Woundcare Registered Nurse

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Since 1949, Mount Sinai Medical Center has remained committed to providing access to its diverse community. In delivering an unmatched level of clinical expertise, our medical center is committed to recruiting and training top healthcare workers from across the country. We offer the latest in advanced medicine, technology, and comfort in 12 facilities across Miami-Dade (including our 674-bed main campus facility) and Monroe Counties, with 38 medical services, including cancer care, 24/7 emergency care, orthopedics, cardiovascular care, and more. Mount Sinai takes pride in being South Florida's largest private independent not-for-profit hospital, dedicated to continuing the training of the next generation of medical pioneers.

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Department:

Job Description Summary:

Position Responsibilities

• Identifies patients needs, Handles unusual, stressful, complex situations with minimal supervision. Promotes optimal patient care.
• Fills in all pertinent columns on every patient on Wound Consult Sheet.
• Conduct all woundcare and ostomy consultations within 48 hours of order.
• Demonstrates sound judgment when prioritizing consultations, giving precendence to medically urgent consultations (i.e. severe bed sores, decubitus ulcers, etc).
• Demonstrates efficient and cost effective utilization of supplies (dressings, ointments, cleansers, bandages, etc).
• Works with infectious control and other appropriate departments to develop and implement programs designed to reduce nosocomial skin breakdown.
• Serves as a wound healing/ostomy supply resource, keeping abreast of best practices within the wound and ostomy care discipline and educating patients, family members and other care givers on appropriate wound healing and dressing techniques.
• Provide continuity and help coordinate transition for inpatients requiring outpatient woundcare
• Supports woundcare operations through commitment to the weekend rotational schedule (required to work every other Sunday in accordance with staffing needs).
• Actively promotes Outpatient Wound Care Department.

Assessment

• Demonstrates flexibility when needed to float between in patient and out patient areas as patient need dictates
• Performs and documents an accurate woundcare assessment on consultation or arrival to treatment area.
• Responds to diagnostic data and initiates appropriate action or intervention.
• Assesses patient education needs.
• Assesses psychosocial needs specific to patient's age, growth, and development.

Planning

• Formulates plan of woundcare to be implemented and monitored collaboratively by woundcare nurse and staff nurse.
• Establishes priorities for patient care based on patient needs.

Implementation

• Verbalizes understanding of patient diagnosis and interdisciplinary plan of care.
• Administers medications; observes effects, recognizes and reports adverse reactions immediately.
• Provides individualized instructions each shift to patient/significant other regarding the plan of care.
• Demonstrates safe and correct use of woundcare specific equipment.
• Ensures that each patient's general hygiene needs are met.
• Adheres to standard precautions and hand hygeine guidelines at all times.
• Performs dressing changes using aseptic technique.
• Collects and labels specimens per policy when ordered by physician.
• Performs bedside glucose monitoring according to policy.
• Reports all abnormal findings immediately to physician.
• Initiates wound and skin protocol upon identification of actual or potential skin breakdown.
• Performs ostomy care to include appliance usage, and reinforcement of teaching.
• Inserts intermittent or indwelling urinary catheter using aseptic technique.
• Administers oxygen therapy according to physician order.
• Demonstrates safe and correct use of restraints.

Evaluation

• Documents/reports patient responses or outcomes resulting from: nursing interventions, treatments/procedures, interpersonal interactions, and patient/family education.
• Evaluates and documents patient's progress towards established goals/objectives.
• Updates/revises patient care problem list and individualized patient care standards based on patient/family responses, progress towards goals, and/or change in medical status on each inpatient assessment.
• Evaluates patient length of stay and related transfer/discharge planning needs based on anticipated problems/needs, internal or community resources, and support systems.

Professional and Staff Development

• Obtains 100% of mandatory hospital and unit specific inservices annually, prior to evaluation date.
• Plans, presents, and documents unit inservice as required by level.
• Documents competency in clinical skills annually.
• Attends staff meetings as required.
• Uses established lines of communication for resolution of problems and interpersonal conflict.

Leadership

• Ensures productivity daily by delegating assignments to immediate subordinates at the beginning of the shift and evaluates completion of duties assigned.
• Participates in PI program by identifying PI indicators of major aspects of care at the unit level.
• Collects PI data as assigned.
• Documents and charges supplies used daily.

Qualifications

• License/Registration/Certification

  • Current FL Nursing License, Current Basic Life Support and Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support required. Woundcare Certification preferred.

• Education

  • None

• Experience

  • Level I: Entry level.

Benefits:

We believe in the physical and mental well-being of our employees and are committed to offering comprehensive benefits that fit their personal needs:

• Health benefits
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability coverage
• Healthcare spending accounts
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off
• Pet Insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Wellness program
• On-site housing for select positions and more!

Degree Requirements:

Certification: