RN-Acute Wound Care Nurse II

Kaweah Delta Health Care District•Visalia, CA

About The Position

The RN-Acute Wound Care Nurse II provides expert nursing care, clinical assessment, and treatment recommendations for patients with complex wounds, ostomy, or incontinence issues. The nurse partners with registered nurses, ancillary staff, physicians, patients, and families to provide education and develop individualized plans of care using specialized expertise and approved organizational products. This role serves as a primary clinical expert and resource for staff and physicians, supports the use of treatment products and plans, and prioritizes service for patients according to need. The position also includes team-leader responsibilities on an assigned unit, such as mentoring staff, coordinating care and patient flow, supporting problem-solving, and representing the Nurse Manager when absent. The nurse contributes to quality improvement and policy development, while providing care suited to the population served and respecting patients’ cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, and age-specific needs.

Requirements

Current California RN license.
BLS certification.
Clinical nursing experience with acute wound care.

Nice To Haves

BSN, MSN, or current enrollment in an RN-BSN program.

Responsibilities

Provide expert nursing care, clinical assessment, and treatment recommendations for patients with complex wounds, ostomy, or incontinence issues.
Partner with nurses, ancillary staff, physicians, patients, and families to develop individualized plans of care and provide education.
Identify high-risk patients and initiate appropriate ancillary department interventions.
Deliver ethical, respectful, confidential, nonjudgmental, and nondiscriminatory care that preserves patient autonomy, dignity, and rights.
Use the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, outcome identification, implementation, and evaluation.
Collect clinical data and use quality and performance improvement findings to recommend and implement improvements to nursing practice and patient outcomes.
Assist with development and implementation of policies, procedures, and practice guidelines; participate in interdisciplinary teams and quality improvement studies.
Formulate plans of care with patient involvement, make appropriate referrals, and support continuity of care.
Serve as a clinical resource for staff and physicians on wound, ostomy, and incontinence care; recommend treatments using approved and available organizational products.
Assist staff with product use and ensure the team understands and follows treatment plans.
Manage and prioritize orders so patients with the greatest need receive services first, supporting quality of care and minimizing length of stay.
Coordinate collaboration and communication among staff, physicians, other providers, and departments involved in patient care.
Provide staff guidance, support, and education on wound, ostomy, and incontinence care; alert the Nurse Manager to remediation issues as needed.
Make fiscally responsible decisions about time, supplies, equipment, staffing, and treatment plans.
As team leader, act as a primary clinical resource, role model, and mentor for staff, and represent the Nurse Manager in their absence.
Provide leadership and support through effective problem-solving and decision-making; coordinate care and patient flow, including in high-risk or emergent situations.
Keep the Nurse Manager, Director, or Nursing Supervisor informed about critical patients and unit issues; ensure patient care issues are documented and reported and that a Statement of Concern is completed by the appropriate nurse.
Understand and use the Medical Staff and Kaweah Health chain of command; guide employees and alert the Nurse Manager to counseling needs.
Provide patient care as needed and perform other duties as assigned.
Provide care and services appropriate to the population served, accounting for patient and family cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, and age-specific needs.