Wound Care Nurse - Inpatient Rehab
US-OH-Beachwood
CCC
Req #: 336274
Type: Full Time
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Overview: Rehabilitation Hospital *A joint venture with Select Medical & Hospital* Beachwood, OH Wound Care Registered Nurse Full Time Walk-In Hiring Event: When: Thursdays, from 3:00pm - 4:00pm Where: 3025 Science Park Dr Beachwood, OH 44122 Benefits of becoming a Wound Care Nurse with us: * You are a valued member of our nursing team * The ability to share your passion for educating others * Growth opportunities with a successful organization that offers relocation opportunities * Work-life balance * Full-benefits package including tuition assistance * A high success rate of patients being discharged home Responsibilities: * Establishes a leadership role in the wound care program, establishing standards of care across the hospitals and programs in collaboration with Select Medical wound care experts. * Develops and deploys evidence-based clinical protocols and algorithms to support the best clinical outcomes for wound management, including development and updating product formulary. * Establishes competencies for clinicians regarding wound care. * Collaborates with Medical leadership on wound care initiatives, research questions, and outcome measures to support program innovation and excellence. * Develops educational modules for wound care to be used for internal and external education, including teaching tools for patients and families. * Analyzes patterns of wounds across programs and hospitals, and identifies targeted PI activities to improve wound outcomes and mitigate pressure sore development. * Establishes individual programs and courses directed at increasing staff knowledge, competency, and credentials in support of individual job objectives and the overall goals and mission of the organization. * Coordinates competency evaluation and testing for professional staff in collaboration with clinical departments. * Works in collaboration with Education department to assure coordination of all educational initiatives and activities to support the overall objectives and goals of the department and the organization. * Evaluates the effectiveness of nursing and other clinical education programs. * Maintains the database to track staff education, competency and credentials and utilizes the database to evaluate and plan for future educational activities and programs. * Works under the direction of the Director of Education on nursing education projects and initiatives related to skin, wound and ostomy management. * Collaborates with other members of the Education Department on joint educational initiatives. * Performs other duties as requested. Qualifications: * Minimum Qualifications * Valid State RN License required * Previous hospital nursing experience required * Certified BLS required * Excellent presentation skills and organizational skills required Preferred Experience * Masters Degree in Nursing or related field preferred * WCC, CWCN, CWOCN or CWS preferred or certification pending within 1 year
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