RN - Wound Care

Duties:

• Conducts health assessment interview focused on wound, ostomy, and continence related care.
• Performs focused physical assessment, develops plan of care based on the diagnosis and individual client needs.
• Recommends medications and treatments as appropriate.
• Develop, revise and evaluate standards of care, assist in the selection of supplies, technology and equipment.
• Assess and document patient response to wound care, ostomy, continence, fistula and complex wounds treatment.
• Evaluate the quality and delivery of care provided by the clinical staff on unit.
• Works collaboratively with the health care team and makes referrals to other disciplines as indicated.
• Teach, counsels, and assists individuals and families to assume responsibility for prevention of complications as they relate to patients with ostomies, wounds, or continence problems.
• -Develop, provide and evaluate staff education programs, i.e., new employee orientation, in services, and continuing education programs.
• Routinely providing comprehensive assessments of patients at risk for developing pressure injuries. Initiating preventative measures.
• Escalate and communicate challenges identified including ethical issues and issues related to conflict resolution.
• Routinely collaborating with Assistant Director of Nursing for Wound Care to initiate and recommend best practices based on prudent assessment.
• Participating in Unit/Department Quality Improvement and Hospital Wide Q.I activities, i.e. Incidence, Prevalence Studies and Nursing Quality.
• Providing culturally competent patient, family and staff education consistent with cultural, ethnic, religious and other belief systems.
• Maintaining the security and confidentiality of data and information in accordance with patient rights policies.
• Achieving and maintaining a level of professional competency by engaging in activities consistent with clinical practice and population to serve.
• Identifies available community resources helpful to clients, refers and assists clients in utilizing such resources.
• Asset management related to rented equipment. e.g. Specialty beds, and Negative Pressure Devices.

• Two (2) years of Med/Surg experience.
• Wound and Colostomy experience.

• Associates Degree (ASN, ADN) from an accreditated Nursing Program.

• New York State RN License.
• Primary Source Verification of License and Registration of Registered Professional Nurse from NYS Department of Education (NYSED).
• AHA BLS.

• Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse (CWOCN) issued by the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB).
• Certified Wound Ostomy Nurse (CWON) issued by the WOCNCB.
• Certified Wound Care Nurse (CWCN) issued by the WOCNCB.
• Certified Wound Specialist (CWS) issued by the American Board of Wound Management (ABWM).
• Wound Care Certified Certification (WCC) issued by the National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy (NAWCO).

• 10:00 AM-6:00 PM
• 35 hours/weekly
• 5 days/week

• NURSING