WOC Registered Nurse

Emory•Atlanta, GA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Emory Healthcare is seeking a RN Clinician with a strong background in wound, ostomy, and continence (W.O.C) care. This role supports a strong, unified WOC team that partners collaboratively with departments to ensure high-quality, patient-centered outcomes. The RN Clinician will direct agency-wide initiatives for pressure ulcer prevention, wound care and ostomy care, including supporting pressure ulcer prevalence data collection, evidence-based policies, procedures, and protocols, and advising on appropriate support surfaces, products, and staff decision-making algorithms. The role involves developing and conducting educational programs and clinical instruction for Emory Healthcare staff and students. The RN Clinician will provide advanced clinical guidance to physicians and nursing staff regarding the management of complex wounds, fistulas, moisture management, and pressure ulcers, and determine appropriate nursing interventions and recommend necessary equipment, materials, and resources. Responsibilities include performing pre-operative stoma site marking and ostomy education, and developing and conducting post-operative ostomy education and care plans. This is a clinical expert role, integrating knowledge to respond to patient/family needs, leading efforts to strengthen organizational systems, and demonstrating creative problem-solving and collaboration. The nurse will model expert communication, advance evidence-based practices, participate in unit governance, lead unit projects, and mentor other nurses. The role requires over two years of nursing experience, a BSN (or completion of RN-MSN), MSN, DNP program, and specialty certification. The nurse will demonstrate expertise in scholarly activities, role model dependable and effective care, demonstrate expert assessment skills, and possess foresight regarding the impact of nursing care on patient outcomes. They will be recognized as an expert clinician and leader, assist less experienced nurses, monitor documentation standards, provide feedback, and implement changes to the documentation process. The role involves establishing, promoting, and evaluating standardized plans of care using evidence-based research, staying informed of clinical trends, and collaborating to develop standardized teaching materials. The nurse will demonstrate exemplary practice using the AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care, role model time management, ensure compliance with policies, identify and initiate educational programs, and disseminate evidence-based practice information. They will question clinical practice related to research, role model and educate others using the Synergy model, and role model delegation skills. The nurse will assume a leadership and resource role with the interdisciplinary team, function as Charge Nurse when assigned, orient staff or students, evaluate resource use and cost containment, and lead team behavior. They will exhibit a desire to understand others' points of view, demonstrate effective communication skills, take a leadership role in building an environment of open communication, and take appropriate action to correct unacceptable practice. The role involves developing staff competencies, actively monitoring and developing staff competency, using self in the therapeutic relationship, respecting others' values, suspending judgment, planning constructive interventions based on patient values, eliciting and integrating cultural beliefs, and utilizing patient satisfaction feedback. The nurse will assist colleagues in resolving issues, identify and address needs of long-term patients, monitor issues and their resolution, and respect and maintain confidential information.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited prelicensure Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) AND Completion of an accredited WOC Nursing Education program.
Two years experience as an RN
Must have a valid, active unencumbered Nursing license approved by the Georgia Licensing Board.
BLS certification
ACLS may be required in designated departments.
Must achieve certification in Wound Care and Ostomy Care within 12 months

Nice To Haves

Direct experience in WOC practice
Certification in Continence Care is not required, but preferred.
Previous experience in Wound and Ostomy care preferred.

Responsibilities

Directs agency-wide initiatives for pressure ulcer prevention, wound care and ostomy care.
Supports pressure ulcer prevalence data collection, evidence-based policies, procedures, and protocols.
Advises on appropriate support surfaces, products, and staff decision-making algorithms.
Develops and conducts educational programs and clinical instruction for Emory Healthcare staff and students.
Provides advanced clinical guidance to physicians and nursing staff regarding the management of complex wounds, fistulas, moisture management, and pressure ulcers.
Determines appropriate nursing interventions for identified patient problems, symptoms, and teaching needs in respect to wound and ostomy care.
Recommends the equipment, materials, and resources needed to successfully implement a wound or ostomy care plan.
Performs appropriate pre-operative stoma site marking and ostomy education.
Develops and conducts post-operative ostomy education and ostomy care plan for the patient and family.
Integrates knowledge gained through practice and education to respond intuitively to patient/family needs.
Routinely leads efforts to strengthen organizational systems that support patient care.
Demonstrates insight, judgment, and clinically sound risk-taking.
Role models expert communication skills to colleagues through example.
Achieves clinical expertise and leadership, is viewed as a professional leader within the unit and beyond.
Advances and leads evidence-based practices.
Participates and leads in unit governance.
Leads unit projects and mentors other nurses to achieve in the role of the professional nurse.
Demonstrates expertise in chosen scholarly activities focused on the advancement or promotion of the profession.
Role models dependable, effective, and efficient care to a patient population using the nursing process.
Demonstrates expert assessment skills.
Demonstrates foresight regarding the impact of nursing care on patient outcomes based on intuition and experience.
Is recognized as an expert clinician and a leader within their area of specialty and assists less experienced nurses concerning patient care.
Monitors the adherence to documentation standards, provides feedback to staff, and implements test(s) of change.
Assists management in making and implementing changes to the documentation process as necessary.
Establishes, promotes, and evaluates standardized plans of care for the unit using evidence-based research within the area of specialty.
Remains informed of innovative clinical trends through bench marking and evidence-based practice.
Collaborates with management and patient/family advisor council to develop standardized teaching materials for patient and family learning needs.
Demonstrates exemplary practice using AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care.
Role models time management skills through example.
Ensures compliance and adherence with stated policies and procedures for a patient population.
Identifies, initiates, and collaborates to provide needed educational programs.
Demonstrates current evidence-based practice and disseminates information.
Questions clinical practice as it relates to research.
Role models and educates others utilizing the Synergy model for patient care.
Role models delegation skills to colleagues and assists others in effective delegation utilizing the synergy model of care.
Assumes a leadership and resource role with the interdisciplinary team.
Functions as Charge Nurse when assigned.
Orients staff or students as assigned in absence of designated preceptor.
Evaluates the use of resources and cost containment activities.
Leads and coordinates team behavior between staff members and actively fosters the development of leadership skills in others.
Exhibits desire to hear and understand another's point of view.
Demonstrates and role models effective communication skills.
Takes a leadership role in building and maintaining an environment which fosters open and candid communication.
Takes appropriate action to correct unacceptable practice as needed.
Develops staff competencies utilizing Clinical Nurse Specialists as resource/consultant.
Actively participates in monitoring and developing staff competency.
Intuitively uses self in the therapeutic relationship to enhance care.
Respects others' values and suspends judgment.
Plans constructive interventions based on the patients values.
Effectively elicits cultural beliefs and values from patients and integrates these into overall patient management.
Utilizes patient satisfaction feedback as a factor in designing patient care delivery.
Assists colleagues in resolving routine, non-routine or complex issues and facilitates escalation if necessary.
Identifies and systematically addresses the needs of long-term or extended stay patients to improve satisfaction.
Monitors issues and their resolution.
Respects and maintains confidential information.