Wound Care Coordinator

You Belong Here.

At MultiCare, we strive to offer a true sense of belonging for all our employees. Across our health care network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers, opportunities for growth, safe workplaces, and flexible schedules. We are connected by our mission - partnering and healing for a healthy future - and dedicated to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

FTE: 1.0, Shift: Days, Schedule: Mon-Friday, holidays and weekends off

Position Summary

The Wound Care Coordinator collaborates with staff in various disciplines, to provide consultation and clinical education/teaching services using advanced theory and knowledge of content to promote and influence positive patient outcomes. You will provide leadership in the delivery of care to the patient/family, and plan, implement, evaluate, and provide patient care using hospital and nursing standards. You will serve as the clinical resource for ostomy/continent diversion, skin and wound management problems, pressure ulcer prevention and incontinence issues.

Responsibilities

• Provides assessment, nursing intervention, and care planning for patients with ostomy, abdominal stomas, draining wounds and fistulae, incontinence, acute and chronic wounds
• Provides patient education and counsel through verbal, written and hands on experience including the family, significant other, caregiver, or medical providers
• Initiates and assists in discharge planning for patients with complex wound and/or ostomy conditions
• Serves as a subject matter expert/resource/consultant to provider and nursing staff, providing a high level of clinical expertise
• Provides leadership in the mentoring and precepting of staff; provides general in-services and participates in formal skin and wound education sessions
• Assists in coordination, organization, and completion of assigned surveys

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing, or obtained within five (5) years from the initial date of hire; RN with 15 years of service or internal candidates hired before January 1, 2021 may be considered in satisfaction of this requirement in lieu of an education agreement
• Advanced Degree in Nursing (MSN, PhD, DNP, ARNP) preferred
• Licensed in the State of Washington as a Registered Nurse
• Wound certification required
• Ostomy certification preferred
• One (1) year previous wound care experience
• Current BLS Certification required

Our Values

As a MultiCare employee, we'll rely on you to reflect our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration, Kindness and Joy. Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.

Why MultiCare?

• Belonging: We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our caregivers
• Mission-driven: We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serve
• Market leadership: Washington state's largest community-based, locally governed health system
• Employee-centric: Named Forbes “America’s Best Employers by State” in 2023
• Technology: "Most Wired" health care system 15 years in a row
• Leading research: MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, 40 years of ground-breaking, clinical and health services research in our communities
• Lifestyle: Live and work in the Pacific Northwest - offering breathtaking water, mountains and forest at every turn.

Pay and Benefit Expectations

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $98,218.00 - $174,637.00 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant’s years of experience align.

Associated benefit information can be viewed here.