Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Clinical Nurse

2 weeks ago


Douglasville, Georgia, United States Wellstar Health System Full time
Job Summary

The Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Clinical Nurse (WOCN) is a licensed caregiver who practices in a competent manner, upholding the voice of the patient, system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals in the clinical environment that employs a shared governance model. This role requires a strong understanding of wound, ostomy, and continence care, as well as the ability to work collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams to provide comprehensive patient care.

Key Responsibilities
  • Acts as a consultant to the physician, providing evaluations of patients and developing individualized, evidence-based plans of care that address wounds, fistulas, ostomies, and continence issues at the specialist level.
  • Responds to the physician consult request by writing orders within the WOCN scope of practice and standing orders for other nurses to follow.
  • Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence-based practice; analytical/critical thinking insuring that care is individualized; coordinating care through effective partnerships; caring is central to achieve optimal patient care outcomes.
  • Provides relationship-based care delivery patient-centered care by partnering with the patient and significant others (as appropriate) using comprehensive hand-off communication processes; interdisciplinary evaluation and communication (i.e., unit rounds, case reviews, peer review, etc.); just in time and planned patient teaching; keeping the patient informed using appropriate communication tools and making the patient's goals the focus of the plan of care.
  • Practices using current clinical practice standards with a focus on safety and quality.
Requirements
  • Graduate of an accredited/approved school of nursing: Baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited school of nursing.
  • National certification in area of specialty.
  • Minimum 3 years as a staff nurse in an acute care setting.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Nursing education from an accredited school of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing (WOCN) program.
  • National certification in the area specialty of Certified Hyperbaric Registered Nurse (CHRN) by the National Board of Diving & Hyperbaric Medical Technology.


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