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Nurse- Wound Care
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 25 days ago
About the Role
The Dayton, Ohio VA Medical Center is looking for a Registered Nurse (RN) for Wound Care within the Acute Care Nursing Services Care team.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties include but not limited to: Assess, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on skin and wound assessment findings.
- →Demonstrates proficiency in performing the full scope of wound assessment and management including measurement, staging of pressure injuries, cleansing, application compression therapy, and selection and application of wound care treatments and therapies.
- →Completes comprehensive skin and wound assessments and recommends appropriate prevention and/or treatment interventions (and may include ostomy and continence care).
- →Treatment recommendation may include wound dressings, advanced therapies, specialty mattresses, innovative technology (mobile application, 3D imaging, Tele-Wound, etc.) and other resources.
- →Provides timely and accurate documentation of skin and wound issues using Veterans Affairs (VA) approved enterprise standardized electronic health record (EHR) system.
- →Seeks guidance in how to improve wound care provided to patients.
- →Delegates elements of care to the appropriate individual based upon assessed needs, condition, and safety of the patient.
- →The Wound Care RN brings principles and theory with limited application of critical thinking skills.
- →Performs other duties as assigned.
- →Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: e869a203-eb4d-4d9c-9bb7-07609241de05
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