Wound Nurse, Acute Rehab, 35hrs/wk, Lincoln

Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 52,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Madonna in Lincoln is seeking a Wound Nurse for the Acute Rehab unit. This non-exempt, full-time role (35 hours per week, Monday–Friday) focuses on wound prevention and treatment, staff education, and collaboration with physicians and treatment centers to ensure high-quality patient care.

The position requires ongoing wound care experience, CPR certification, and strong leadership and organizational skills to support the wound program and Madonna's mission.

Qualifications

• Two years nursing experience required.
• Experience in wound care required.
• Leadership and organizational skills to effectively represent Madonna in the community and department.
• Flexibility in work hours to meet the needs of clinical areas.
• CPR for Health Care Provider/CPR for Professional Rescuer.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes nursing process to care for patients with wounds and educates staff and families.
• Collaborates with physicians and interdisciplinary teams to optimize patient care.
• Mentors nursing staff and develops staff education offerings.
• administers prescribed medications and treatments within scope of practice.

Skills

Leadership

Organizational skills

Flexibility

Job description

Wound Nurse, Acute Rehab, 35hrs/wk, Lincoln

Job ID: 0007QC

Full Time - Day

Job Description

Job Title: Wound Nurse Status: Non-exempt Schedule: Monday-Friday, 35 hours per week, no weekends/holidays JOB OVERVIEW

• Wound Nurse plays an essential role in advancing and supporting nursing practice for patients with a wide range of wound care needs.
• This includes the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers, as well as the management of surgical, vascular, and diabetic wounds.
• In this position, the nurse demonstrates clinical expertise through the consistent application of the nursing process, ensuring that patients receive the highest quality of care.
• The Wound Nurse functions as an educator and resource for the wound program, providing guidance to staff, patients, and families.
• Acting as a liaison, the nurse fosters collaboration between Madonna and physicians, specialty treatment centers, and physician offices, strengthening communication and continuity of care.
• Responsible for maintaining quality professional nursing service by exhibiting participation and leadership in formal and informal consultation.
• Work will be performed in an ethical and legal manner following organizational policies, processes, protocols and procedures.
• Responsible for quality service delivery and internal/external customer relations for Madonna as a whole, including upholding the mission and values for the department and facility.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Utilizes the nursing process, relevant and current literature and clinical research findings as a theoretical framework for the patient with various types of wounds.
• Analyzes, initiates and coordinates the integration of standards in health care into the facility’s practice of nursing.
• Adheres to nursing patient care practices, protocols and standards of care and competencies to support the wound program to ensure quality and cost effectiveness of intervention.
• Contributes to the development of practice standards and operational definitions to ensure quality patient care delivery.
• Assesses patient conditions and progress, reports adverse changes or reactions to appropriate team members.
• Administers prescribed medications and treatments within scope of practice.
• Resource for new clinical standards into the clinical practice setting.
• Assists in the development of standards of care, protocols and staff development offerings.
• Communicates and collaborates with physicians and all internal and external health care providers to maximize resources, broaden scope of practice knowledge and improve patient care delivery to patients with all types of wounds.
• Delivers, coordinates and/or mentors nursing care of the wound population in accordance with physician orders, facility policy and operational definitions and nursing intervention.
• Instructs staff and students through formal and informal presentations on current care practices and other educational programs to insure quality.
• Serves as a mentor for staff by demonstrating a high level of personal productivity, modifying or adapting to the situation, demonstrating problem solving ability while exhibiting creativity, flexibility and stability.
• Serves as a mentor for staff by demonstrating ability to conceptualize and coordinate a plan of action in the delivery of nursing care or development of programs associated with the patient with any type of wound.
• Instructs patient and family by explanation, demonstration and supervised practice to assist patient to be as independent as possible.
• Negotiates with interdisciplinary team to arrive at decisions for patients plan of care.
• Identifies and assists with coordinating staff development needs collaboratively with the hospital education staff, physicians and specialty clinics.
• Follows instruction from supervisor to perform other functions as assigned in order to meet the goals within the system.
• Sets up, operates, manipulates and tends various medical machines and equipment such as, wound vac, ventilators, suction machines.
• Operates personal computer to access data and information to assist in efficient patient care operations.
• Operates and tends various non-medical machines such as, but not limited to the telephone, copy machine, and fax machine to assist with the smooth flow of work.
• Maintains a clean, organized and safe environment.
• Handles and operates all necessary equipment and performs required duties according to established safety standards to maintain compliance with regulations and prevent injury.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

Light work, lifting 20 pounds occasionally or lifting and carrying 20 pounds occasionally. May need to assist in patient/employee transfer as necessary. May be exposed to biohazardous materials when using sharps and during dressing changes. Indoor work.

QUALIFICATIONS

• CPR for Health Care Provider/CPR for Professional Rescuer.
• Two years nursing experience required.
• Requires experience in wound care.
• Flexibility in work hours to meet the needs of the clinical areas.
• Must possess leadership and organizational skills to effectively achieve positive results and represent Madonna in the community in a positive manner.

Background checks are conducted. When specific authorization forms are requested so that full background and history can be obtained, employees/applicants must sign the form(s) requested.

Requirements

The following are requirements in addition to any stated in the above description.

Licenses

You must have the following licenses to apply:

REGISTERED NURSE, REGISTERED NURSE, CPR, and CPR