Appendix 16
Recommended oles and Responsibilities- MTS Statewide Coordination Unit

The MTS Statewide Coordination Unit (MSCU) will be established as a conjoint function between the Major Trauma Services. The MSCU will have a small management xecutive drawn from the MTS and Department of Human Services. The MSCU will provide representation to the STC.

The MSCU will be physically located at a MTS and will report under a service agreement o the Department of Human Services and on a day-to-day basis to the MTS management executive. The details of this will be worked out during the mplementation stage by the MTS and the Department of Human Services.

The MSCU will be responsible for:

• Liaising with the Department of Human Services and other trauma care providers.

• Implementing statewide educational and training programs to enhance trauma management.

• Collecting and collating trauma system performance data from Victoria trauma care providers, including the ongoing development of a trauma registry in collaboration with the Department of Human Services.

Providing dvice, information and data to inform decision making by the STC.

• Implementing clinical indicators for monitoring trauma care.

• Coordinating and participating in the statewide system, enhancing functions of the Major Trauma Services and the STC, such as quality improvement activities, research and education.

• Participating with the system-wide activities of the STC (quality improvement activities).

• Developing a role for the participation in injury prevention activities.