- Demonstrates proficiency and knowledge of current skin, and wound management.
- Provides care to a busy clinic of 6-9 patients per day.
- Provides consultation to Home Health Agencies and Care Homes.
- Provides consulting and direction to the patients, family members, and health care providers and physicians regarding wound care management.
- Uses critical thinking skills and sound judgment based on evidence based practices when making the decision for appropriate wound type treatment
- Takes responsibility for personal professional development by keeping up with current research in wound care management and shares the findings with the medical staff and clinical team
- Reviews all policies and procedures and updates that pertain to wound care and maintains that knowledge base throughout decision making process.
- Attends Wound care and Hyperbaric lectures, seminars which deal with wound care and informs the hospital of the latest developments in wound management
- Works effectively with case managers, staff and other departments. Acts as a role model for the staff.
- Delegate's portions of therapy appropriately to appropriate support staff for overall department efficiency.
- Ensures staff makes recommendations for next level of care.
- Ensures staff includes patient/family goals consistently for all patients.
- Recognizes changes in a patient condition and communicates effectively with the team and physician to adjust the treatment plan.
- Provides assistance to panel physicians.
- Confers with others to identify learning needs and suggests or selects most appropriate learning solutions for addressing those needs
- Maintains department equipment and materials in a condition to promote efficiency.
- Works with Director to recommend specialty grafts, VAC equipment, or other modalities for patients.
- Actively participates in the ordering of adjunctive therapies to include Hyperbarics.
- Demonstrates the ability to independently manage department projects and completes on a timely basis. Demonstrates knowledge of the change process through project implementation.
- Ensures that department is in compliance with JCAHO requirement.
- In all aspects of consultation: o Initiate care to meet patient's needs.
- Collaborates with medical director and other disciplines in the coordination, planning and evaluation of the Wound Care Program.
- Communicates individual and unit issues with the appropriate Unit Coordinator or Director and offers possible solutions and plans.
- Maintains a professional, open relationship with administrative staff and utilizes them in coordination, planning and implementing projects.
- Coordinates and provides clinical education of wound, and skin integrity to health care providers and physicians
- Maintains BLS Instructor certification and assists with BLS recognition and recognition as needed.
- Keep current with new products or technologies in WCC nursing.
- Plan & Establishes system (S) for learning events to ensure that they meet the established goals and objectives
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Description
Essential Duties:
o Assess patient response to treatment.
o Evaluate care provided by health care providers.
o Documentation of teaching instructions and patient's response. .
Required:
Minimum Education:
Knowledge and education necessary to obtain R.N. license in the state of California. Current American Heart Association BLS certification. Knowledge and education necessary to obtain a nationally recognized Wound Care Certification within 2 years of hire. Knowledge of/or experience with negative pressure wound therapy, HBO, and ostomy care preferred.
Minimum Experience:
Two or more years of wound care or hyperbaric experience preferred. Prior leadership and/or teaching experience preferred. Spanish or Vietnamese as a second language desirable
Mandatory Requirements
Hospital Mandatory Education Requirements:
Orientation, Environment of Care, OSHA, Infection control, Abuse/Neglect, Ethics, etc.
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