Job Title: Wound Care Nurse - RN

Job Location: Brooklyn, NY

Skills:

• Three to five (3-5) years’ experience in healthcare
• Ability to fully utilise BHMC’s electronic record systems, equipment and other healthcare and billing systems relevant to this position.

Duties:

Under the direction and supervision of the Wound and Ostomy Manager, the wound, ostomy, and continence nurse will provide safe, competent, quality care based on nursing theory and research to a designated group of patients.

Responsibilities:

• Conducts health assessments focused on wound, ostomy, and continence-related care. Performs focused physical assessment, develops plan of care based on the diagnosis and individual client needs. Recommends treatments as appropriate.
• Assist with the development, revisions, and evaluations of standards of care.
• Assess and document patient response to wound care, ostomy, continence, fistula and complex wounds treatment. Evaluate the quality and delivery of care provided by the clinical staff.
• Works collaboratively with the health care team and makes referrals to other disciplines as indicated.
• Teach, counsels, and assists individuals and families to assume responsibility for prevention of complications as they relate to patients with ostomies, wounds, or continence problems.
• Routinely providing comprehensive assessments of patients at risk for developing pressure injuries. Initiating preventative measures.
• Participate in Unit/Department Quality Improvement and Hospital Wide Q.I activities, i.e. Incidence, Prevalence Studies and Nursing Quality.
• Provide culturally competent patient, family and staff education consistent with cultural, ethnic, religious and other belief systems.
• Maintain the security and confidentiality of data and information in accordance with patient rights policies.

Certification/Licenses:

• NY State RN License
• AHA BLS
• Certified Wound Ostomy Nurse (CWON) issued by the WOCNCB; or Certified Wound Care Nurse (CWCN) issued by the (WOCNCB); or Certified Wound Specialist (CWS) issued by the American Board of Wound Management (ABWM); or Wound Care Certified Certification (WCC) issued by the National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy (NAWCO).

Shift Timings: US 7:00 AM - 7:30 PM or 11 am - 11:30 PM open to 11.5 hours 3 days/week or 7.5 hours 5 days/week – Flexible!

Education: BSN required

Job Types: Contract, Temporary

Pay: $65.00 - $68.00 per hour

Medical Specialty:

• Wound Care

Physical Setting:

• Hospital
• Inpatient

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Wound care: 3 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• NY State RN License (Required)
• AHA BLS (Required)
• CWON issued by WOCNCB / CWCN issued by WOCNCB (Preferred)
• CWS issued by ABWM /WCC issued by NAWCO (Preferred)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Brooklyn, NY 11212 (Required)

Work Location: In person