Inpatient Wound Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

Apex Home Health, Hospice & Home Care; St. Louis (MO); Vor Ort; USD 75.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Apex Home Health, Hospice & Home Care is seeking an Inpatient Wound Ostomy Clinician to provide expert care for hospitalized patients with wounds, ostomies, and continence issues. You will assess, plan, and implement advanced wound care while educating patients and families.

You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to optimize outcomes, document care in the EMR, and contribute to quality and safety initiatives.

Qualifikationen

• Strong clinical knowledge of wound, ostomy, and continence management.
• Ability to create evidence-based, patient-centered care plans.
• Proficiency with advanced wound care and ostomy products.
• Excellent communication and teaching skills.
• Collaborative, interdisciplinary mindset.
• Accurate EMR documentation and commitment to quality/safety.

Aufgaben

• Perform comprehensive skin, wound, ostomy, and continence assessments
• Develop evidence-based care plans to support healing and prevent complications
• Select and apply advanced dressings and ostomy products
• Collaborate with physicians, nursing staff, and therapists to optimize patient outcomes
• Educate patients, families, and staff on wound and ostomy management
• Document assessments and care in the EMR
• Support quality and safety initiatives
• Contribute to clinical policy, protocols, and staff training

Kenntnisse

Wound care

Ostomy care

Care planning

EMR documentation

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Patient education

Quality & safety

Staff training

Jobbeschreibung

Inpatient Wound Ostomy Clinician provides expert care for hospitalized patients, specializing in wounds, ostomies, and continence.

Key duties

• Perform comprehensive skin, wound, ostomy, and continence assessments
• Develop evidence-based care plans to support healing and prevent complications
• Select and apply advanced dressings and ostomy products
• Collaborate with physicians, nursing staff, and therapists to optimize patient outcomes
• Educate patients, families, and staff on wound and ostomy management
• Document assessments and care in the EMR
• Support quality and safety initiatives
• Contribute to clinical policy, protocols, and staff training

Required Qualifications/skills

• Strong clinical knowledge of wound, ostomy, and continence management
• Ability to create evidence-based, patient-centered care plans
• Proficiency with advanced wound care and ostomy products
• Excellent communication and teaching skills
• Collaborative, interdisciplinary mindset
• Accurate EMR documentation and commitment to quality/safety