Registered Nurse (RN) - Outpatient Wound Care Clinic

St. Elizabeth HealthCare; Covington (KY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

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Job summary

St. Elizabeth Healthcare is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) for our Outpatient Wound Care Clinic in Covington, Kentucky. This full-time 32-hour/week position offers day shifts with no evenings, weekends, or holidays and includes travel to Covington, Ft. Thomas, and Grant clinic sites.

You will provide evidence-based nursing care and coordinate wound care management, with opportunities to advance to case management. Some HBO-related duties may apply, training provided.

Qualifications

• Graduate from accredited School of Nursing.
• Compact multi-state license in primary state of residence (if eligible).
• Licensed to practice nursing in the state where work is performed.
• Meets contact hour requirements for licensure.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based clinical nursing care using the nursing process.
• Delegate tasks to licensed and unlicensed health care team members as appropriate.
• Assess and coordinate care for patients needing wound care assessment, management and treatment.
• May advance to case manager; may act in dual role as Hyperbaric Registered Nurse (HRN) under HBO physician direction.

Education

Graduate from accredited School of Nursing

Job description

Registered Nurse (RN) - Outpatient Wound Care Clinic

1500 James Simpson Jr. Way Covington, Kentucky

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Job Type:

Regular

Scheduled Hours:

32

Why You’ll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare

At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do.

Benefits That Support You

We invest in you — personally and professionally.

Enjoy:

• - Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days.
• - Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules
• - Retirement savings with employer match
• - Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
• - Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs
• - Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility

Job Summary:

St. Elizabeth Healthcare is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) for our Outpatient Wound Care Clinic.

Shift/Hours: Full-Time 32 hours/week - First Shift. No evenings, weekends, or holidays!

Position requires travel to our Covington, Ft. Thomas, and Grant clinic sites.

Job Description:

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The RN OP Wound Care/HBO is a professional nurse who is responsible and accountable for providing evidence-based clinical care to designated patients utilizing the nursing process. Responsible to delegate tasks appropriately to other licensed and unlicensed health care team members. Responsible for providing assessment and coordination of the care of patients requiring wound care assessment, management, and treatment. The RN OP Wound Care/ HBO will work in an intake/wrap up role initially with potential opportunity to advance to case manager. This position may also act in the dual role of Hyperbaric Registered Nurse (HRN). In addition to responsibilities of the Outpatient Wound Care Registered Nurse, the HRN acts as the attendant and control operator of the hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) chamber under the direction of the HBO physician. Hyperbaric oxygen experience is not necessary for this position and additional training can be obtained within the role.

Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.

Education, Credentials, Licenses:

• Graduate from accredited School of Nursing
• If eligible, must have a Compact (multi-state) License in their primary state of residence.
• Licensed to practice nursing in the state where work is being performed.
• Meets contact hour requirements for licensure, including all state-required courses.
• Focus of education promotes nurses’ ability to practice in clinical area assigned.
• As HRN, able to complete or completion of Undersea Hyperbaric Medicine Society (UHMS) approved HBO Team Training Course.

Specialized Knowledge:

• Knowledgeable regarding basic wound care principles and practices.

Kind and Length of Experience:

• Successful completion of preceptorship and orientation to the health system and clinical area.
• Able to critically think and problem solve in clinical situations.
• One year current clinical nursing experience.

FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

Right Career. Right Here. If you're looking for the right careers in healthcare, the right place to be is at St. Elizabeth. Join us, and you'll take pride in the level of care we offer our community.

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Ref. Number
JR314477
Job Category
Nursing
Job Type
RN
Department
Covington Outpatient Wound Care
Shift
1st Shift
Hours
32 hours