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Job Summary:
Provides professional nursing care to patients with alterations in skin/tissue integrity (e.g. pressure, vascular, arterial and diabetic ulcerations, as well as skin conditions resulting from incontinence, surgical procedures and/or trauma).
Manages/coordinates patient case/wound management needs including identification, assessment, prevention, and continuing education to achieve the best healing outcomes in an outpatient environment. Work includes intake/discharge planning activities, initiating/monitoring the quality management program, timely and accurate completion of patient and billing documentation, and coordinating interdisciplinary teams that include healthcare practitioners, rehabilitation therapists, social workers, and other healthcare disciplines or providers depending upon individual patient assessments.
Essential Duties:
Delivers and coordinates care to patients with alterations in skin/tissue integrity within the scope of practice and under the direction of physician or other clinician.
Manages and coordinates patient case/wound management in accordance with established standards, strictly defined timelines, and overall plan of care.
Completes all required documentation in a timely, accurate, and thorough manner in accordance with FHS standards and procedures.
Initiates and monitors the Quality Management program for the Wound Care Center.
Work Experience/Education:
Associate’s degree in nursing, and two years of related work experience working with an interdisciplinary clinical team in one or more of the following clinical areas: Med/Surg, Gerontology, Home Health, or Wound Care that demonstrates attainment of the requisite job knowledge skills/abilities.
Bachelor’s degree in Nursing preferred.
Licensure/Certification:
Current Washington State Registered Nurse licensure required.
Current healthcare provider BLS Certification required.
Current professional certification (e.g. WCC, CWON, CWS or equivalent) is preferred.
