Wound Ostomy Program Clinical Nurse Coordinator

What You Will Do

• Provides nursing expertise regarding skin, wound and ostomy care needs to inpatients.
• In partnership with Wound, Ostomy Continence (WOC) Team, provides direct care to patients with wound, ostomy or other skin care needs.
• Performs patient assessment, institutes a plan of care, and works with the staff, patient, and family to promote positive patient outcomes and transition from hospital to home or lower level of care.
• Identifies key clinical practice changes required to enhance care of patients with pressure injury and skin and wound care problems, and ostomy care.
• Led execution of all new practice changes related to pressure injury and wound & ostomy care in the clinical area, utilizing evidenced-based approach.
• Makes recommendations for culture change required to improve documentation related to wound and ostomy care, including documentation of pressure injuries, pressure and other skin injuries present on admission, pressure injury prevention interventions, and pressure injury risk assessment, working collaboratively with both nursing and physician provider groups.
• Conducts rounds for purposes of identifying high risk patients and patients requiring WOC team consults or nursing notifications, and provides follow-up care for patients with complex wound/ostomy needs.
• Develops own expertise in pressure injury staging, wound and ostomy care of pediatric patients, and begins to provide training for unit staff.
• Participates in RCA/ACA regarding hospital acquired pressure injuries or other hospital acquired skin injury.
• Participates in quarterly Pressure Injury surveys and, in collaboration with WOC team, organizes and analyzes pressure injury data from these surveys and from monthly KAPS reports.
• Provides feedback, encouragement and enthusiasm for improvement work at the unit level in terms of pressure injury and risk assessment documentation and documentation of wound and ostomy care.
• Develops additional leadership skills to influence practice at the unit/program level:
• Understand the barriers that may prevent 100% adoption of wounds and ostomy related standards, pressure injury prevention standards, documentation of care and prevention practices, and problem solve to promote behavior change.
• Gains proficiency in helping staff adopt clinical practices which enhance wound and ostomy care, and pressure injury prevention:
• Engage and collaborate with unit based Skin Champions in conducting evidence-based reviews topics of related to pressure injury, wound and /or ostomy care.
• Lifelong Learning & Innovation:
• Increases skill in evidence based reviews regarding wound and ostomy care:
• Completes education regarding wound and ostomy care and pressure injury staging and seeks out education specific to these concerns in the pediatric patient.
• Develops and/or contributes to the development of innovative wound and ostomy care, including participating in new product trials.
• Fiscal Stewardship:
• Advances own understanding of fiscal stewardship in pressure injury prevention, wound and ostomy care:
• Increases knowledge related to Lean principles and applies these principles to a unit/program regarding use of products related to pressure injury prevention (Specialty beds, Z flo), dressings and ostomy products.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Nursing Required
• Master's Degree Nursing Preferred

Experience Qualifications

• At least five (5) years nursing experience.
• Required: WOC experience
• Preferred: WOC experience

Skills And Abilities

• Demonstrated effective communication skills with Physicians, Nurse Managers, Senior Leadership and all employees at all levels.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills.
• Ability to foster collaborative relationships.
• Some experience with tracking data; has a basic understanding of departmental performance measures.

Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - Pennsylvania State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required
• Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse - Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing Certification Board - within 24 months - Required