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Registered Nurse - Wound Care Specialist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
The Wound Care Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients and oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants, as appropriate to the setting. Identifies and institutes preventive and treatment measure and monitors results of wound care delivered. Provide colleagues with useful tools to improve wound care knowledge, assessment, and management skills.
What You'll Do
- →The Wound Care Specialist RN assumes the following major duties and responsibilities: 1.
- →Provides expert hands-on care for individual patients with acute or chronic wounds (e.g., advanced treatment modalities; conservative sharp instrumental wound debridement of devitalized tissue or chemical cauterization per physician order, etc.). 2.
- →Serves as a consultant to provide insight and potential solutions for complex clinical cases to improve patient care and outcomes. 3.
- →Uses judgment and critical thinking skills to assess, diagnose, and identify outcomes; develop and implement an individualized care plan; and evaluate care of the patient with an acute or chronic wound. 4.
- →Uses evidence-based assessment techniques, instruments, tools, and available data and information to identify problems and needs of the patient with an acute or chronic wound. 5.
- →Collects pertinent data (e.g., biological, physical, functional, psychosocial, etc.) using a systemic process to identify the patient's needs. 6.
- →Synthesizes and prioritizes assessment data to provide focused care for the patient with an acute or chronic wound. 7.
- →Assesses the impact of family dynamics, and cultural and religious beliefs on the patient's care needs. 8.
- →Formulates culturally sensitive, expected outcomes based on the assessment and diagnosis. 9.
- →Uses evidence-based knowledge and research findings to guide practice and develop strategies/interventions to manage care to achieve appropriate goals and outcomes for patients with acute or chronic wounds. 10.
- →Assists the patient with an acute or chronic wound identify options for care. 11.
- →Conducts an ongoing evaluation of the goals and outcomes for management of the patient with an acute or chronic wound; and uses assessment data to revise/modify the diagnosis, outcomes, plans, and strategies as warranted. 12.
- →Engages the patient with an acute or chronic wound in self-care to maximize independence and achieve goals for quality of life. 13.
- →Articulates the role and responsibilities of the WOC nurse to team members. 14.
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.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 2-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: - your performance and conduct; - the needs and interests of the agency; - whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and - whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Personality Fit
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