Registered Nurse (RN) - Wound Care Center

Northwell Health

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides age-specific care to an assigned group of patients using the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The nurse collaborates with physicians and other members of the healthcare team to coordinate procedures and treatments, and uses clinical judgment and leadership skills to coordinate care and direct or delegate team activities. The role includes assessing patients’ physical and psychosocial status, identifying care and education needs, establishing individualized goals, developing and documenting care plans, implementing prescribed treatments, administering medications, and evaluating outcomes. The nurse provides wound and skin care, supports patients and their families, maintains accurate clinical documentation, responds to emergencies, and participates in discharge planning, referrals, patient education, and care-improvement activities. The position requires graduation from an accredited School of Nursing and a current New York State Registered Professional Nurse license. A Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing is preferred; nurses without one must enroll in an accredited BSN program within two years and obtain a BSN within five years of their job entry date. Specialized certifications may be required as needed.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State.
Must enroll in an accredited BSN program within two years of job entry and obtain a BSN degree within five years of job entry if not already meeting the degree requirement.
Specialized certifications as needed.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.

Responsibilities

Conduct patient interviews, review charts, explain policies and procedures, and answer patient and family questions.
Assess patients’ physical health, including gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, neurological, mobility, sensory, skin, and pain status.
Assess patients’ psychosocial status, coping mechanisms, knowledge, comprehension, cultural and ethnic needs, and expectations of care.
Identify patient problems, outcomes, goals, teaching needs, and criteria for measuring outcomes.
Develop, document, implement, reassess, and revise individualized plans of care in collaboration with physicians and other healthcare team members.
Prioritize care activities and coordinate the cost-effective use of supplies, equipment, and medications.
Maintain patient safety and provide emotional support to patients and significant others.
Administer prescribed treatments and medications safely and correctly; identify medications’ actions, dosages, side effects, and patient implications.
Perform grade I-IV decubitus care, preventive skin care, simple dressings using aseptic technique, warm and cold compresses, irrigations, and other skin-care procedures as needed.
Assist physicians during treatments and diagnostic procedures, and accurately interpret and implement physician-prescribed treatment regimens.
Observe patients during treatments and procedures and report and document their conditions and responses to interventions.
Maintain accurate documentation of patient treatment, activity, condition, care plans, and responses according to departmental policy.
Respond effectively to emergencies and maintain a calm, quiet, restful environment.
Communicate patient status and changes to physicians, the Patient Care Manager or designee, care-team members, families, caretakers, and appropriate agencies.
Use clinical judgment to delegate assignments and provide direction to care-team members, ensuring assignments are completed in a timely manner.
Participate in patient and family education, explain conditions as indicated, identify teaching opportunities and resources, and evaluate and document teaching effectiveness.
Plan for discharge, coordinate referrals and post-hospital care, and provide discharge instructions to patients and significant others.
Evaluate care and patient outcomes, conduct variance analysis, and design, implement, and evaluate systems to improve unit care.
Perform related duties as required.