Wound Ostomy RN
Company: Admin Bldg Med Info Services
Location: Royal Oak
Posted on: March 19, 2023
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Job Description:
* Rotating every 4 weeks on Saturday and Sunday
As the largest not-for-profit health care system serving Michigan,
we offer a world of opportunity within our expansive system. We
have more nationally ranked hospitals than any other health system
in the state, including six that are Magnet --recognized. In total,
Beaumont has eight hospitals and 155 outpatient sites that provide
diverse practice settings located in communities throughout
southeastern Michigan and the greater Detroit metropolitan
area.
GENERAL SUMMARY:
The hospital based Wound Clinician serves as a clinical resource
and consultant for the acute care of in patients with disorders of
the gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and integumentary systems. The
care extends to those with acute and chronic wounds (for example,
complex draining wounds, fistulae, pressure injury, vascular
ulcers), ostomies, percutaneous tubes and continence disorders.
Professional responsibilities are carried out through direct
patient care, clinical consultation, education, research and
administration.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
1. General duties/responsibilities
- Utilizes the nursing process when directing or delivering care to
patients with WOC needs including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes
identification, planning and implementation (e.g., coordination of
care delivery, health teaching and promotion, consultation), and
evaluation.
- Utilizes and maintains current physical, psychosocial, clinical
assessment, and therapeutic communication skills to determine
individual patient needs and expected outcomes.
- Participates in committees or task forces related to wound,
ostomy, and continence issues
2. Wound/skin care
- Provides consultation for individuals with altered skin integrity
(e.g., pressure injuries, draining wounds, fistulae) to develop
individualized plans of care and attain expected outcomes.
- Provides guidance to staff in implementing protocols to identify,
control, or eliminate etiologic factors for skin breakdown,
including selection of appropriate support surfaces.
- Provides appropriate education to patients, caregivers, and staff
regarding skin care, wound management, care of percutaneous tubes,
and draining wound/fistulae management.
- Provides consultation for negative pressure wound therapy,
(including subsequent dressing changes) provides collaborative care
which includes patient's next care setting.
- Validates pressure injury data collection for nursing quality
indicators
3. Ostomy care
- Provides pre- and postoperative education to patients (and their
families) who are undergoing ostomy surgery, with consideration of
the need for physical and psychological adaptation.
- Marks the stoma site preoperatively by determining the
appropriate site for stoma placement with consideration of the
patient's anatomical markings, physical capabilities, and
lifestyle.
- Assesses the stoma and stoma functioning and initiates
appropriate procedures for stoma care (e.g., removes rod/sutures,
measures/fits a pouching system, teaches care of stoma/peristomal
skin and pouch).
- Provides appropriate educational information to patients,
including postoperative and discharge instructions about care,
referrals, and supply needs.
4. Continence care
- Identifies risk factors for urinary or fecal continence
disorders.
- Assesses patients with urinary and/or fecal continence
disorders.
- Establishes an appropriate management program to include
recommendations regarding containment/absorptive products and
devices and skin care; and education and counseling for
patients/caregivers.
5. Education
- Participates in developing and implementing procedures and
protocols, based on current national guidelines, to deliver care to
patients with the following:
- Urinary or intestinal disorders resulting in the need for an
ostomy.
- Conditions requiring wound management.
- Impaired or altered skin integrity.
- Urinary and/or fecal continence issues.
- Assists the nursing and medical staff in maintaining current
knowledge and competence in WOC care by providing the
following:
- Formal or informal continuing education programs.
- Orientation sessions.
- Collaborative practice committees.
- Nursing councils.
- Attends continuing education programs related to WOC nursing to
maintain current knowledge and skills.
6. Research
- Collaborates with leadership and multidisciplinary clinical
practice teams to establish protocols, which support best practices
to achieve optimal clinical benefits for patients needing WOC
care.
7. Administrative duties
- Maintains and submits required activity and statistical reports
to the appropriate department supervisor.
- Contributes to the selection of cost-effective supplies and
equipment related to WOC care, which might need to be
individualized for different units/departments.
This document represents the major duties, responsibilities, and
authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list
of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore,
that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond
those explicitly described.
STANDARD REQUIREMENTS:
1. Supports the Mission, Value and Vision of Beaumont Health (BH).
Demonstrates personal commitment through active involvement in the
performance improvement process.
2. Exhibits excellent customer service skills and behaviors toward
internal and external customers and co-workers. Promotes positive
public relations with patients/residents, family members, guests,
and others.
3. Supports and adheres to all Beaumont Health's customer service,
service excellence, and performance standards. Supports and
participates with all required compliance standards that may be
department specific and/or identified by the organizations
including in-service training, acceptable attendance, uniform and
dress code.
4. Adheres to HIPAA requirements and maintains confidentiality of
all data, including patient/resident, employee and operations
information.
5. Supports and participates in a collaborative team-oriented
environment - cooperates and works together with all co-workers,
plans and completes job duties, uses appropriate communications in
sensitive and emotional situations and follows up as appropriate
regarding reported complaints, problems and concerns.
6. Supports, cooperates with and demonstrates safe work practices
and attitudes, follows safety rules - including universal
precautions - reports and prevents/corrects unsafe conditions and
behaviors, and participates in organizational and departmental
safety programs.
7. Completes all required compliance standards that may be
department specific and/or identified by the organization.
8. Maintains current licensure, registration and/or certification,
as applicable, at all times.
STANDARD QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to
perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed
below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability
required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
A. Education / Training:
- BSN
B. Work Experience:
- Two to four years of recent, relevant nursing experience
(preferred).
C. Certification, Licensure, Registration:
- Current certification in as a Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse
(CWOCN) or Wound Ostomy Nurse (CWON) by the Wound, Ostomy and
Continence Nursing Certification Board. Current Michigan RN
licensure. Current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(BLS).
D. Other Qualifications:
WORKING CONDITIONS:
A. Physical Effort:
- Manual Dexterity. Position requires incumbent to constantly
perform simple motor skills such as standing, walking and simple
manipulative skills such as writing. Position requires incumbent to
frequently perform moderately difficult manipulative skills such as
positioning patients.
- Coordination. Position requires incumbent to constantly perform
gross body coordination such as walking. Frequently perform tasks
which require hand-eye coordination such as assisting patient to
eat, collections of specimens for transport to lab and tasks which
require arm-hand steadiness such as taking patients' temps and
pulses.
- Mobility. Positions requires incumbent to constantly walk and
stand, occasionally sit for prolonged periods, frequently bend such
as when caring for a patient in bed.
- Visual Discrimination. Positions requires incumbent to constantly
see objects far away as in driving and see close objects such as
reading thermometers.
- 5. Hearing. Positions requires incumbent to constantly be able to
hear normal sound with some background noise as in answering
phone/intercom. Occasionally, be able to distinguish sound as in
equipment alarms.
B. Work Environment:
--- Frequently exposed to electro-magnetic radiations as in
VDTs
--- Occasionally exposed to hazardous material other than blood,
body tissues, or fluids, dust, toxins, cytotoxins, chemical
hazardous materials, bodily injuries, loud and/or unpleasant
noises, high humidity, electrical hazards, or poisonous
substances
--- Infrequently exposed to blood, body tissue or fluids
--- Seldom exposed to fluctuations in temperature, grease, oil, and
radiation.
--- Potential risk of an exposure to hazardous medications or waste
materials of hazardous medications.
BENEFITS
Beaumont offers a comprehensive benefits package to meet your
financial, health and life-work balance goals.
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Generous paid time off, holidays and flexible scheduling
Our employees receive special discounts on a wide range of products
and services
Exceptional health, dental, vision and prescription drug insurance
plans
Relocation assistance
Generous retirement savings, disability insurance, identify theft
protection and even home and auto insurance
Free onsite parking at all campuses
Our diverse and talented teams of professionals and clinicians
don't just share in the success of our system; they make it
possible. Driven by our shared commitment to making our communities
healthier and stronger, we are leading the way in health care
innovation with relentless ambition and a belief that anything is
possible when we work together.
Beaumont Health grants equal employment opportunity to all
qualified persons without regard to race, color, national origin,
sex, disability, age, religion, genetic information, marital
status, height, weight, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation,
gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally
protected category.
This is where extraordinary begins. Find out where it can take you
and your career. Apply Now!
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