Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital, Bradford/HaverhillWound Care Specialist (RN) - CertifiedFull-Time Days, 40 hours/week
Tuesday through Saturday
We are looking for a Certified Wound Care RN to join our nursing team within our beautiful Rehabilitation Hospital conveniently located off of 495 on Ward Hill in Bradford Mass.
Essential Duties:- Acts as a role model for professional practice in wound care (in outpatient wound clinic and inpatient as necessary)
- Provides and/or coordinates patient care, including appropriate referrals for required services and necessary equipment to meet the wound care needs of the patient.
- Participates in interdisciplinary meetings as appropriate.
- Evaluates equipment needs and makes recommendations to the Director of Nursing and Clinical Services appropriately.
- Is responsible for equipment management by providing education and monitoring safety.
- Collaborates with affiliating agencies to meet the care needs of the wound care patients.
- Initiates a nursing assessment of patient's condition upon admission to the wound clinic.
- Assesses and interprets reports communicating findings with the assigned physician.
- Recognizes and assesses initial alterations in the patient's body system and verbalizes this to other members of the health care team.
- Organizes assessment data for accuracy, completeness and confidentiality.
- Records assessment data in an orderly fashion and communicates, revises, and verbalizes pertinent information to other health care team members.
- Assesses, stages, measures wounds accurately and in accordance to policy.
- Photographs wounds according to policy and procedure.
- Identifies patient care situations that require intervention, implements nursing actions and evaluates responses.
- Provides consultation to nursing staff and other health care professionals.
- Provides leadership in the development, implementation and evaluation of standards of practice within specialty area.
- Collaborates with Director of Nursing, Clinical Services and the Coordinator of PI to identify learning needs of the staff.
Prerequisites:- Must be Wound Care Certified, CWS or CWCN/CWOCN
- Current RN Massachusetts License
- 3-5 years experience in geriatric/adolescent wound care services
- BSN preferred
Full Benefit Package including:- Paid Vacation, Sick and Holiday
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Long and Short term disability
- Accident, Hospital, Life and Critical Illness policies
- 401k, H.S.A, Flexible Spending