Wound Care Specialist

4 weeks ago

Peoria, Arizona, United States Carle Health Full time
Job Summary:

Carle Health is seeking a skilled Wound Care Specialist to join our team. As a Hyperbaric Registered Nurse, you will provide expertise in the management of wound, ostomy, and skin care in our Wound Center. You will also provide consultation to acute care patient care units, contributing professional nursing knowledge and skills in the provision and management of care to patients and their families.

Responsibilities:

• Provide wound, ostomy, and skin care management to patients in our Wound Center
• Consult with acute care patient care units on wound, ostomy, and skin care management
• Conduct patient assessments to evaluate their status and develop individualized care plans
• Educate patients and their families on wound, ostomy, and skin care management
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure comprehensive patient care

Requirements:

• Associate's Degree in Nursing
• Registered Professional Nurse (RN) License in Illinois
• Certified Hyperbaric Registered Nurse (CHRN) certification within 3 years
• 1-3 years of experience in medical/surgical clinical settings

Skills and Knowledge:

• Advanced reading, writing, and oral communication skills
• Ability to respond appropriately to customer and coworker interactions
• Maintain confidential information
• Basic computer knowledge, including word processing, spreadsheet, email, and web browser skills

Essential Functions:

• Clinical Excellence / Patient Care
• Communicates patient care effectively
• Performs safe and effective operation of hyperbaric chambers and system components
• Administers hyperbaric oxygen therapy to patients as prescribed by the hyperbaric physician
• Assists with monoplace patient prep and provides technical expertise to physicians and staff
• Processes and maintains hyperbaric supplies and equipment maintenance and inspection files
• Calls physicians/offices to clarify physician orders
• Assesses data reflective of the patient's status and interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's educational requirements
• Ensures wound/ostomy/skin plan of care is understood by those in the continuum of care
• Documents patient's response to interventions
• Performs thorough and accurate patient assessments to evaluate the patient's status, level of knowledge, and determine readiness for education
• Considers special patient needs when delivering nursing care
• Evaluates patient/family cultural needs to promote comfort and compliance to prescribed regimens
• Evaluates patient/family cognitive skills and adjusts education accordingly
• Possesses knowledge and skills necessary to obtain adequate lab specimens for testing
• Performs patient bedside lab testing and associated quality control in compliance with medical provider's orders and hospital lab procedures/policies
• Performs department data collection, post-treatment follow-up calls, and quality reviews
• Understands NFPA guidelines specific to hyperbaric chambers
• Provides effective and quality wound care education and documentation to ensure optimal level of care
• Maintains knowledge of skin care, wound, and ostomy trends, standards, and education
• Demonstrates knowledge of required nursing care for individual procedures/treatments
• Provides accurate patient education and discharge instructions
• Facilitates product evaluation for ostomy and wound/skin care products
• Works collaboratively with staff nurses
• Utilizes the nursing process by assessing the learner and teaching situations, formulating a plan for teaching, providing the education directly or by assisting other staff, and evaluating the teaching process
• Timely documents teaching efforts and outcomes
• Provides patient education
• Documents patient care and any changes in patient's status thoroughly and accurately
• Documents patient/family education and assessment of patient/family learning
• Assesses patients/family to desired educational method and includes that delivery method in education

Carle Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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