Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree, California is seeking a full-time Trauma/Stroke Coordinator — a dual-role RN leader who functions as both a bedside Emergency Department nurse and the programmatic backbone of the facility's trauma and stroke services. This is a Monday–Friday, days-only position (8:00 AM–4:30 PM) with no rotating nights or weekends as a baseline, making it one of the more schedule-friendly coordinator roles in the Inland Empire region. The position carries genuine institutional weight: the Coordinator owns the trauma and stroke registry, drives performance improvement, and serves as the hospital's representative to San Bernardino County EMS and the Trauma Advisory Committee.
Perks and Benefits
- Full-time employment with a large, established acute care health system
- Daytime schedule — Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with flexibility tied to program demands rather than shift rotation
- 8-hour shifts; no standard night or weekend call requirement built into the base schedule
- Continuing education support: minimum 20 hours of trauma-related and 8 hours of stroke-related CE annually (internal or external) covered as part of role expectations
- E-Verify participating employer; standard Tenet Health benefits package applies (health, dental, vision, retirement — confirm specifics at offer)
Practice Highlights
- Dual-program leadership role overseeing both the trauma program and the receiving stroke center at Hi-Desert Medical Center
- Maintains the hospital's trauma and stroke registry in compliance with San Bernardino County and California state guidelines, with a required 30-day log discrepancy standard
- Conducts monthly trauma and stroke audits; prepares quarterly quality review reports for the trauma and stroke registry
- Monitors trends and sentinel events, outlines remedial action, and implements performance improvement data entry into the trauma database
- Coordinates base station activities as mandated by the County of San Bernardino (ICEMA policies and procedures)
- Serves as the hospital's liaison to San Bernardino EMS agencies for day-to-day trauma and stroke receiving center operations
- Represents the facility at the San Bernardino Trauma Advisory Committee (TAC), Stroke CQI Committee, and monthly county EMS meetings
- Collaborates directly with the Trauma Medical Director, Stroke Medical Director, and ED Nursing Director on clinical, educational, administrative, and outreach activities
- Provides community-facing trauma and stroke education and prevention programming on an annual basis
- Drafts, revises, and implements trauma policies and procedures; supplies outgoing data for hospital quality and PI initiatives
- Guides orientation of new ED staff in trauma and stroke patient care protocols
Qualifications
- Associate's Degree or diploma from an accredited nursing program (AA degree equivalent accepted)
- Current California Registered Nurse license — active and unrestricted
- Current BLS and ACLS certification required at time of hire
- MICN (Mobile Intensive Care Nurse) certification required
- PALS certification required within 1 year of hire
- NRP certification preferred
- TNCC certification preferred; required within 1 year of hire
- 2–4 years of acute care RN experience preferred; minimum 1 year of Emergency Department RN experience preferred
- Working knowledge of ICEMA (Inland Counties Emergency Medical Agency) policies and procedures as they relate to trauma and stroke care systems
About the Community
Joshua Tree sits at the edge of the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County — a high-desert community best known as the gateway to Joshua Tree National Park, one of Southern California's most visited outdoor destinations. The area draws clinicians who value wide-open space, a lower cost of living relative to coastal Southern California, and easy access to both Palm Springs (roughly 40 miles southeast) and the greater Los Angeles metro (approximately 130 miles west). The region offers a strong sense of community, a thriving arts scene, and year-round outdoor recreation including hiking, rock climbing, and stargazing in some of the darkest skies in the continental United States.