Senior Wound Care Nurse

University of Maryland Medical System•Baltimore, MD

17d•Onsite

About The Position

The Wound Care Unit is comprised of Wound Care and other health care practitioners that provide individualized, around-the-clock patient care. As an Experienced Certified Wound Care Nurse, you will be required to consistently demonstrate effective leadership behaviors, advance evidence-based practices, lead unit governance initiatives, and coach others to excel and grow in their professional nursing roles.

Requirements

Licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in Maryland, or eligibility to practice due to Compact state agreements as outlined by the MD Board of Nursing.
BSN or Conferred BSN degree required as of July 1, 2013.
Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN) certification.
Current CPR certification required.
Relevant clinical work experience related to unit practice.
Maintenance of 20 contact hours of education every two years.
Membership in a professional organization.
Minimum 0.50 FTE status.

Responsibilities

Provides independent care for the unit-specific patient population; serves as a clinical resource, integrates evidence into practice, and functions effectively in unit-specific roles (e.g., arrest team for ICU, triage for ED).
Accountable to patients and families for care processes and outcomes during an episode of care.
Accountable to peers for advancing group practice on the unit and to the nurse manager for overall work performance.
Serves as a clinical expert and professional resource for unit nurses, utilizing clinical expertise to teach informally on the unit or through formal classes.
Advances clinical practice on the unit by consistently integrating evidence into practice, forming a solid foundation for unit practice.
Leads efforts to address Nursing Sensitive Quality Indicators (NSQI) improvement opportunities; develops, implements, and evaluates action plans.
Leads performance improvement initiatives by designing, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating results.
Monitors patient and unit safety standards and actively contributes to the development and implementation of improvement plans.
Coaches CNI and CNIIs on performance improvement (PI) and/or evidence-based practice (EBP).
Complies with, participates in, and leads regulatory activities within the unit/division or organization.
Leads the development of Performance Improvement, Evidence-Based Practice, or research at the unit level, meeting at least one form of advancing practice in the continuum of research. Leads at least one primary project using a model as the project’s framework, identified within the portfolio.
Performs charge role as scheduled and coaches new charge nurses.
Oversees unit orientation program and plans clinical experiences for orientation.
Serves as a unit steward (e.g., liaison for lab, nutrition, pharmacy).
Mentors and coaches other nurses to advance their development and maintain competencies required for the patient population served.
Role models and holds peers accountable for Healthy Work Environment guidelines (communication, collaboration, effective decision-making, recognition, leadership, staffing).
Orients nurses to unit-level governance structure and councils.
Serves as an expert preceptor, coach, and mentor to new nurses, students, and preceptors.
Mentors and coaches unit leaders or those assuming leadership roles on councils or major governance initiatives.
Leads unit processes for the development of ancillary personnel’s skills and development; leads unit-based peer review processes.
Actively engages in advancing own practice and serves as a role model for others.