Wound Care Nurse Specialist - Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital Bradford

Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital, Bradford/Haverhill Wound Care Specialist

• CWCN/CWOCN Required $50 - $60 per hour plus $10,000 Sign-On Bonus Full-Time Days, 40 hours/week Monday-Friday, flexibility available We are looking for a Certified Wound Care RN to join our nursing team within our beautiful Rehabilitation Hospital conveniently located off of 495 on Ward Hill in Bradford Mass.

Essential Duties

-Acts as a role model for professional practice in wound care (in outpatient wound clinic and inpatient as necessary) -Provides and/or coordinates patient care, including appropriate referrals for required services and necessary equipment to meet the wound care needs of the patient. -Participates in interdisciplinary meetings as appropriate.

-Evaluates equipment needs and makes recommendations to the Director of Nursing and Clinical Services appropriately. -Is responsible for equipment management by providing education and monitoring safety. -Collaborates with affiliating agencies to meet the care needs of the wound care patients -Initiates a nursing assessment of patient's condition upon admission to the wound clinic.

-Assesses and interprets reports communicating findings with the assigned physician. -Recognize and assesses initial alterations in the patient's body system and verbalizes this to other members of the health care team. -Organizes assessment data for accuracy, completeness and confidentiality -Records assessment data in an orderly fashion and communicates, revises, and verbalizes pertinent information to other health care team members.

-Assesses, stages, measures wounds accurately and in accordance to policy.

• Photographs wounds according to policy and procedure -Identifies patient care situations that require intervention, implements nursing actions and evaluates responses. -Provides consultation to nursing staff and other health care professionals. -Provides leadership in the development, implementation and evaluation of standards of practice within specialty area. -Collaborates with Director of Nursing, Clinical Services and the Coordinator of PI to identify learning needs of the staff. Prerequisites: -Wound Care Certified, CWCN/CWOCN strongly preferred -Current Massachusetts Nursing License Benefits offered:
• Paid Vacation, Sick and Holiday
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Long and Short term disability
• Accident, Hospital, Life and Critical Illness policies - 401k, H.S.A, Flexible Spending