Wound Care Nurse

Bethany Children’s Health Center; Bethany (AR); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Bethany Children’s Health Center in Bethany, OK is seeking a Wound Care Nurse to serve as a clinical expert for wound prevention, assessment, treatment, and skin integrity management. This role collaborates with nursing, rehabilitation, physicians, nutrition, infection prevention, and families to promote healing and prevent complications.

Responsibilities include comprehensive wound assessments, developing evidence-based plans, leading pressure-injury prevention initiatives, and coaching staff

Qualifications

• RN license in Oklahoma required.
• Associate degree in nursing; bachelor’s preferred.
• Minimum 2 years’ RN/LPN experience; wound care/pediatric experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive skin and wound assessments and develop evidence-based treatment plans.
• Lead pressure injury prevention initiatives and staff coaching.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to optimize patient outcomes.
• Provide education and bedside coaching on wound care, documentation, and skin integrity maintenance.
• Coordinate wound care program and participate in quality improvement activities.

Skills

Clinical nursing

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Communication

Education

Associate degree in nursing

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Bethany Children’s Health Center - Bethany, OK 73008

Job Shift: Direct Patient Care

The Wound Care Nurse serves as a clinical expert for wound prevention, assessment, treatment, and skin integrity management. This role works collaboratively with nursing, rehabilitation, medical staff, nutrition services, infection prevention, and patient families to promote healing, prevent complications, and improve quality outcomes related to pressure injuries, surgical wounds, gastrostomy sites, tracheostomy sites, and other complex pediatric wounds.

• Performs comprehensive skin and wound assessments for all patients requiring consultation, including pressure injuries, surgical wounds, ostomy sites, gastrostomy sites, tracheostomy sites, and other complex wounds. Develops individualized evidence-based treatment plans and recommendations.20%
• Leads pressure injury prevention initiatives through patient rounding, risk assessment review, staff coaching, and implementation of best practices to reduce hospital-acquired pressure injuries.20%
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams including physicians, therapists, respiratory therapists, nutrition services, infection prevention, and nursing teams to optimize patient outcomes.15%
• Provides consultation, education, competency validation, and bedside coaching to nursing staff regarding wound treatment, dressing selection, documentation requirements, and skin integrity maintenance.15%
• Coordinates the organization's wound care program, including serving as Chair or designated coordinator of the Wound Care Committee or interdisciplinary wound care workgroup, as applicable. Facilitates meetings, reviews quality data and wound care practices, coordinates action items, and promotes ongoing standardization and evidence-based practice.10%
• Monitors wound care outcomes and quality metrics. Participates in regulatory readiness, accreditation surveys, root cause analyses, quality improvement projects, and policy development.10%
• Leads or assists with product evaluation and wound care supply management; supports wound care-related clinical trials and research activities, as applicable; facilitates implementation of evidence-based practices; and develops, reviews, and standardizes wound care treatment protocols throughout the organization.5%
• Other duties as assigned.5%

QualificationsEducation:Associate’s degree in nursing; Bachelor’s degree in Nursing preferred. Ability to speak, understand, read, and write English required.

Experience:Minimum two (2) years of RN or LPN experience required. Experience in wound care, pediatric nursing, rehabilitation nursing, critical care, or long-term care preferred.

License/Certification/Credential:Registration and current RN license in Oklahoma. CPR and PALS Certification. Wound Care Certification (WCC, CWCN, CWON, CWOCN, WOCN or equivalent) preferred.

About Us

Our work begins where we are all equal - at the heart.

Bethany Children’s Health Center (formerly The Children’s Center Rehabilitation Hospital) located in Bethany, Oklahoma is an innovative leader in the field of pediatric rehabilitation and 24-hour complex care. The ACHC accredited hospital offers inpatient and outpatient services for children (ages 0-21) and is the only inpatient pediatric rehabilitation facility in Oklahoma. Our CARF accredited multidisciplinary team works with patients and their families to maximize the patient’s physical and cognitive potential, and ensure the family has the training and resources needed for a smooth transition from hospital to home.

In order to maximize the potential of every child, we must maximize the potential of every employee. We are committed to providing staff with the physical, emotional, spiritual, financial and mental resources necessary to achieve their potential and meet our standards of excellence.

BCHC offers competitive compensation, benefits, state-of-the-art equipment and wellness programs.

Opportunities for professional growth include in-service training, leadership development, tuition reimbursement and scholarships.

Due to the nature of our pediatric services, this organization’s positions are classified as safety-sensitive roles. Under the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Use and Patient Protection Act (OMMA), a safety sensitive position is defined as any job that includes tasks or duties that the employer believes could affect the safety and health of the employee performing the task or others. This statute allows Bethany Children’s Health Center to refuse to hire an applicant or discharge an employee in a safety-sensitive position, who tests positive for marijuana even if the applicant or employee holds a valid Oklahoma medical marijuana license.