Wound, Ostomy & Continence RN - F/T - Days

Hackensack Meridian Health Inc.; Hackensack (NJ); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Hackensack Meridian Health is seeking a Wound, Ostomy and Continence (WOC) Nurse to enhance patient care through evidence-based practices. You will provide essential nursing care, conduct educational efforts, and support quality improvement initiatives at a leading healthcare organization.

Benefits

Competitive benefits

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• Active NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License.
• WOCNCB certification required within 18 months of employment.
• Minimum of 3 years nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based nursing care for individuals with gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and integumentary disorders.
• Educate and consult on wound, ostomy, and continence care.
• Direct efforts to improve quality of care.

Skills

Nursing experience

Microsoft Office

Experience in nursing education

Education

Minimum baccalaureate degree

Job description

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health, we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Wound, Ostomy and Continence (WOC) Nurse provides evidence-based practice that incorporates a unique body of knowledge to provide excellence in prevention, health maintenance, therapeutic intervention, rehabilitative and palliative nursing care to persons with select disorders of the gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and integumentary systems. The WOC nurse directs efforts to improve quality of care to individuals of all ages directly through hands-on care and indirectly as educators and consultants.

Minimum Requirements:

• Active NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License
• Graduate of a NLN/AACN accredited program in nursing, minimum baccalaureate degree
• AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification
• Minimum of 3 years nursing experience
• Certification by the WOC Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB) in wound, ostomy and continence care required or must be obtained within 18 months of employment
• Experience in nursing education; able to write and present oral presentations
• Experience in performance improvement and/or quality initiatives
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
• Maintains WOCNCB certification every 5 years