Job Title: RN Wound Care
Pay: $3,822.80 per week
Shift: Mon-Fri, 8 am- 4:30 pm
Location: Brooklyn, NY 11203
Schedule: 13 Weeks (Possible Extensions).
Job Duties:
Conducts health assessment interviews focused on wound, ostomy, and continence-related care. Performs focused physical assessment, develops plan of care based on the diagnosis and individual client needs. Recommends medications and treatments as appropriate.
Job Responsibilities:
Develop, revise, and evaluate standards of care, and assist in the selection of supplies, technology, and equipment.
Assess and document patient response to wound care, ostomy, continence, fistula, and complex wound treatment. Evaluate the quality and delivery of care provided by the clinical staff on the unit.
Works collaboratively with the health care team and makes referrals to other disciplines as indicated.
Teaches, counsels, and assists individuals and families to assume responsibility for the prevention of complications as they relate to patients with ostomies, wounds, or continence problems.
Develop, provide, and evaluate staff education programs, i.e., new employee orientation, in-services, and continuing education programs.
Routinely providing comprehensive assessments of patients at risk for developing pressure injuries. Initiating preventative measures.
Escalate and communicate challenges identified, including ethical issues and issues related to conflict resolution.
Routinely collaborating with the Assistant Director of Nursing for Wound Care to initiate and recommend best practices based on prudent assessment.
Participating in Unit/Department Quality Improvement and Hospital-Wide Q.I. activities, i.e., Incidence, Prevalence Studies, and Nursing Quality.
Providing culturally competent patient, family, and staff education consistent with cultural, ethnic, religious, and other belief systems.
Maintaining the security and confidentiality of data and information in accordance with patient rights policies.
Achieving and maintaining a level of professional competency by engaging in activities consistent with clinical practice and the population to serve.
Identifies available community resources helpful to clients, refers and assists clients in utilizing such resources.
Asset management related to rented equipment. e.g., Specialty beds and Negative Pressure Devices.
Required Skills & Experience:
Two (2) years of Med/Surg experience.
Wound and Colostomy experience.
Required Education:
Associate’s degree (ASN, ADN) from an accredited Nursing Program.
Required Certifications & Licensure:
New York State RN License.
Primary Source Verification of License and Registration of Registered Professional Nurse from NYS Department of Education (NYSED).
AHA BLS.
Current certification in one of the following:
Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse (CWOCN) issued by the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB).
Certified Wound Ostomy Nurse (CWON) issued by the WOCNCB.
Certified Wound Care Nurse (CWCN) issued by the WOCNCB.
Certified Wound Specialist (CWS) issued by the American Board of Wound Management (ABWM).
Wound Care Certified Certification (WCC) issued by the National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy (NAWCO).
XPDEL, Inc. is committed to an inclusive workplace that does not discriminate against race, nationality, religion, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity. We believe in diversity and encourage any qualified individual to apply. We are an EEOC Employer.
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