Registered Nurse - Wound Care

Department of Veterans Affairs • Baltimore, MD

33d • Onsite

About The Position

Whole Health is an approach to health care that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their life to the fullest. The VA is committed to Whole Health and values Veteran and Employee health and wellbeing. As a VA employee, you will practice Whole Health in an environment that supports personalized and proactive care. Delivers fundamental knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical skills. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. Demonstrates integration of biopsychosocial concepts, cognitive skills, and technically competent practice while providing care to clients/residents with acute, chronic, or complex skin/wound care needs. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components. Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. The BT Wound Care Nurse (WCN) reviews inpatient wound consults and wound care nursing notes in the electronic patient chart daily. Provides discharge recommendations. Place and track all supply orders. Request specialty beds and request pickup of specialty beds through Prosthetic consults and VA Bed rental department. Coordinate on-going education for nursing staff and conduct post FAPI huddles with the inpatient nursing staff. Collect and aggregate HAPI, FAPI and CAPI data monthly. Monthly reports are sent to VAMHCS Leadership. Report and track new pressure injuries to Nursing Leadership. Collaborate with vendors to assess and review new products. Attend quarterly meetings for the Interprofessional Pressure Injury Committee (IPIC). Attend Bi-weekly meetings for Wound Ostomy Care Nurse shared practices, collaboration and updates. Resource for Outpatient Ostomy care, assist with ordering supplies, providing support to the veteran via phone calls and secure messaging.

Requirements

• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Responsibilities

• Reviews inpatient wound consults and wound care nursing notes in the electronic patient chart daily.
• Provides discharge recommendations.
• Place and track all supply orders.
• Request specialty beds and request pickup of specialty beds through Prosthetic consults and VA Bed rental department.
• Coordinate on-going education for nursing staff and conduct post FAPI huddles with the inpatient nursing staff.
• Collect and aggregate HAPI, FAPI and CAPI data monthly.
• Monthly reports are sent to VAMHCS Leadership.
• Report and track new pressure injuries to Nursing Leadership.
• Collaborate with vendors to assess and review new products.
• Attend quarterly meetings for the Interprofessional Pressure Injury Committee (IPIC).
• Attend Bi-weekly meetings for Wound Ostomy Care Nurse shared practices, collaboration and updates.
• Resource for Outpatient Ostomy care, assist with ordering supplies, providing support to the veteran via phone calls and secure messaging.

Benefits

• Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
• Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees