Clinical Services Nurse (RN), Wound Ostomy

Duke Careers • NC

95d

About The Position

The Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurse Clinician (WOC NC) provides leadership in the care of patients with stomas, draining wounds, or incontinence, throughout the organization. This includes the utilization of clinical expertise to provide preoperative and postoperative care, counseling, and teaching to patients 0-99 years of age in need of wound, ostomy, and/or continence management. S/he has primary responsibility for educating nurses to ensure knowledge and competency in basic wound, ostomy, and continence management; and works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team in a variety of specialties in planning and coordinating the care. The WOCN Nurse Clinician is an integral part of multiple teams, as a clinician, educator, consultant, and leader.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited Bachelors Degree in Nursing program.
• 2 years of appropriate clinical experience required.
• Current licensure in the State of North Carolina or compact RN licensure.
• BLS required.
• Nationally recognized certification in Wound and Ostomy management is required.

Responsibilities

• Plan and provide professional nursing care for patients in accordance with physician orders and established policies and procedures.
• Identifies patient caseload through referrals and active case finding.
• Conducts complete and accurate patient assessment.
• Provides specialized nursing treatment, care and education to patients with wounds.
• Provides specialized nursing treatment, care, stomal siting, and education to patients undergoing urinary or stool diversion.
• Provides specialized nursing treatment, care, and education to patients with draining wounds or requiring continence management.
• Selects, develops and/or implements evidence-based clinical interventions and systems to achieve defined patient and system outcomes.
• Serves as a resource to patients and families, providing preoperative counseling and follow-up problem solving after discharge from the hospital.
• Utilizes comprehensive assessment skills in the evaluation of stoma and wound care products and supplies.
• Assist patients and families with the understanding of their diagnosis and the management thereof.
• Identifies patient/family education needs and priorities.
• Coaches patients and families to help them navigate the healthcare system.
• Utilizes teaching and learning theories to assist patients and families with physical and emotional impact of body changes and chronic illness.
• Provides additional information/community resources to enhance the patient’s quality of life.
• Participates in developing, implementing and evaluating patient education resources and programs.
• Assesses learning needs of nursing staff; participate in planning and implementing appropriate educational forums.
• Assist nursing personnel in the delivery of nursing care functioning as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team.
• Establishes collaborative relationships within and across departments that promote patient safety and clinical excellence.
• Serves as a resource and consultant to nursing members of the healthcare community.
• Practices collegially with medical staff and other members of the healthcare team.
• Participates in and supports accreditation and regulatory activities of Duke Hospital.
• Facilitates the provision of clinically competent care by staff/team through education and quality monitoring.
• Role models advanced practice professional nursing through conduct, communication, and ethical decision-making.
• Uses effective strategies for changing clinician and team behavior to encourage adoption of evidence-based practices.
• Assist in the development and implementation of general policies and procedures and quality improvement.
• Participates in nursing and interdisciplinary process improvement projects and clinical research.
• Uses quality-monitoring data to assess the quality and effectiveness of clinical programs.
• Promotes evidence-based practice through participation in developing, implementing, and evaluating process standards.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees