Registered Nurse Outpatient Wound Care

Overview St. Luke's Registered Nurse Wound Care provides direct care to patients with wounds or conditions related to wounds. The role delivers specialized, advanced wound care for patients with alterations of skin integrity, ensuring personalized and efficient care while respecting patients’ spiritual and cultural differences. Responsibilities Participate in the Wound Management Center’s delivery of personalized, efficient care. Make decisions and judgments in preventing, analyzing, and resolving patient care issues or other problems. Follow the established plan of care and collaborate with members of the Wound Management Center as needed. Direct the care team in the absence of the manager when directed by the manager. Use equipment such as handheld Doppler, cast removal saw, and negative pressure wound therapy devices. Apply knowledge of wounds, treatments, interventions, and expected outcomes. Participate in new programs and treatment options as developed. Implement offloading and interventions related to wound healing. Understand comorbidities and their impact on wound healing. Utilize compression therapy for wound healing. Physical and Sensory Requirements Can sit for up to 2 hours per day (1 hour at a time). Can stand for up to 8 hours per day (4 hours at a time). Can walk 6 hours per day (50 minutes at a time). Can lift, carry, and push objects up to 75 lbs., and transport patients up to 400 lbs. with assistance when appropriate. Can pull up to 10 lbs., and frequently pull up to 250 lbs. with assistance when appropriate. Can stoop, bend, crouch, kneel, climb, crawl, and reach above shoulder level. Can perceive attributes of an object through touch and firmly grasp, twist, and turn objects with hands and fingers. Can hear normal sounds at high and low frequencies. Can see color, peripheral vision, accurate depth perception, and visual monotony (e.g., computer screen). Education Current RN licensure required based on the state in which you are working. BSN preferred. CPR/BLS certification required within 60 days of hire. Wound Care Specialist certification or commitment to certification within three years of employment preferred. Training and Experience Minimum two years of nursing experience with direct, hands‑on patient care required. Wound care, home health, rehabilitation, burn or critical care experience preferred. Completion of an entry level Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Program by an accredited organization, to qualify as Hyperbaric staff nurse (if applicable). Equal Opportunity Employer St. Luke’s University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer. #J-18808-Ljbffr