ATD Technology LLC full-service Staffing & Recruiting Agency is hiring: RN - Wou

Overview

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Responsibilities

• Conducts health assessment interview focused on wound, ostomy, and continence related care.
• Performs focused physical assessment, develops plan of care based on the diagnosis and individual client needs.
• Recommends medications and treatments as appropriate.
• Develop, revise and evaluate standards of care, assist in the selection of supplies, technology and equipment.
• Assess and document patient response to wound care, ostomy, continence, fistula and complex wounds treatment. Evaluate the quality and delivery of care provided by the clinical staff on unit. -
• Works collaboratively with the health care team and makes referrals to other disciplines as indicated.
• Teach, counsels, and assists individuals and families to assume responsibility for prevention of complications as they relate to patients with ostomies, wounds, or continence problems.
• Develop, provide and evaluate staff education programs, i.e., new employee orientation, in services, and continuing education programs.
• Routinely providing comprehensive assessments of patients at risk for developing pressure injuries. Initiating preventative measures.
• Escalate and communicate challenges identified including ethical issues and issues related to conflict resolution.
• Routinely collaborating with Assistant Director of Nursing for Wound Care to initiate and recommend best practices based on prudent assessment.
• Participating in Unit/Department Quality Improvement and Hospital Wide Q.I activities, i.e. Incidence, Prevalence Studies and Nursing Quality.
• Providing culturally competent patient, family and staff education consistent with cultural, ethnic, religious and other belief systems.
• Maintaining the security and confidentiality of data and information in accordance with patient rights policies.
• Achieving and maintaining a level of professional competency by engaging in activities consistent with clinical practice and population to serve.
• Identifies available community resources helpful to clients, refers and assists clients in utilizing such resources.
• Asset management related to rented equipment, e.g. Specialty beds, and Negative Pressure Devices.

Required Skills & Experience

• Two (2) years of Med/Surg experience.
• Wound and Colostomy experience.
• This staff must be wound care certified

Required Education

• Associates Degree (ASN, ADN) from an accredited Nursing Program.

Required Certifications & Licensure

• New York State RN License.
• Primary Source Verification of License and Registration of Registered Professional Nurse from NYS Department of Education (NYSED).
• AHA BLS.

Current Certification In One Of The Following

• Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse (CWOCN) issued by the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB).
• Certified Wound Ostomy Nurse (CWON) issued by the WOCNCB.
• Certified Wound Care Nurse (CWCN) issued by the WOCNCB.
• Certified Wound Specialist (CWS) issued by the American Board of Wound Management (ABWM).
• Wound Care Certified Certification (WCC) issued by the National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy (NAWCO).

Schedule Notes

• Required to work a 10hrs flex and alternate weekends.
• 9AM - 7.30PM

Hours Per Day

• 8.00

Hours Per Week

• 40.00

Department

• NURSING

ATD Technology, LLC is a certified minority woman owned business that creates opportunities to match qualified job seekers with client programs while meeting all parties’ financial needs and technical goals. ATD is a full service provider with offerings in Contract, Permanent and Temp-to-Perm staffing solutions. We serve Fortune 1000, mid cap and small cap companies in the Commercial, Public and Government sectors across North America.

Seniorit y level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Health Care Provider

Industries

• Hospitals and Health Care

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