Registered Nurse - Wound Care

Overview

Position Title: Registered Nurse (RN) - Wound Care

Schedule: Monday - Friday from 0730 - 16030

Location: Travis AFB

Benefits: Vested vacation, sick leave, holiday leave, Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Short Term Disability

Optional Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(K) matching with employee participation in 401(K) plan

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient care in collaboration with a wide array of healthcare professionals. Facilitate the achievement of optimal outcomes in relation to clinical care, quality and cost effectiveness.
• Ensure compliance with standards of care and practice in accordance with all established policies, procedures, and guidelines used in the MTF.
• Perform physical exam and health histories.
• Provide health promotions, counseling, and education.
• Administer medications, wound care, and numerous other personalized interventions.
• Clinically direct and supervise care provide by other healthcare professionals.
• Accountable for making patient care assignments based on the scope of practice and skill level of assigned personnel.
• Recognize adverse signs and symptoms and quickly react in emergency situations.
• Communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of people for the purpose of informing the healthcare team of plans/actions, for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization.
• Make referral appointments and arrange specialty care as appropriate.
• Perform nursing services identified in the TO.
• Conduct research in support of improved practice and patient outcomes.
• Manages the ostomy/wound program for the medical center.
• Develops policies, procedures, and protocols for the care of the ostomy wound patient. Coordinates, plans, directs, and evaluates the work of the multidisciplinary health care members involved in the care of the enterostomal patient.
• Assist nursing staff in recognizing risk factors and initial preventive measures through policy development and formal/informal in-services.
• Consults with physicians and nursing personnel on recommendations for the development of care plans for the patient and use of pressure reducing devices.
• Develops and coordinates education programs for hospital personnel, patients, and families relevant to the management of ostomy and skin care problems.
• Liaises with hospital supply companies and local ostomy associations to stay abreast of latest appliances, products, and techniques of care.
• Acts as Enterostomal Therapist in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Responds to requests for nurse consultant services.
• Provides acute rehabilitative care for people with select disorders of the gastrointestinal, genitourinary and integumentary systems.
• Provides preoperative and postoperative counseling, to include identification of the site of the ostomy, expected results of the surgery, dealing with the stoma, family counseling and adjustments, and providing outpatient clinical care.
• Prior to surgery explains the operative procedure and expectations, discusses the disease process and explains and teaches the function of ostomy.
• Visits postoperative ostomy patients, evaluates process of patient and family in acceptance of ostomate, and recommends necessary therapy.
• Fits patients with ostomy appliance and teaches patients evaluation order control.
• Regularly consults with patient’s physician to discuss progress and plan and care.
• Instructs patient in appliance wear, irregularities of appliance fitting, supply, recording, skin care and medications used to maintain a health skin texture.
• Teaches patients and families about potential skin problems and anticipated changes in regiment of care when ostomate is receiving chemotherapy and radiation therapy, dietary changes, and activity and other potential problems.
• Provides sexual adjustment counseling, addresses patients concerns, acknowledges expressions and provides practical suggestions.
• Maintains clinical records of patient treatment and care plans.
• Evaluates patients at risk for skin breakdown with recommendations for preventative measures.
• Enlists cooperation of nursing staff to individualize patient care and familiarize the staff with new innovations in ostomy and skin care supplies and procedures and in reinforcing emotional support to lessen the impact of hospitalization for the new ostomate.
• Identifies training need and provides reliable related in-service training to staff.
• Hyperbaric Medicine Clinic. The Registered Nurse (Wound Care) may be required to periodically work in the Hyperbaric Medicine Clinic, assist in outpatient wound c