Staff RN - Wound Care
Good Samaritan · United States
Job Summary: Administers care and education to designated patients per request of physicians or nurses. Provides resources, education and leadership to the nursing staff and communicates interdepartmentally.
Essential Job Duties:
Assess patient need for self-care instructions in diabetes, wound care, ostomy care, bowel and bladder training.
Collaborates with nursing staff to develop the plan of care for patients requiring education and/or intervention in diabetes, wound, ostomy, bowel and bladder care.
Initiates instruction and promotes self-care.
Implements strategies to provide patient, significant other, and staff participation in health promotion.
Utilizes age specific criteria in prescribing appropriate action to meet the needs of patients.
Completes documentation in electronic medical record, including target assessment, treatment plan, implementation and evaluation of status and outcomes.
Maintains communication both intra and interdepartmentally for continuity of care and patient education.
Coordinates and manages department Performance Improvement as well as educating all stakeholder on process and corrective actions.
Seeks educational resources and creates learning experiences to enhance and maintain current knowledge and skills for his/her competence in nursing practice and individual professional growth.
Secondary Job Duties:
1. Completes other duties and special projects as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
Education -- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Current Registered Nurse licensure in the state of Indiana.
Experience -- Three years of nursing practice and teaching experience.
Reports to: 4GM Nurse Manager and Director of Perioperative Services.