Job ID#: 3538
Category: Healthcare
Clinical resource for patients and staff for ostomy, Continence Disorders, Acute and Chronic Wound and Skin breakdown and Fistulae.
Provides direct wound and ostomy care in the inpatient and outpatient setting.
Provides patient/family teaching and instruction of wound and ostomy management both pre and post operatively.
Assists the healthcare team in the evaluation of skin and wound products and equipment along with providing educational programs, in-services and bedside teaching for the nursing staff.
Maintains an update with skin care practices and shares advances in wound and skin care assessments, evaluations, treatments and prevention measures.
Assesses all patients with a pressure injury staged at a 3 or above and sees all patients that have developed a hospital acquired pressure injury (HAPI) and meets appropriate reporting requirements.
Assesses overall hospital needs and practices to eliminate HAPIs.
· Required:
Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN)
A minimum of four years of clinical experience
Two years of experience in Wound and Ostomy preferred.
Active CA RN license
Wound and Ostomy Certification