RN - Wound Care/Ostomy Coordinator

About the role

We are pleased to offer the opportunity to work as a RN Wound/Ostomy Coordinator within the Kenneth Moy Care Center. This position supports the facility by providing professional nursing treatment and care to residents according to established rules, regulations and standard practices of the profession.

Responsibilities

• Assists in identifying patients at risk for skin integrity problems and facilitates the creation of appropriate plans of care.
• Optimizes the resident wound/ostomy/continence experience across the Continuum of care.
• Works collaboratively with Care Center clinicians, physicians, nurses, and nursing leaders.
• Collaborates with MDS coordinators, Restorative staff, Physical Rehabilitation department, dining services, dietitian and others as it relates to wound ostomy, and incontinence management.
• Provides treatment within the scope of practice of a certified wound and ostomy nurse.
• Facilitates the referral process to expedite resident care across the continuum.
• Led performance improvement efforts in preventing and reducing acquired pressure injuries.
• Buils effective working relationships with nursing leadership, advanced practice nurses, nursing staff, clinical resource management staff, and physicians.
• Organizes interdisciplinary wound rounds.
• Oversees and monitors specialty bed and bed/chair surface utilization.
• Provides education around wound, ostomy, and continence care to staff.
• Ensures timely and complete pressure injury data collection, entry and reporting to the Director of Nursing or other designated staff as needed.
• Supports IDPH survey readiness as it relates to wound, ostomy, and incontinence management.
• Responds to pressure injury queries from IDPH surveyors or risk management.
• Performs Root Cause Analysis or acquired pressure ulcers and develops performance improvements plan (PIP) in collaboration with Director of Nursing and other designated staff as needed.
• Prepares report on residents for next shift.

Requirements

• Completion of coursework for a diploma in Nursing from an accredited college or university.
• Three (3) years of experience in acute and/or subacute settings including one year of inpatient or outpatient wound/ostomy experience.
• Possession of a current license in Illinois as a Professional Registered Nurse (RN).
• Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association.
• Certification as a Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse (CWOCN), Certified Wound Ostomy Nurse (CWON) or Certified Wound Care Nurse (CWCN) is required within six months of hire.

Qualifications

• Physical Requirements and Work Environment: Heavy Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Use of arm and /or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than for medium work.

Skills

• Ability to identify patients at risk for skin integrity problems.
• Ability to optimize the resident wound/ostomy/continence experience.
• Ability to collaborate with various healthcare professionals.
• Ability to provide treatment within the scope of practice of a certified wound and ostomy nurse.
• Ability to facilitate the referral process.
• Ability to lead performance improvement efforts.
• Ability to build effective working relationships.
• Ability to organize interdisciplinary wound rounds.
• Ability to oversee and monitor specialty bed and bed/chair surface utilization.
• Ability to provide education around wound, ostomy, and continence care.
• Ability to ensure timely and complete pressure injury data collection, entry and reporting.
• Ability to support IDPH survey readiness.
• Ability to respond to pressure injury queries.
• Ability to perform Root Cause Analysis.
• Ability to prepare reports on residents.

Benefits

• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Life insurance.
• Pension.
• Deferred compensation plan.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Pre-paid legal.
• Credit union.

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Details on schedule are not specified in the job posting.