Casual Nurse, Clinic LPN

Wound Care Clinic Position
At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It's helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient's needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Work Schedule: Casual/PRN, Days
Assist with and perform a variety of tasks in the Wound Care Clinic based on provider orders, best practices and provide instruction to patients in proper home care techniques.
Remove and apply wound dressings as ordered in plan of care.
Utilize products as outlined in plan (e.g., Provide on-going monitoring of the wound and the patient's response to the established plan of care.
Participate in department Quality Improvement initiatives.
Performs telephone triage to determine patient needs by recording and reporting patient condition to provider and advising patient based on provider instructions.
Receive and return calls within 90 minutes based on medical priority 95% of the time.
Accurately records and reports condition, according to department policy 98% of the time.
Maintain work areas to ensure healthy environmental conditions by cleaning and organizing equipment and rooms.
Completes weekly compliance checklist, per HBC/TJC policy.
Prepares exam rooms and equipment to facilitate treatment and examination of patients by setting up instruments/equipment and stocking supplies.
Prepares patient for provider exam by reviewing medical record, weighing patient, checking vital signs, performing medication reconciliation and obtaining information relevant to patient care.
Ensures accuracy of order entry and completes appropriate documentation without error at least 98% of the time.
Assists and/or completes all prior authorizations as required by insurance for procedures such as Wound Vac and skin substitute applications.
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required

Minimum 3 years of wound care experience required.

Wound Treatment Associate Certification (WTA-C) through the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse Certification Board (WOCNCB) required at time of hire or within 6 months of hire.
Current valid Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) License, valid compact multistate license to work in Nebraska or Iowa (work state) or temporary permit while awaiting licensure required.
Knowledge of medical terminology and procedures.
Knowledge of medicine including recognizing and diagnosed diseases, deformities, and other illnesses.
Skill to proficiently type information into the computer to capture or detail information quickly.
Ability to provide caring patient care services when talking with patients and their family members.
Ability to problem solve during several daily activities which includes the ability to be flexible.
Ability to learn and proficiently navigate through computer programs that contain patient information.
Physical Activity
Keyboarding/typing
Seeing/Visual
Not Related: - Electrical Shock/Static

Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
Equipment/Machinery/Tools
Explosives (pressurized gas)
Hazardous Drugs (exposure risks, personal protective equipment required)
Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.
Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status

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