Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse

Texas Children's Hospital; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children’s Hospital is seeking a Wound Ostomy Nurse to deliver comprehensive wound and ostomy nursing care for patients, from neonates to adults, with family-centered and cost-conscious approaches. The role supports acute, critical and outpatient settings at the TCH Medical Center.

The ideal candidate has pediatric nursing experience, CNOCWOCN preferred, and licenses current in Texas with BLS; responsibilities include assessment, education, planning and care evaluation to improve outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing.
• One year nursing experience.
• Current Texas Board of Nursing licensure or Nursing Licensure Compact.
• CPR–Basic Life Support from American Heart Association.
• Graduate of a WOCN education program or enrolled with completion within 6 months.

Responsibilities

• Performs/ documents patient and family assessments across bio-physical, psychosocial, developmental and cultural needs.
• Coordinates patient care with health care team to meet patient needs.
• Participates in rounds/conferences providing wound/ostomy perspective and documents in the medical record.
• Evaluates patient response to care and communicates progress to patient/family.
• Executes interventions per standards and policies; supports patient/family emotionally.
• Maintains WOC nursing knowledge and pursues continuing education.

Skills

Nursing experience

CPR BLS

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Tools

Infusion pumps

Electronic thermometers

Defibrillator

Suction machine

Cardiac monitor

Computers

Job description

Job Description

We are searching for a

We are searching for a Wound Ostomy Nurse — to provide quality wound and ostomy nursing care to patients by assessing, planning, educating, implementing, and evaluating age-appropriate care in a manner that incorporates family centered principals and cost-effective care.

Think you’ve got what it takes?

• will support all areas of acute care/critical care and outpatient (neonates to adults)
• pediatric experience preferred
• this position is full-time (40hrs) weekdays, 40hr shifts
• will be located and supporting the TCH Medical Center

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing
• One (1) year nursing experience
• Current licensure with Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing licensure Compact
• CPR – Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association
• Graduate of a wound, ostomy, continence nursing education program accredited by the Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses (WOCN) Society or currently enrolled in a WOCN-credited wound, ostomy, continence program with completion of program within 6 months of assuming the role
• Maintains knowledge base by reading professional literature pertaining to specialty and completes continuing education as needed to maintain expertise in WOC nursing.
• Operate the following equipment: infusion pumps, electronic thermometers, non-invasive blood pressure, defibrillator, suction machine, cardiac monitor, scales, computers and any other role specific equipment.
• Prefer CWOCN Certified Wound/Ostomy/Continence RN, but can obtain post-hire**

Specific Duties

• Performs and documents assessment of the patient/family including bio-physical, psychosocial, developmental (age appropriate), cultural, spiritual, and environmental needs in an organized and systematic manner.
• Identifies patient’s needs pertaining to patient teaching, discharge planning, growth and development, nutritional screening, functional status, and pain management.
• Determines which standards of care and practice apply to the patient; coordinates and communicates this information to other health care team members, in order to meet patient needs.
• Participates in interdisciplinary rounds and/or patient care conferences to provide input regarding the wound and ostomy perspective and documents in the medical record, as appropriate.
• Evaluates and documents patient’s response to the care and treatments provided and recognizes the patient’s progress toward meeting the desired outcomes and discusses with the patient/family.
• Executes therapeutic physician or nurse interventions according to established standards of practice and appropriate policies and procedures related to care delivery.
• Encourages patient/family to verbalize feelings (grief, frustration, etc.) and provides psychosocial support when necessary
• Demonstrates willingness and ability to acquire new knowledge relevant to pediatric nursing and/or WONS nursing and utilize new skills needed to improve individual, team, and organizational performance.
• Maintains knowledge base by reading professional literature pertaining to specialty and completes continuing education as needed to maintain expertise in WOC nursing.

"As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards"

About Us

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children ’ s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children ’ s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children ’ s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children ’ s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world‑class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children ’ s Health Plan, the nation ’ s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children ’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children ’ s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children ’ s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

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