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Wound Care RN (Registered Nurse) - Homecare

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Location: 1 Northwestern Dr Bloomfield (10320).

What Our Nurses Love About HHCAH

• Automatic enrollment into the Nurse Residency Program for all graduate RNs with less than one year of experience.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250.00 after six months of employment and up to 40% tuition discounts with partnering institutions for colleagues and dependents.
• Loan forgiveness for qualifying existing student loans.
• Employee assistance and wellness programs including a strong focus on mental health.
• Paid time off and health insurance packages.
• All clinicians are provided a cellphone and laptop.
• Discounts on services, products and optional coverages movie tickets, pet insurance, travel and more!

As part of the person?centered care model, this role will participate in the daily management and delivery of wound care for the Wound program. This role will ensure the delivery of outcome based wound care, cost effective care by utilizing metric-driven decisions. This role will collaborate with Wound team members to achieve exceptional outcomes. The Wound team RN performs wound care and oversight of clinical staff in the daily delivery of services and maintenance of clinical care standards for clients receiving the specialized wound care treatments. Develops, directs, and manages the daily operations and delivery of wound care to patients, and participates in the development, maintenance and implementation of program goals and objectives.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Manages a wound care case load and LPN staff ensuring consistent delivery of quality care and communications; collaborates and explores opportunities for cost effectiveness for wound treatments in relationship to patient needs.
• Seeks consultation with WOCN staff to identify and plan interventions designed to solve complex problems involving client care.
• Develops an interdisciplinary approach to client care with Wound program/Agency staff.
• The Wound Program RN will direct and coordinate all client care services for both Wound care and medical/surgical services required by the patient to achieve outcomes.
• Informs the physician/wound clinics of changes in client needs, wounds that require change to the plan of care for wound care treatments and disease management.
• Determines staffing needs and coordinates patient scheduling to meet service demands.
• Accountable for team performance in achieving desired clinical and operational performance measures.
• Follows trends in specialty area of wounds for home care industry; makes recommendations of treatment options for incorporation into the program.
• Participates in training, coaching of staff and onboarding to the Wound program.
• Participates and facilitates professional development needs and competency for wound program.

Qualifications

• Minimum Requirements: Associates degree, diploma in nursing or Bachelors Degree in nursing preferred.
• Licensure, Certification, Registration: Current RN. Obtain Wound/Ostomy certification within 6 months of hire. Wound/ostomy Certification preferred.
• Experience: Minimum of two years nursing experience in clinical specialty area. Minimum two years in homecare strongly preferred.
• Language Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Job Details

• Seniority Level: Entry level
• Employment Type: Full-time

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