Registered Nurse - Spinal Cord Injury Wound Care

Veterans Health Administration; New York (NY); On-site; USD 108,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Spinal Cord Injury Wound Care unit at the VA Medical Center in Bronx, NY.

The SCI Wound Care RN will lead complex wound care, coordinate care with interprofessional teams, provide education to staff, and help implement evidence-based treatment plans to improve patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in wound care management and leadership within an acute care setting.
• Ability to develop and implement wound care plans and education for clinical staff.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care as an expert clinician in wound management, including ostomy and continence care.
• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans throughout the continuum of care.
• Lead interprofessional initiatives to monitor pressure injuries and wound outcomes.
• Educate clinical staff to ensure evidence-based, consistent care.
• Procure wound therapies, products and supplies to enable timely treatment.

Skills

Wound care

Clinical leadership

Job description

Registered Nurse - Spinal Cord Injury Wound Care

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Spinal Cord Injury Wound Care unit at the VA Medical Center in Bronx, NY.

Key Responsibilities

The Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Wound Care Registered Nurse (RN) executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to the management of complex wound care patients. Coordinates care by serving as an expert clinician and patient/resident advocate in wound management (which may include ostomy and continence care).

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, lnter-professional 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.

Participates in the administration of education to all clinical staff to support the delivery of current, evidenced based care to assure consistency, uniformity, and quality of care. Monitors effectiveness of education provided and assures evidence-based current content of education. Defines process for procuring wound therapies, products, and supplies for the IPIC and clinical staff to facilitate timely implementation of wound treatment and management strategies.

Collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines. Responsible for the documented wound care outcomes at the program or service level. Wound Care program level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility.

The SCI Wound Care RN has vast wound care experience and knowledge with the situations in which they are ultimately expected to perform, skillfully integrating theoretical concepts, strong critical thinking skills, and exhibits an expert technically skilled practice.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $108092 – $180197/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-16.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.