Wound - Enterostomal Coordinator RN

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.

Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To thrive in this vital role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

• Develops, implements, and modifies plans of care for wound care, ostomy, and continence patients. Evaluates and assesses patients’ current physical and psychosocial needs. Develops, implements, evaluates, and modifies plans of care based on patient evaluation.
• Develops discharge plans and referrals, if needed, based on continuing assessment of patient’s status. Manages patients with ostomies, draining wounds or fistulas, altered skin integrity, and altered continence. Serves as primary patient educator; educates patients and family regarding ostomy care in order to facilitate complete rehabilitation through independence and self-care. Serves as a resource and provides community outreach.
• Provides classroom, in-service, and direct staff education as needed for nursing and medical staff related to Enterostomal Therapy. Serves as a resource for patients in acute care settings, ambulatory care settings, and in the community, where appropriate. Serves as clinical preceptor to staff members, nursing students, and WOC students when appropriate. Serves as a consultant in areas of specialty for FHS and community.
• Evaluates ostomy and wound care products on a continuing basis. Manages ostomy and wound care formulary. Attends annual regional and national conferences sponsored by the WOCN as able.
• Completes all required documentation in a timely, accurate, and thorough manner in accordance with FHS standards and procedures. Maintains accurate records and statistics, and completes patient care documentation accurately and promptly.
• Cultural Sensitivity and Competence: Demonstrates proper use of communication tools/materials for effective communication and understands how the culture(s) of patient populations can affect communication, collaboration and the provision of care, treatment and services. Patient Population Served: Demonstrates knowledge and proper skills associated with the department’s defined specific populations served.

Job Requirements

Required

• Other Graduation from an accredited Enterostomal Therapy Nursing Education program , 9 - months
• Registered Nurse: WA, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
• Certified Wound Care Nurse, upon hire or

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing and one year of recent work experience in the practice of ET (WOC) nursing that demonstrates attainment of the requisite job knowledge skills/abilities., upon hire and
• Wound Care Certified, upon hire or
• Certified Wound Ostomy Nurse, upon hire or
• Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse, upon hire

Where You'll Work

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has a rich history of providing exceptional healthcare, dating back to 1891. Building upon a legacy of compassionate care and innovation, our organization has evolved over the years through strategic partnerships and integrations to expand our reach and services across the Puget Sound area.

Today, as Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, we remain deeply committed to healing the whole person – body, mind, and spirit – in the communities we serve. This commitment is strengthened by the diverse expertise and shared values brought together through our growth.

Our dedicated providers offer a full spectrum of health care services, from routine wellness to complex disease management, all grounded in rigorous research and education. Our comprehensive network of 10 hospitals and nearly 300 care sites strategically located across the greater Puget Sound region reflects our ongoing commitment to accessibility and comprehensive care.

We are proud of our pioneering medical advances and numerous awards and accreditations that reflect our dedication to excellence. When you join Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, you become part of a team that delivers top-quality, professional healthcare in modern, well-equipped facilities, and contributes to a legacy of service built on collaboration and shared purpose.