Wound Care Nurse

Wound Care Nurse

The Wound Care Nurse serves as a clinical expert for wound prevention, assessment, treatment, and skin integrity management. This role works collaboratively with nursing, rehabilitation, medical staff, nutrition services, infection prevention, and patient families to promote healing, prevent complications, and improve quality outcomes related to pressure injuries, surgical wounds, gastrostomy sites, tracheostomy sites, and other complex pediatric wounds.

Duty Percent of Time

Performs comprehensive skin and wound assessments for all patients requiring consultation, including pressure injuries, surgical wounds, ostomy sites, gastrostomy sites, tracheostomy sites, and other complex wounds. Develops individualized evidence-based treatment plans and recommendations. 20%

Leads pressure injury prevention initiatives through patient rounding, risk assessment review, staff coaching, and implementation of best practices to reduce hospital-acquired pressure injuries. 20%

Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams including physicians, therapists, respiratory therapists, nutrition services, infection prevention, and nursing teams to optimize patient outcomes. 15%

Provides consultation, education, competency validation, and bedside coaching to nursing staff regarding wound treatment, dressing selection, documentation requirements, and skin integrity maintenance. 15%

Coordinates the organization's wound care program, including serving as Chair or designated coordinator of the Wound Care Committee or interdisciplinary wound care workgroup, as applicable. Facilitates meetings, reviews quality data and wound care practices, coordinates action items, and promotes ongoing standardization and evidence-based practice. 10%

Monitors wound care outcomes and quality metrics. Participates in regulatory readiness, accreditation surveys, root cause analyses, quality improvement projects, and policy development. 10%

Leads or assists with product evaluation and wound care supply management; supports wound care-related clinical trials and research activities, as applicable; facilitates implementation of evidence-based practices; and develops, reviews, and standardizes wound care treatment protocols throughout the organization. 5%

Other duties as assigned. 5%

Education: Associate's degree in nursing; Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred. Ability to speak, understand, read, and write English required.

Experience: Minimum two (2) years of RN experience required. Experience in wound care, pediatric nursing, rehabilitation nursing, critical care, or long-term care preferred.

License/Certification/Credential: Registration and current RN license in Oklahoma. CPR and PALS Certification. Wound Care Certification (WCC, CWCN, CWON, CWOCN, WOCN or equivalent) preferred.