Clinical Nurse Coordinator - Wound Ostomy RN

Responsibilities

• Affirms physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs and evaluates patients' adaptation to health changes.
• Develops a plan of care based on patients’ disease, symptoms, and response to treatment.
• Educates patients, families, and caregivers on disease processes, treatment, side effects, and symptom management.
• Collaborates with inter-disciplinary team to ensure continuity of care.
• Refers patients, families, and caregivers as appropriate to other clinical resources/professionals such as social work, home health care, clinical nutrition, etc.
• Implements, evaluates, and modifies plan of care.
• Integrates research and evidence-based knowledge into clinical practice.
• Hands-on Care Can Include Actions Such As:
  • In assessing wounds, debriding, applying topical medications, making recommendations on the type of dressing and frequency of dressing changes.
  • In performing a basic peripheral vascular assessment and recommending compression stockings, wraps, or socks.
  • In managing negative pressure wound therapy.
  • In assisting with patient education on chemotherapy, central lines, injections, home care, telephone and email symptom triage, dressing changes, medication administration, injections, new patient orientation, caregiver support, assessment of needs for additional supportive care resources, prescription refills, result reviews, and FMLA paperwork, disability paperwork, ferry passes.
  • In coordinating with other clinical resources and ensuring continuity of care with outside providers.
  • In communicating with the research team for patients on trial.
  • In delegating tasks to appropriate team members and coordinating patient schedules with clinic team.
  • In collaborating with infusion RN and other members of the care team to assure patient needs are met.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Washington State Registered Nurse (RN) license or current NLC multistate license (MSL); and must upgrade to an MSL primary state of residence, WA, within 60 days of hire.
• Current BLS AHA Health Provider Card (or equivalent course, such as by the American Red Cross) and renewal required every two years.
• Additional certification may be required dependent upon department.
• Critical thinking; the ability to practice the cognitive skills of analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, information seeking, logical reasoning, predicting, and transforming knowledge.
• Ability to develop clinical judgment.
• Time Management skills; the ability to organize and manage time and tasks independently.
• Effective communication skills; the ability to look and listen for cues, ask open-ended questions, explore cues, use pauses, screen responses, and clarify response.
• Ability to effectively provide information; the ability to check what information the person knows already, give small amounts of information at a time, use clear terms and avoid jargon, avoid detail unless it is requested, check for understanding, and pause and wait for a response.
• Critical thinking; the ability to practice the cognitive skills of analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, information seeking, logical reasoning, predicting, and transforming knowledge.
• Ability to develop clinical judgment.
• Time Management skills; the ability to organize and manage time and tasks independently.
• Effective communication skills; the ability to look and listen for cues, ask open-ended questions, explore cues, use pauses, screen responses, and clarify response.
• Ability to effectively provide information; the ability to check what information the person knows already, give small amounts of information at a time, use clear terms and avoid jargon, avoid detail unless it is requested, check for understanding, and pause and wait for a response.
• Critical thinking; the ability to practice the cognitive skills of analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, information seeking, logical reasoning, predicting, and transforming knowledge.
• Ability to develop clinical judgment.
• Time Management skills; the ability to organize and manage time and tasks independently.
• Effective communication skills; the ability to look and listen for cues, ask open-ended questions, explore cues, use pauses, screen responses, and clarify response.
• Ability to effectively provide information; the ability to check what information the person knows already, give small amounts of information at a time, use clear terms and avoid jargon, avoid detail unless it is requested, check for understanding, and pause and wait for a response.
• Critical thinking; the ability to practice the cognitive skills of analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, information seeking, logical reasoning, predicting, and transforming knowledge.
• Ability to develop clinical judgment.
• Time Management skills; the ability to organize and manage time and tasks independently.
• Effective communication skills; the ability to look and listen for cues, ask open-ended questions, explore cues, use pauses, screen responses, and clarify response.
• Ability to effectively provide information; the ability to check what information the person knows already, give small amounts of information at a time, use clear terms and avoid jargon, avoid detail unless it is requested, check for understanding, and pause and wait for a response.
• Critical thinking; the ability to practice the cognitive skills of analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, information seeking, logical reasoning, predicting, and transforming knowledge.
• Ability to develop clinical judgment.
• Time Management skills; the ability to organize and manage time and tasks independently.
• Effective communication skills; the ability to look and listen for cues, ask open-ended questions, explore cues, use pauses, screen responses, and clarify response.
• Ability to effectively provide information; the ability to check what information the person knows already, give small amounts of information at a time, use clear terms and avoid jargon, avoid detail unless it is requested, check for understanding, and pause and wait for a response.
