offices.

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Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Injury Prevention Coordinator – Trauma – Full Time, Days – Trauma – Full-Time – Monday – Friday 9:00.

In this role, the successful candidate The trauma center at NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk recognizes the vital importance of the prevention of injury, both intentional and unintentional. As a trauma center committed to providing the highest quality of care to the injured, it is recognized that the prevention of injury is critical.
Towards this end, the center employees an individual (supported by trauma center team members) whose primary responsibility is to prevent injury.
The Injury Prevention Coordinator (IPC) will collaborate with internal and external partners to identify injury prevention priorities, develop, implement and evaluate programs to reduce injury and study the effect of these injury prevention activities.

Job Responsibilities:

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• The IPC works with considerable independence and reports to the Trauma Program Manager and Trauma Medical Director.
• The Trauma Center IPC is responsible for the day-to-day management of the community outreach and injury prevention efforts of the trauma center.
• The IPC will collaborate with trauma center leadership to identify the top three injury prevention areas of focus, will develop programs to target these areas, and will collaborate with community partners to reduce the burden of injury from these sources.

• Develop and work within an annual budget for injury prevention, seeking external grant funding whenever possible.
• Collaborate with regional, state and national stakeholders to promote injury prevention, study injury, and actively participate in joint efforts. 
• Promote staff safety and well-being through best practices in injury prevention.
• In conjunction with other trauma center staff, participate in regional outreach activities and educational programs.
• In conjunction with Orthopedic trauma services, assist in the care of older adults with fractures to promote best practices.
• Represent the trauma center on regional, state and national committees
• Train and support other staff and volunteers to participate in injury prevention programs and activities.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities:

• While ultimately reporting to the Trauma Medical Director/Trauma Program Manager, the IPC is also a licensed Physical Therapist.
  • In their role as a Physical Therapist, the IPC will clinically report to the Director of Rehabilitation Services and abide by their departmental policies and procedures
• While the IPC’s primary responsibility will be to the trauma center at Long Island Community Hospital, at present she will provide 2 clinical shifts/week to the Rehabilitation Department.
  • If the IPC provides more than 2 clinical shifts/week to the Rehabilitation Department in her role as a Physical Therapist, she will be compensated for these services in-line with current compensation patterns for the other members of the Rehabilitation Department (e.g., anything more than 2 clinical shifts/week will be considered overtime) who are performing overtime clinical work.  
• Should the IPC require a decrease in her clinical efforts to further support the Trauma Program, this will be communicated to the Director of Rehabilitation Services by the Trauma Medical Director.

Minimum Qualifications:

NYS Physical Therapy License Required
To qualify you must have a 1-3 years of experience working with injured persons
Bachelors degree or higher in a health related profession
Demonstrated ability to work independently
Ability to present educational materials to adults in large and small groups, in both formal and informal settings.
Ability to prioritize institutional objectives.
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Computer skills including excel, powerpoint and Microsoft word functions
Awareness of basic principles of adult education
Demonstrated ability to work within a team.

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you’ll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration. We require applications to be completed online.

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NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $84,956.87 – $132,400.32 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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