Wound Care Nurse (RN)

OhioHealth Rehabilitation Hospital; Dublin (OH); On-site; USD 55,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Orientation program

Tuition reimbursement

Continuing education opportunities

Clinical ladder program

Student debt benefit

PTO & Paid Sick Time

Medical, Rx, vision, EAP and dental

401(k) with company match

Life and disability protection

Job summary

OhioHealth Rehabilitation Hospital in Dublin, OH is seeking a Wound Care Nurse (Registered Nurse) to lead the hospital's wound care program and to establish standards of care across the hospital and affiliated programs in collaboration with Select Medical wound care experts. You will develop evidence-based clinical protocols and educational modules for wound care.

The role includes coordinating staff education, competency testing, and ongoing improvement of wound outcomes, with opportunities to

Qualifications

• Valid State RN License required.
• Previous hospital nursing experience required.
• Certified BLS required.
• Excellent presentation and organizational skills required.

Responsibilities

• Establish leadership role in the wound care program across hospitals and programs in collaboration with Select Medical wound care experts.
• Develop and deploy evidence-based clinical protocols and algorithms for wound management and update product formulary.
• Collaborate with Medical leadership on wound care initiatives, research questions, and outcome measures.
• Develop educational modules for wound care for internal and external education, including patient/family tools.
• Coordinate competency evaluation and testing for professional staff in collaboration with clinical departments.
• Maintain the education database and use it to plan future educational activities and programs.

Skills

RN license (state)

Hospital nursing experience

BLS certification

Excellent presentation & organization

Education

BSN preferred

WCC/CWCN/CWOCN/CWS preferred

Job description

Hospital Name: OhioHealth Rehabilitation Hospital

Joint venture/Partnership/Affiliation with Select Medical

Position: Wound Care Nurse (Registered Nurse)

Location: Dublin, OH

Schedule: Full-time

Compensation: $39.90 - $53 per hour

Our inpatient rehabilitation hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas.

We Support Your Career Growth And Personal Well-being

• Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
• Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities
• Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.
• Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program
• Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, employee assistance program (EAP) and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
• Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
• Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care
• Establishes a leadership role in the wound care program, establishing standards of care across the hospitals and programs in collaboration with Select Medical wound care experts.
• Develops and deploys evidence-based clinical protocols and algorithms to support the best clinical outcomes for wound management, including development and updating product formulary.
• Establishes competencies for clinicians regarding wound care.
• Collaborates with Medical leadership on wound care initiatives, research questions, and outcome measures to support program innovation and excellence.
• Develops educational modules for wound care to be used for internal and external education, including teaching tools for patients and families.
• Analyzes patterns of wounds across programs and hospitals, and identifies targeted PI activities to improve wound outcomes and mitigate pressure sore development.
• Establishes individual programs and courses directed at increasing staff knowledge, competency, and credentials in support of individual job objectives and the overall goals and mission of the organization.
• Coordinates competency evaluation and testing for professional staff in collaboration with clinical departments.
• Works in collaboration with Education department to assure coordination of all educational initiatives and activities to support the overall objectives and goals of the department and the organization.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of nursing and other clinical education programs.
• Maintains the database to track staff education, competency and credentials and utilizes the database to evaluate and plan for future educational activities and programs.
• Works under the direction of the Director of Education on nursing education projects and initiatives related to skin, wound and ostomy management.
• Collaborates with other members of the Education Department on joint educational initiatives.
• Performs other duties as requested.

Minimum Qualifications

• Valid State RN License required
• Previous hospital nursing experience required
• Certified BLS required
• Excellent presentation and organizational skills required

Preferred Qualifications

• BSN preferred
• WCC, CWCN, CWOCN or CWS preferred