Registered Nurse (RN) | Wound Care Center
About The Position
ChristianaCare Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Center Cecil County seeks to hire a full-time Wound Care RN to meet the demand and assure quality care. The center strives for the highest level of wound care outcomes, utilization of advanced wound care products, and leverages a multidisciplinary approach to care. This role involves collaborating with physicians and other members of the health care team in providing consistent quality care for patients with wounds. The successful candidate will case manage a group of patients by planning, implementing, and evaluating a plan of care, working within both the Riverside (Wilmington) and Cecil Campus (Elkton, MD) wound care centers. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm, with no weekends or holidays required at this time.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse with current state license in good standing
- Bachelor’s of Nursing required
- Two years experience in acute care nursing
- Experience in an ambulatory care setting
- Must be able to train at ChristianaCare Wound Care Center at Riverside for a minimum of one month
- Once oriented must be willing to support cross coverage between the Wound Centers if need (emergent coverage needs only as needed)
Responsibilities
- Provides direct care for patients in an ambulatory setting through comprehensive assessments, and assessment of diagnostic data and wound evaluations
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of common wound etiologies and wound standard of care
- Performs ordered treatments including but not limited to vital signs, blood sugars, vascular assessments and ABIs, wound assessments, phlebotomy, medication administration, and specimen collection and handling
- Prepares and implements a plan of care for the wound patient collaborating with the physician and other health team members
- Demonstrates competent utilization of interview, examination and observation techniques in obtaining patient history and wound history information
- Demonstrates competence in assessing patient and family learning needs and developing a plan to meet all areas of learning needs
- Demonstrates skills and knowledge necessary to provide care appropriate for adolescent, adult and geriatric patients, including knowledge of growth and development, the ability to obtain and interpret information to identify patient needs, and provide the care needed
Benefits
- Annual membership to care.com
- Access to backup care services for dependents through Care@Work
- Retirement planning services
- Financial coaching
- Fitness and wellness reimbursement
- Discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, movie tickets and much more
- Tuition assistance for degreed programs
- Pre-pay for some Nursing programs
- Medical/dental/vision benefits available on the first day of employment
- Two different mechanisms toward planning for your retirement: a 403(b) and a defined contribution plan
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement
- Employee assistance program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
