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Registered Nurse- Wound and Ostomy Care
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
Registered Nurse (Certified Wound Care, Ostomy and Continence Specialist) utilizes the nursing process to manage conditions such as acute wounds, chronic wounds, fistulas, vascular ulcers, pressure ulcers, arterial ulcers, venous ulcers, neuropathic ulcers and functional disorders of the bowel and bladder. This position is located at the Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital and will be required to float between Acute Care, Long Term Care and Spinal Cord Injury.
What You'll Do
- →The Certified Wound Care and Ostomy Care Registered Nurse (RN) reports to the Chief Nurse and is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care.
- →Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on skin and wound etiology.
- →The RN has continuing responsibility for the following functions: Coordinates orders and delivery of inpatient wound, ostomy supplies and specility mattresses; implement comprehensive and evidence-based program for prevention and maintenance of skin and wounds.
- →Provides patient and staff education in areas of ostomy/continent diversion care, wound and fistula management, prevention and management of skin breakdown/chronic wounds, hospital acquired pressure injury prevention, bowel and bladder management; assist staff to initiate appropriate discharge referrals based on evaluation of patient's physical, psychological and self-care status.
- →Position may entail additional duties as assigned.
- →Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.
- →Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines.
- →Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.
- →Provides leadership and oversight to non certified wound care team members using strong critical thinking skills and exhibiting a robust technically skilled wound care practice Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex client care.
- →Analyzes resources available to staff and identifies risk areas, including quality metrics, supplies, equipment, availability of data and information.
- →Provides specialized wound consultation and collaboration with providers, peers, and others in health care to develop, implement, and assure continuity of individualized treatment plans throughout the continuum of care.
- →Provides leadership based on an interprofessional approach to wound care to ensure implementation of effective treatment strategies and decisions.
- →Coordination with local quality management/improvement and/or safety team, Interprofessional Pressure Injury/skin Committee (IPIC) and other specialty service lines to monitor and report data (pressure injury/wound) and quality reports.
- →Identifies programmatic steps to reduce risk and incidence of pressure injuries.
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.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓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.
- ✓IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Note: All Registered Nurses must be a graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
Personality Fit
Job ID: 5a823bd0-2935-4d42-88fe-2e35173ebf8d
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