• Critical thinking; the ability to practice the cognitive skills of analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, information seeking, logical reasoning, predicting, and transforming knowledge.
• Ability to develop clinical judgment.
• Time Management skills; the ability to organize and manage time and tasks independently.
• Effective communication skills; the ability to look and listen for cues, ask open-ended questions, explore cues, use pauses, screen responses, and clarify response.
• Ability to effectively provide information; the ability to check what information the person knows already, give small amounts of information at a time, use clear terms and avoid jargon, avoid detail unless it is requested, check for understanding, and pause and wait for a response.
• Critical thinking; the ability to practice the cognitive skills of analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, information seeking, logical reasoning, predicting, and transforming knowledge.
• Ability to develop clinical judgment.
• Time Management skills; the ability to organize and manage time and tasks independently.
• Effective communication skills; the ability to look and listen for cues, ask open-ended questions, explore cues, use pauses, screen responses, and clarify response.
• Ability to effectively provide information; the ability to check what information the person knows already, give small amounts of information at a time, use clear terms and avoid jargon, avoid detail unless it is requested, check for understanding, and pause and wait for a response.
• Critical thinking; the ability to practice the cognitive skills of analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, information seeking, logical reasoning, predicting, and transforming knowledge.
• Ability to develop clinical judgment.
• Time Management skills; the ability to organize and manage time and tasks independently.
• Effective communication skills; the ability to look and listen for cues, ask open-ended questions, explore cues, use pauses, screen responses, and clarify response.
• Ability to effectively provide information; the ability to check what information the person knows already, give small amounts of information at a time, use clear terms and avoid jargon, avoid detail unless it is requested, check for understanding, and pause and wait for a response.
• Critical thinking; the ability to practice the cognitive skills of analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, information seeking, logical reasoning, predicting, and transforming knowledge.
• Ability to develop clinical judgment.
• Time Management skills; the ability to organize and manage time and tasks independently.
• Effective communication skills; the ability to look and listen for cues, ask open-ended questions, explore cues, use pauses, screen responses, and clarify response.
• Ability to effectively provide information; the ability to check what information the person knows already, give small amounts of information at a time, use clear terms and avoid jargon, avoid detail unless it is requested, check for understanding, and pause and wait for a response.
• Critical thinking; the ability to practice the cognitive skills of analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, information seeking, logical reasoning, predicting, and transforming knowledge.
• Ability to develop clinical judgment.
• Time Management skills; the ability to organize and manage time and tasks independently.
• Effective communication skills; the ability to look and listen for cues, ask open-ended questions, explore cues, use pauses, screen responses, and clarify response.
• Ability to effectively provide information; the ability to check what information the person knows already, give small amounts of information at a time, use clear terms and avoid jargon, avoid detail unless it is requested, check for understanding, and pause and wait for a response.
• Critical thinking; the ability to practice the cognitive skills of analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, information seeking, logical reasoning, predicting, and transforming knowledge.
• Ability to develop clinical judgment.
• Time Management skills; the ability to organize and manage time and tasks independently.
• Effective communication skills; the ability to look and listen for cues, ask open-ended questions, explore cues, use pauses, screen responses, and clarify response.
• Ability to effectively provide information; the ability to check what information the person knows already, give small amounts of information at a time, use clear terms and avoid jargon, avoid detail unless it is requested, check for understanding, and pause and wait for a response.
• Critical thinking; the ability to practice the cognitive skills of analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, information seeking, logical reasoning, predicting, and transforming knowledge.
• Ability to develop clinical judgment.
• Time Management skills; the ability to organize and manage time and tasks independently.
• Effective communication skills; the ability to look and listen for cues, ask open-ended questions, explore cues, use pauses, screen responses, and clarify response.
• Ability to effectively provide information; the ability to check what information the person knows already, give small amounts of information at a time, use clear terms and avoid jargon, avoid detail unless it is requested, check for understanding, and pause and wait for a response.
• Critical thinking; the ability to practice the cognitive skills of analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, information seeking, logical reasoning, predicting, and transforming knowledge.
• Ability to develop clinical judgment.
• Time Management skills; the ability to organize and manage time and tasks independently.
• Effective communication skills; the ability to look and listen for cues, ask open-ended questions, explore cues, use pauses, screen responses, and clarify response.
• Ability to effectively provide information; the ability to check what information the person knows already, give small amounts of information at a time, use clear terms and avoid jargon, avoid detail unless it is requested, check for understanding, and pause and wait for a response.
• Critical thinking; the ability to practice the cognitive skills of analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, information seeking, logical reasoning, predicting, and transforming knowledge.
• Ability to develop clinical judgment.
• Time Management skills; the ability to organize and manage time and tasks independently.
• Effective communication