Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse / WOC / Internal Travel Team

Overview

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Description

Ourinternal travel nursing team can be a flexible program, allowing team members the ability to tailor work/life balance to fit their lifestyle.

We are seeking a capable Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse / WOC /RN who has acquired broad experience in caring for patients and has developed a sound understanding about the care of a particular patient population.

• Identifies appropriate standards of care common to the patient population and safely provides patient care while supporting the unit's and hospital's Vision Alignment Matrix.
• Routinely uses acquired knowledge, theory, research, and experience to respond to changes in clinical situations.
• Is able to apply the Synergy Model for Care in practice and use this knowledge to personalize care for each patient/family.
• Serves as a preceptor and resource to colleagues (such as lesser experienced nurses) and strong advocate for patients/families.
• Provides advanced clinical guidance to physicians and nursing staff regarding the management of complex wounds, fistulas, moisture management, and pressure ulcers.
• Determines appropriate nursing interventions for identified patient problems, symptoms, and teaching needs in respect to wound and ostomy care.
• Recommends the equipment, materials, and resources needed to successfully implement a wound or ostomy care plan.
• Performs appropriate pre-operative stoma site marking and ostomy education. Develops and conducts post-operative ostomy education and ostomy care plan for the patient and family. Performs related responsibilities as required.
• Participate in agency-wide initiatives for pressure injury prevention, wound care, and ostomy care, to include supporting pressure injury prevalence data collection, evidence-based policies, procedures, and protocols, and advisement of appropriate support surfaces, products, and staff decision-making algorithms.
• Maintains courteous and professional behavior at all times. Assesses assigned patients; reviews medical history, admitting diagnosis, physician's orders, nursing history, and evaluation of diagnostic data.
• Interviews patient and family to determine patient needs; communicates these to interdisciplinary health care team members as appropriate.
• Determines appropriate nursing interventions for identified problems, symptoms, behavioral changes.
• Identifies appropriate standards of care and/or collaborative clinical pathways to guide the plan of care; revises as appropriate.
• Administers direct nursing care to assigned patients based on priorities and timeframes.
• Evaluates patients' responses to delivery of nursing care and patient education for self-care.
• Keeps patient and family up to date on progress.
• Develops, conducts, and evaluates patient and family education in discussing plan of care.
• Teaches family and patient to perform specific procedures, documents activities.
• When required explains rational and/or principles behind the physiology or consequences of treatments.
• Determines and mobilizes equipment and resources necessary for successful patient care; seeks assistance in completing nursing interventions.
• Works with manager to formulate plan for professional development. Attends educational in-services as appropriate.
• Participates in professional activities and organizations to maintain knowledge of current trends, practices, and developments.
• Follows established charting procedures, documenting all patient-specific aspects of wound, ostomy, and continence care to show progress or changes in the patient's condition.
• Collaborates with members of the health care team to determine patient needs and needs of significant others in planning the treatment.
• Attends scheduled operating unit staff meetings and system WOC-specific meetings and provide clinical guidance to students and ancillary staff.
• Demonstrates competency in all new equipment and procedures.
• Has opportunities to serve on committees and, as needed, perform other related duties

Minimum required qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited prelicensure Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN
• Completion of an accredited WOC Nursing Education program.
• Two years of experience as a Registered Nurse. Licensure: - A valid, unencumbered Registered Nursing License approved by the Georgia Board of Nursing.
• BLS certification - ACLS may be required in designated departments. –
• Nursing Specialty Certification. - Must achieve certification in Wound Care and Ostomy Care within 6 months of entering the role: Certification: - Continence care certification

Preferred Qualifications:

• Wound Ostomy Certification
• Continence care certification

Emory Healthcare (EHC), part of Emory University (EUV), is the most comprehensive academic health system in Georgia and the first and only in Georgia with a Magnet designated ambulatory practice. We are made up of 11 hospitals-4 Magnet designated, the Emory Clinic, and more than 425 provider locations. The Emory Healthcare Network,establishedin 2011, is the largest clinically integrated network in Georgia, with more than 3,450 physicians concentrating in 70 different subspecialties.

Additional Details

Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.

Emory Healthcare is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please contact Emory Healthcare's Human Resources at View email address on click.appcast.io. Please note that one week's advance notice is preferred.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: (Medium): 20-50 lbs; 0-33% of the work day (occasionally); 11-25 lbs, 34-66% of the workday (freq. tly); 01-10 lbs, 67-100% of the workday (constantly); Lifting 50 lbs max; Carrying of objects up to 25 lbs; Occasional to frequent standing & walking, Occasional sitting, Close eye work (computers, typing, reading, writing), Physical demands may vary depending on assigned work area and work tasks. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS: Factors affecting environmental conditions may vary depending on the assigned work area and tasks. Environmental exposures include but are not limited to: Blood-borne pathogen exposure Bio-hazardous waste Chemicals/fumes/vapors Communicable diseases, Electrical shock, Floor Surfaces, Hot/Cold Temperatures, Indoor/Outdoor conditions, Latex, Lighting, Patient care/handling injuries, Radiation, Shift work, Travel may be required. Use of personal protective equipment, including respirators, and environmental conditions may vary depending on assigned work area and work tasks.