WOCN Specialist RN — Wound, Ostomy & Continence

Wellstar Health System; Roswell (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wellstar Health System is seeking a skilled Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Clinical Nurse (WOCN) to provide expert care for patients with GI, GU, and integumentary conditions.

You will work under the Nurse Manager, serve as a resource to nursing and medical staff, and deliver comprehensive care in a complex patient population within a facility that emphasizes evidence-based practice and shared governance.

Responsibilities

• Exemplary Practice and Outcomes
• Acts as a consultant to the physician, providing evaluations of patients and developing individualized, evidence-based plans of care that address wounds, fistulas, ostomies, and continence issues at the specialist level.
• Responds to the physician consult request by writing orders within the WOCN scope of practice and standing orders for other nurses to follow.
• Provides education to the patient and family pre- and post-op and guidance for psychosocial, sexual and body image adaption to promote optimal client outcomes.
• Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence-based practice; coordinating care through effective partnerships.

Job description

The Wellstar Health System is seeking a skilled Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Clinical Nurse (WOCN) to provide expert care for patients with GI, GU, and integumentary conditions.

You will work under the Nurse Manager, serve as a resource to nursing and medical staff, and deliver comprehensive care in a complex patient population within a facility that emphasizes evidence-based practice and shared governance.