Registered Nurse, Wound Care (Full Time Days)

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System; Lafayette (LA); On-site; USD 62,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health system in Lafayette, LA, is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse for Wound Care. This role focuses on providing holistic patient care, managing clinical practice, and ensuring quality improvements. Ideal candidates will have a nursing degree, be licensed in Louisiana, and possess strong communication and clinical skills.

Qualifications

• Current Louisiana State license as RN and BLS certification required.
• Proficient in verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated computer skills for documentation and patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provides safe therapeutic care and integrates knowledge to meet patient needs.
• Performs psychosocial and physiologic assessments, formulates care plans.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives and maintains documentation.

Skills

Communication

Computer Skills

Clinical Judgment

Education

Graduate of accredited school of nursing

Job description

Registered Nurse, Wound Care (Full Time Days)

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What Makes Us Different?

At FMOLHS, we offer you so much more than just a job in the healthcare industry. We offer career opportunities for people who have a calling to share their gifts and talents as part of our healing ministry. As a Catholic hospital, we are here to create a spirit of healing. We offer you something special - the chance to do God's work by helping to serve people in need throughout our community, every day.

Job Description

What Makes Us Different?

At FMOLHS, we offer you so much more than just a job in the healthcare industry. We offer career opportunities for people who have a calling to share their gifts and talents as part of our healing ministry. As a Catholic hospital, we are here to create a spirit of healing. We offer you something special - the chance to do God's work by helping to serve people in need throughout our community, every day.

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse provides safe therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way, incorporating differences into the provision of care. Integrates knowledge, skills, and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum to include patient and family education. Relies on education and training to complete responsibilities within scope of licensure as registered nurse.

Minimum Requirements

Education - Graduate of accredited school of nursing

Special Skills - Proficient in the English language, verbal and written communication skills, computer skills

Licensure - Current Louisiana State license as RN and BLS certification

Apply now! Here, you are more than an employee. You are a team member, a co-worker, our friend and part of our family. Our healthcare team is working together to heal this community one patient at a time!

Responsibilities

• Clinical Practice and Care Management
• Performs psychosocial/physiologic assessments that integrates changing data
• Formulates a plan of care based on trends of similar patients, including patient education and discharge planning. Tailors and prioritizes caring practice to individual needs, including cultural/ ethical/ spiritual needs.
• Participates in the planning of routine transitional health care needs. (i.e. treatment options patient placement options, end of life options)
• Responds to changes in patient's needs and provides holistic care using independent clinical judgment based on knowledge drawn from education and experience.
• Adapts planned educational programs and information to individual patients and family by modifying teaching strategies or content. Integrates education during the delivery of patient care. Collaborates with patients/ families to identify realistic desired outcomes.
• Ensures efficiency in the delivery of care: determines immediate priorities and offers solution for problems.
• Actively advocates for patient rights and identifies potential conflict. Seeks counsel for resolution of conflict.
• Identifies variances from expected outcomes.
• Evaluates patient outcomes and makes revisions in the plan of care.
• Documents all patient care activities as per documentation standards. Assists the healthcare team with the documentation process.
• Communication and Collaboration
• Consistently communicates/collaborates with the health care team members, patients and families to maximize patient outcomes.
• Appropriately delegates patient care activities to other health care team members and participates in making and revising staff assignments to achieve maximum productivity.
• Maintains knowledge regarding unit initiatives and incorporates the outcomes of the team/ committees work into practice.
• Participates on unit teams, work groups and/ or committees. Anticipates needs and voluntarily assists others.
• Quality
• Demonstrates knowledge of unit-based quality improvement initiatives.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives by utilizing standards, guidelines, and pathways for care delivery.
• Incorporates evidence-based practice and research findings into nursing practice to enhance outcomes.
• Professional Development
• Acts as a clinical resource and serves as a mentor to health care team members; displays leadership behaviors.
• Identifies own learning needs based on self-evaluation and the progress made from the previous year's goals.
• Accountable for all documentation and completion of all required continuing education and competencies relevant to area of practice as defined by clinical management.
• Ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning.
• Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice, serves as a resource, preceptor, and mentor. Leadership skills in critical thinking, decision-making, and problem solving.
• Other duties
• Consistently performs 12 organizational Service Standards focused on Values, Service and Quality.
  
  

Qualifications

Education - Graduate of accredited school of nursing

Special Skills - Proficient in the English language, verbal and written communication skills, computer skills

Licensure - Current Louisiana State license as RN and BLS certification

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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