Wound Care RN (Full-Time, Day, 40)
Queen's Health System
RESPONSIBILITIES
I. JOB SUMMARY/RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Provides clinical consultation to Patient Care Team to facilitate coordination of wound care across the continuum for wound center patients.
• For patients admitted to the inpatient setting, the Wound Care Registered Nurse provides a report to the inpatient wound nurse regarding wound center treatment plan, wound healing progress and long-range goals.
• Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, managing a caseload of wound center patients, thorough assessment, patient/family education and advocacy, treatment planning, resource management and discharge planning.
IV.
TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
• Essential: lifting up to 5-10 lb., seeing, hearing, talking, grasping, fingering.
• Continuous: standing, walking, stooping, forward reaching, handling.
• Frequent: pushing and pulling up to 30 psi, lifting up to 10 lbs., sitting, bending, squatting, twisting.
• Occasional: pushing and pulling up to 70 psi; lifting: horizontal lift/carry up to 75 lbs. with assistance, floor to waist up to 35 lbs., waist to shoulder up to 25 lbs., overhead level up to 15 lbs.; carrying up to 35 lbs, running, climbing, side bending, kneeling, crouching, overhead reaching.
• Operates various machines/tools/work aids.
III. TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:
• May be exposed to body fluids, blood products, and communicable diseases.
• Work environment may be highly stressful, fast paced and hectic.
• May be subjected to patients with behavior health conditions.
• May be subjected to heavy patients requiring transfer to and from wound center chair or table.
IV. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A. EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE:
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Nursing.
• Current Hawaii State License as a Registered Nurse.
• Current certification in one (1) of the following wound certifications strongly preferred:
o Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB):
Certified Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse (CWOCN)
Certified Wound Ostomy Nurse (CWON)
Certified Wound Care Nurse (CWCN)
o American Board of Wound Management (ABWM):
Certified Wound Specialist (CWS)
o National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy (NAWCO):
Wound Care Certified (WCC)
• Current certification in Basic Life Support at the Healthcare Professional Level.
B. EXPERIENCE:
• Two (2) years clinical nursing experience.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Vet
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