Registered Nurse - Spinal Cord Injury Wound Care

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Wound Care Registered Nurse (RN)

The Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Wound Care Registered Nurse (RN) executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to the management of complex wound care patients. Coordinates care by serving as an expert clinician and patient/resident advocate in wound management (which may include ostomy and continence care). Provides specialized wound consultation and collaboration with providers, peers, and others in health care to develop, implement, and assure continuity of individualized treatment plans throughout the continuum of care. Provides leadership based on an interprofessional approach to wound care to ensure implementation of effective treatment strategies and decisions. Coordination with local quality management/improvement and/or safety team, Inter-professional Pressure Injury/skin Committee (IPIC) and other specialty service lines to monitor and report data (pressure injury/wound) and quality reports. Identifies programmatic steps to reduce risk and incidence of pressure injuries. Participates in the administration of education to all clinical staff to support the delivery of current, evidenced based care to assure consistency, uniformity, and quality of care. Monitors effectiveness of education provided and assures evidence-based current content of education. Defines process for procuring wound therapies, products, and supplies for the IPIC and clinical staff to facilitate timely implementation of wound treatment and management strategies. Collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines. Responsible for the documented wound care outcomes at the program or service level. Wound Care program level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility. The SCI Wound Care RN has vast wound care experience and knowledge with the situations in which they are ultimately expected to perform, skillfully integrating theoretical concepts, strong critical thinking skills, and exhibits an expert technically skilled practice.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards. Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year). Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA. Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement). Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.