Senior Wound Care Nurse

Baltimore, Maryland, United Statesusvia direct

// Job Type

Full Time

// Salary

USD 20,000 - 20,000/year

// Salary Range

20,000–20,000 USD / year

// Posted

1 month ago

About the Role

Job Requirements The Wound Care Unit is comprised of Wound Care and other health care practitioners that provide individualized, around-the-clock patient care. The ideal candidate will have<ul><li>Licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in Maryland, or eligibility to practice due to Compact state agreements as outlined by the MD Board of Nursing.</li><li>BSN or Conferred BSN degree required as of July 1, 2013.</li><li>Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN) certification.</li><li>Current CPR certification required.</li></ul>This position is Full-time, Days, with a $20,000 Sign-on BonusAs an Experienced Certified Wound Care Nurse, you will be required to consistently demonstrate effective leadership behaviors, advance evidence-based practices, lead unit governance initiatives, and coach others to excel and grow in their professional nursing roles. To include:Clinical Practice<ol><li>Provides independent care for the unit-specific patient population; serves as a clinical resource, integrates evidence into practice, and functions effectively in unit-specific roles (e.g., arrest team for ICU, triage for ED).</li><li>Accountable to patients and families for care processes and outcomes during an episode of care.</li><li>Accountable to peers for advancing group practice on the unit and to the nurse manager for overall work performance.</li><li>Serves as a clinical expert and professional resource for unit nurses, utilizing clinical expertise to teach informally on the unit or through formal classes.</li><li>Advances clinical practice on the unit by consistently integrating evidence into practice, forming a solid foundation for unit practice.</li><li>Service/Quality</li><li>Leads efforts to address Nursing Sensitive Quality Indicators (NSQI) improvement opportunities; develops, implements, and evaluates action plans.</li><li>Leads performance improvement initiatives by designing, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating results.</li><li>Monitors patient and unit safety standards and actively contributes to the development and implementation of improvement plans.</li><li>Coaches CNI and CNIIs on performance improvement (PI) and/or evidence-based practice (EBP).</li><li>Complies with, participates in, and leads regulatory activities within the unit/division or organization.</li><li>Leads the development of Performance Improvement, Evidence-Based Practice, or research at the unit level, meeting at least one form of advancing practice in the continuum of research. Leads at least one primary project using a model as the project’s framework, identified within the portfolio.</li><li>Unit Operations</li><li>Performs charge role as scheduled and coaches new charge nurses.</li><li>Oversees unit orientation program and plans clinical experiences for orientation.</li><li>Serves as a unit steward (e.g., liaison for lab, nutrition, pharmacy).</li><li>Mentors and coaches other nurses to advance their development and maintain competencies required for the patient population served.</li><li>Role models and holds peers accountable for Healthy Work Environment guidelines (communication, collaboration, effective decision-making, recognition, leadership, staffing).</li><li>Orients nurses to unit-level governance structure and councils.</li><li>Professional Development</li><li>Serves as an expert preceptor, coach, and mentor to new nurses, students, and preceptors.</li><li>Mentors and coaches unit leaders or those assuming leadership roles on councils or major governance initiatives.</li><li>Leads unit processes for the development of ancillary personnel’s skills and development; leads unit-based peer review processes.</li><li>Actively engages in advancing own practice and serves as a role model for others.</li></ol> Work Experience <ul><li>Licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in Maryland, or eligibility to practice due to Compact state agreements as outlined by the MD Board of Nursing.</li><li>BSN or Conferred BSN degree required as of July 1, 2013.</li><li>Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN) certification.</li><li>Current CPR certification required.</li><li>Relevant clinical work experience related to unit practice.</li><li>Maintenance of 20 contact hours of education every two years.</li><li>Membership in a professional organization.</li><li>Minimum 0.50 FTE status.</li></ul>

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