Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse (RN) - Carolinas Medical Center - FT Days

Overview

This position is sign on bonus eligible! Experienced RNs are eligible for a bonus of $20,000 for full time night positions, $15,000 for full time day positions, $10,000 for part time night positions and $7,500 for part time day positions. In addition to the sign-on bonus, new teammates at Atrium Health are eligible for robust benefits packages, paid time off, and a career advancement ladder that rewards you for years of experience within your area of specialty.

The Wound Ostomy Care Services Team is a small group of board-certified nurses that are specialized in wound, ostomy, and continence care of patients throughout Atrium Health Main Campus and GI Clinic. The team functions primarily as a Clinical Consultant and provides direct patient care and education to highly complex patients as well as creating a plan of care for the Staff Nurses. This unit works with many surgical groups specializing in the following procedures: deep wounds, skin tears, ostomies, burns, pressure injuries or bedsores, post-op wound infections and diabetic foot wounds for patients throughout the hospital.

Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) is the flagship hospital of Atrium Health, which is distinguished throughout the Southeastern United States for its excellent patient care and medical expertise. CMC serves as the region’s only Level 1 trauma center and is an approved transplant center for heart, kidney, pancreas and liver. We also serve as one of North Carolina’s 5 Academic Medical Center Teaching Hospitals, providing residency training for more than 200 physicians in 15 specialties and serve as a regional campus for Wake Forest University School of Medicine, based in Winston-Salem, NC.

Job Summary

Serves as the clinical resource and consultant for the acute and rehabilitative care of patients with selected disorders of the gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and integumentary systems. Provides specialty care for patients with acute and chronic wounds, standard and continent diversions, and fecal and urinary incontinence.

Essential Functions

• Utilizes the nursing process to assess and plan care and education for ostomy and wound care patients.
• Assesses patient care needs and identifies interventions for treatment/prevention of skin related conditions and ostomies
• Performs and/or assists with stomal marking preoperatively, patient/family teaching, follow-up care, and discharge planning.
• Follows patients identified to be at moderate to high risk for skin breakdown and patients with complex wound management needs.
• Collaborates with medical teammates to identify care measures to prevent and treat pressure ulcers and complex wounds and fistulae.
• Works in concert with the medical staff in the use and application of clinical devices/support surfaces for prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers
• Conducts ongoing evaluation of patients referred for WOC services to include effectiveness of interventions.
• Develops and maintains evidence based practice guidelines for care of the ostomy and skin care patients.

Physical Requirements
Work requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies. Must speak English in good understandable terms. Intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, and touch. Finger dexterity. Critical thinking and ability to concentrate. Must be able to respond quickly to changes in patient and/or unit conditions. Physical Abilities Testing required. Additional department specific physical requirements may be identified for unique responsibilities within the department by the nurse leader.

Education, Experience and Certifications

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing. Current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Petitioner in the state in which you work and reside or; if declaring a National License Compact (NLC) state as your primary state of residency, meet the licensure requirements in your home state; or for Non-National License Compact states, current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Petitioner required in the state where the RN works. Baccalaureate degree required, MSN preferred. Graduate of a WOCN-accredited education program preferred. Wound and Ostomy certification required within 2 years of hire. Continence certification optional. Three to five years recent, relevant direct care nursing experience required. BLS required per policy guidelines. Additional education, training, certifications, or experience may be required within the department by the nurse leader.