Wound Care Specialist (RN) Job at Novant Health, Wilmington, NC

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  • Novant Health
  • Wilmington, NC

Job Description

What We Offer:

The Wound/Ostomy Specialist RN is responsible for achieving standards of care, collaborating with physicians, managers, clinical coordinators and other team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualized patient care in accordance with the current policies and procedures. Responsible for ongoing quality, productivity and efficiency in Wound Ostomy Care Services.

 

Work Status: Full Time/Exempt

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm

What We're Looking For:

  • Education: 4 Year Bachelor's Degree of Nursing required, BS considered.

     

  • 2 Years Clinical nursing experience required, 3 years preferred.
  • Current RN licensure in appropriate state required.
  • Certification in Wound/Ostomy care preferred. Requireed within 3 years of hire.
  • Completion of Wound/Ostomy Course provided by accredited program. This must be completed within 2 years of hire and certification should be achieved within 6 months to 1 year aftedr program is complete.
What You'll Do:

The Wound/Ostomy Specialist RN is responsible for achieving standards of care, collaborating with physicians, managers, clinical coordinators and other team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualized patient care in accordance with the current policies and procedures. Responsible for ongoing quality, productivity and efficiency in Wound Ostomy Care Services.

 

  • Leadership: Provide coordination for wound/ostomy/continence program, services, resources and standards. Assure completion of required credentialing/skills validation and competency testing. Assure national WOCN standards of care are implemented. Demonstrate advanced practice skills with expertise in clinical decision making and independently incorporating concepts of standards in wound/ostomy/continence. Attend training and seminars to maintain clinical expertise. Serve as a resource for nurses, physicians and other health care professionals. Support Shared Governance Model.
  • Quality Improvement: Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient plans of care and on the best science, best service and best cost. Improve the outcomes of patients with wounds, ostomy and special skin care needs. Identify opportunities to improve core processes based on input from staff and customers.
  • Manage Resources: Monitor bed therapy utilization, wound vac utilization, ostomy products, wound care supplies, clinic supplies, etc. Identify opportunities to enhance efficiency in bed therapy program. Participate in decision making regarding contract negotiation, capital expenditures and supplies related to bed therapy and wound/ostomy/continence care. Design, implement, and evaluate cast effective quality and regulatory initiatives.
  • Patient Care & Education Counseling: Provide education to the patient/significant others, health care providers and community at large related to disease management, prevention and episodic care. Document patient understanding/ outcomes of education provided. Provide feedback on effectiveness of the patient education. Monitor outcomes of patient/health education. Provide direct patient care for patients with complex and/or special needs related to wound/ostomy/continence.

Job Tags

Full time, Contract work, Monday to Friday,

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