What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cert Wound Ostomy Contin Nurse - FT - Center City position at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc.?
Job Details
Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse (CWOCN) - Full Time - Center City
Job Description
About Jefferson
Join the mission of Improving Lives as a Registered Nurse at Jefferson Health. With more than 42,000 employees, we're the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in the Philadelphia region. Our work to improve lives is never done.
About Our Unit
This unit is located at Thomas Jefferson University Campus.
Awards & Recognition
Jefferson University Hospital is Magnet Recognized. Jefferson is also recognized as the 2nd Best Hospital in the Philadelphia Metro area and the 3rd Best Hospital in Pennsylvania
Schedule Commitment
Schedules are available 6 weeks in advance.
Responsibilities
As a registered nurse, responsibilities include, but not limited to :
- Performs patient procedures within the nursing scope of practice
- Practices safe medication administration and assesses patient responses to medication
- Participates in reviewing and / or implementing clinical pathways and care coordination
- Demonstrates nursing management of patients with pain
- Day shift 7a - 3p - 5 days / wk OR 7a - 5p - 4 days / wk - every 7th weekend
The Wound Care Nurse is a registered nurse who has in-depth knowledge of wound care and the care of ostomy patients and applies this knowledge in order to provide appropriate and effective patient care.
Work Shift
Rotating (United States of America)
Worker Sub Type
Regular
Primary Location Address
111 S 11th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic / programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.
