Location
Erie, PA | United States
Job description
UPMC Hamot Wound Healing Services & Hyperbaric Medicine is seeking a Wound Care Specialist to join their team! This casual position will allow for flexible hours. No holidays, evenings or weekends are required. Apply today to join a great team and grow your career with UPMC!
Responsibilities:
- Demonstrates critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, psychological and spiritual issues for the patient within an episode of care.
- Maintains ongoing follow-up evaluation for appropriate ostomy and/or skin care patients with needs after discharge from the hospital to provide for continuity of care.
- Incorporates national professional organizations (NPUAP) and (WOCN) as well as business unit and health system’s goals to improve patient quality, safety and satisfaction in daily work.
- Creates a caring and compassionate patient focused experience by building healing relationships with patient and their families as well colleagues.
- Demonstrates a passion for developing self and others, enthusiastically and expertly precepts students, graduate nurses, new staff, medical students and residents.
- Supports continuous learning in the clinical area by sharing research, materials from professional organizations within the department and with other health care personnel.
- Conducts in-services and formal lectures for nursing units and other members of the Health care team
- Contributes to the professional development of the unit base skin care committee by participation in clinical development of the unit representatives.
- Identifies opportunities for clinical quality as well as workplace improvement.
- Applies evidence based practice aspect of professional practice.
- Participates in product evaluation for ostomy and skin care needs for the health system to ensure cost effective quality patient care.
- Builds and mends relationships among colleagues within the framework of a healthy workplace.
- Role models keen cultural awareness including preventing and addressing horizontal violence and impairment.
- Maintains a conscious balance between work and personal life through prioritization and delegation of responsibilities.
- Serves as a role model of professional nursing practice by serving as a recognized leader in clinical expertise , teacher, specialized resource nurse, and /or evidence based practice in the nursing care of patients with alterations in skin integrity, wounds, ostomies, fistulas and /or incontinence.
- Consistently gives appropriate feedback to all members of the healthcare team and participates in the peer review process.
- Promotes change that enhances the quality of patient care of applicable patients within the WOCN department and the Nursing department at large
- Demonstrates highly developed clinical assessment and analytical skill within the context of Relationship Based Care
- Actively participates in shared governance at department level and serves on or acts as a resource to hospital-wide councils
- Participates in continuous learning within the specialty
- Demonstrates a passion for developing others, enthusiastically and expertly precepts students, graduate nurses and new hires.
- Analyzes clinical and behavioral situations, identifying learning opportunities to improve patient care practices.
- Regularly seeks feedback on performance and applies continuous professional improvement.
- Supports continuous learning in the clinical area by sharing research, materials from professional organizations, presenting on the unit, supporting journal clubs, etc.
- Applies the Nursing process within the framework of Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment.
- Formulates goal and a plan of care for applicable patients that involves the patient as a partner and considers the individual needs of the patient in a holistic manner.
- Practices solid communication skills and is able to articulate and translate the patient’s condition to other care providers negotiate and make recommendations for changes in patient care.
- Communicates the plan of care to the nursing staff, physicians, patient and family, and other members of the health care team as applicable.
- Documentation of patient care and plan of care is complete and promotes communication between caregivers.
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$29.3 - $48.74 per hour
