Registered Nurse Wound Care

About the organization

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! St. Mary’s Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference. St. Mary’s Medical Center, a 2020 Watson Health Top 100 Hospital, is a faith-based, 146-bed acute care hospital providing a wide range of services, including 24-hour Emergency Department, Joint and Spine Institute, Surgical Services and outpatient services. St. Mary's Medical Center has provided high-quality compassionate care to the residents of Blue Springs and Eastern Jackson County for more than 30 years. St. Mary's, one of Kansas City’s best kept secrets, offers patients the best of both worlds—a warm, caring environment, close to home, providing the wide range of services and expertise typically found in much larger facilities.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct care in the inpatient wound care department.
• Assesses the skin of patients in the facility, monitors the status of wounds, implements specialized dressing change recommendations based on physician orders and clinical expertise, implements offloading and HAPI prevention orders, adapts to changing policy and procedures according to corporate policy.
• Provides ongoing evidence-based education to all facility bedside staff related to HAPI prevention, dressing changes, and care of skin.
• Establishes and maintains monthly wound care committee meetings which will include relevant participants from their facility.
• Collaborates respectfully with all departments to create effective wound care practices based on evidence-based best practice guidelines and corporate policies.
• Communicates with physicians, charge nurse, and co-workers as appropriate regarding changes in the patient’s treatment, clinical condition including results of diagnostic studies.
• Reports HAPI occurrence to leadership in a timely manner and has the ability to respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment.
• Participates in team development calls and meetings.

Qualifications

• Current and valid license as a Registered Nurse issued by the state.
• BLS upon hire and maintain current.
• Previous Acute Care hospital experience preferred.
• Previous Wound care knowledge and/or experience preferred (1 Year).
• Wound Care Certification within first year of hire.
• Wound, Ostomy, Continence (WOC) or (WCC) Board Certification preferred.

Schedule

• Full-time
• Day shift