RN Wound Ostomy
Company: Beaumont Health
Location: Taylor
Posted on: June 16, 2022
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Job Description:
GENERAL SUMMARY:The hospital based Wound Clinician serves as a
clinical resource and consultant for the acute care of in patients
with disorders of the gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and
integumentary systems. The care extends to those with acute and
chronic wounds (for example, complex draining wounds, fistulae,
pressure injury, vascular ulcers), ostomies, percutaneous tubes and
continence disorders. Professional responsibilities are carried out
through direct patient care, clinical consultation, education,
research and administration.ESSENTIAL DUTIES:1. General
duties/responsibilities --- Utilizes the nursing process when
directing or delivering care to patients with WOC needs including
assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning and
implementation (e.g., coordination of care delivery, health
teaching and promotion, consultation), and evaluation. --- Utilizes
and maintains current physical, psychosocial, clinical assessment,
and therapeutic communication skills to determine individual
patient needs and expected outcomes. --- Participates in committees
or task forces related to wound, ostomy, and continence issues2.
Wound/skin care --- Provides consultation for individuals with
altered skin integrity (e.g., pressure injuries, draining wounds,
fistulae) to develop individualized plans of care and attain
expected outcomes. --- Provides guidance to staff in implementing
protocols to identify, control, or eliminate etiologic factors for
skin breakdown, including selection of appropriate support
surfaces. --- Provides appropriate education to patients,
caregivers, and staff regarding skin care, wound management, care
of percutaneous tubes, and draining wound/fistulae management. ---
Provides consultation for negative pressure wound therapy,
(including subsequent dressing changes) provides collaborative care
which includes patient's next care setting. --- Validates pressure
injury data collection for nursing quality indicators3. Ostomy care
--- Provides pre- and postoperative education to patients (and
their families) who are undergoing ostomy surgery, with
consideration of the need for physical and psychological
adaptation. --- Marks the stoma site preoperatively by determining
the appropriate site for stoma placement with consideration of the
patient's anatomical markings, physical capabilities, and
lifestyle. --- Assesses the stoma and stoma functioning and
initiates appropriate procedures for stoma care (e.g., removes
rod/sutures, measures/fits a pouching system, teaches care of
stoma/peristomal skin and pouch). --- Provides appropriate
educational information to patients, including postoperative and
discharge instructions about care, referrals, and supply needs.4.
Continence care --- Identifies risk factors for urinary or fecal
continence disorders. --- Assesses patients with urinary and/or
fecal continence disorders. --- Establishes an appropriate
management program to include recommendations regarding
containment/absorptive products and devices and skin care; and
education and counseling for patients/caregivers.5. Education ---
Participates in developing and implementing procedures and
protocols, based on current national guidelines, to deliver care to
patients with the following: --- Urinary or intestinal disorders
resulting in the need for an ostomy. --- Conditions requiring wound
management. --- Impaired or altered skin integrity. --- Urinary
and/or fecal continence issues. --- Assists the nursing and medical
staff in maintaining current knowledge and competence in WOC care
by providing the following: --- Formal or informal continuing
education programs. --- Orientation sessions. --- Collaborative
practice committees. --- Nursing councils. --- Attends continuing
education programs related to WOC nursing to maintain current
knowledge and skills.6. Research --- Collaborates with leadership
and multidisciplinary clinical practice teams to establish
protocols, which support best practices to achieve optimal clinical
benefits for patients needing WOC care.7. Administrative duties ---
Maintains and submits required activity and statistical reports to
the appropriate department supervisor. --- Contributes to the
selection of cost-effective supplies and equipment related to WOC
care, which might need to be individualized for different
units/departments.This document represents the major duties,
responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended
to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be
understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform
job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.STANDARD
REQUIREMENTS:1. Supports the Mission, Value and Vision of Beaumont
Health (BH). Demonstrates personal commitment through active
involvement in the performance improvement process.2. Exhibits
excellent customer service skills and behaviors toward internal and
external customers and co-workers. Promotes positive public
relations with patients/residents, family members, guests, and
others.3. Supports and adheres to all Beaumont Health's customer
service, service excellence, and performance standards. Supports
and participates with all required compliance standards that may be
department specific and/or identified by the organizations
including in-service training, acceptable attendance, uniform and
dress code.4. Adheres to HIPAA requirements and maintains
confidentiality of all data, including patient/resident, employee
and operations information.5. Supports and participates in a
collaborative team-oriented environment - cooperates and works
together with all co-workers, plans and completes job duties, uses
appropriate communications in sensitive and emotional situations
and follows up as appropriate regarding reported complaints,
problems and concerns.6. Supports, cooperates with and demonstrates
safe work practices and attitudes, follows safety rules - including
universal precautions - reports and prevents/corrects unsafe
conditions and behaviors, and participates in organizational and
departmental safety programs.7. Completes all required compliance
standards that may be department specific and/or identified by the
organization.8. Maintains current licensure, registration and/or
certification, as applicable, at all times.STANDARD
QUALIFICATIONS:To perform this job successfully, an individual must
be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The
requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge,
skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be
made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential duties.A. Education / Training: --- BSNB. Work
Experience: --- Two to four years of recent, relevant nursing
experience (preferred).C. Certification, Licensure, Registration:
--- Current certification in as a Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse
(CWOCN) or Wound Ostomy Nurse (CWON) by the Wound, Ostomy and
Continence Nursing Certification Board. Current Michigan RN
licensure. Current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(BLS).D. Other Qualifications:WORKING CONDITIONS:A. Physical
Effort: --- Manual Dexterity. Position requires incumbent to
constantly perform simple motor skills such as standing, walking
and simple manipulative skills such as writing. Position requires
incumbent to frequently perform moderately difficult manipulative
skills such as positioning patients. --- Coordination. Position
requires incumbent to constantly perform gross body coordination
such as walking. Frequently perform tasks which require hand-eye
coordination such as assisting patient to eat, collections of
specimens for transport to lab and tasks which require arm-hand
steadiness such as taking patients' temps and pulses. --- Mobility.
Positions requires incumbent to constantly walk and stand,
occasionally sit for prolonged periods, frequently bend such as
when caring for a patient in bed. --- Visual Discrimination.
Positions requires incumbent to constantly see objects far away as
in driving and see close objects such as reading thermometers. ---
5. Hearing. Positions requires incumbent to constantly be able to
hear normal sound with some background noise as in answering
phone/intercom. Occasionally, be able to distinguish sound as in
equipment alarms.
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