Staff RN - Wound Care

Job Summary: Administers care and education to designated patients per request of physicians or nurses. Provides resources, education and leadership to the nursing staff and communicates interdepartmentally.

Essential Job Duties

• Assess patient need for self-care instructions in diabetes, wound care, ostomy care, bowel and bladder training.
• Collaborates with nursing staff to develop the plan of care for patients requiring education and/or intervention in diabetes, wound, ostomy, bowel and bladder care.
• Initiates instruction and promotes self-care.
• Implements strategies to provide patient, significant other, and staff participation in health promotion.
• Utilizes age specific criteria in prescribing appropriate action to meet the needs of patients.
• Completes documentation in electronic medical record, including target assessment, treatment plan, implementation and evaluation of status and outcomes.
• Maintains communication both intra and interdepartmentally for continuity of care and patient education.
• Coordinates and manages department Performance Improvement as well as educating all stakeholder on process and corrective actions.
• Seeks educational resources and creates learning experiences to enhance and maintain current knowledge and skills for his/her competence in nursing practice and individual professional growth.

Secondary Job Duties

1. Completes other duties and special projects as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Education -- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Current Registered Nurse licensure in the state of Indiana.
• Experience -- Three years of nursing practice and teaching experience.
• Reports to: 4GM Nurse Manager and Director of Perioperative Services.

• Education: Graduate from an accredited school of nursing; Bachelors Degree in Nursing within 3 years of employment (with the exception of staff previously granted grandfather status).
• Licensure: Registered Nurse license from the Indiana State Board of Nursing. Some areas may require a current and valid driver’s license.
• Experience: Graduate of RN Program