Wound Care Coordinator

Kindred Hospital Philadelphia • Philadelphia, PA

103d

About The Position

At ScionHealth, we empower our caregivers to do what they do best. We value every voice by caring deeply for every patient and each other. We show courage by running toward the challenge and we lean into new ideas by embracing curiosity and question asking. Together, we create our culture by living our values in our day-to-day interactions with our patients and teammates. The position manages the facility wound care program including standards of care and practice related to wound, ostomy, and continence patient care needs. In addition, the role will provide direct patient care and assistance to staff nurses, and act as a consultative service to affiliated healthcare agencies.

Requirements

• Degree from an accredited nursing program.
• Current state RN license; BSN preferred.
• Professional certification WOCN CWS, or WCC or obtain certification within 12 months of employment.
• BLS required.
• 1-3 years licensed professional nursing experience with previous experience as an acute care nurse.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements the facility wound care program in conjunction with the national standardization process.
• Establishes standards of care, competencies, policies and procedures in quality, cost efficient and effective wound care for all clinical staff.
• Acts as primary consultant to Wound Care Clinicians.
• Serves as a consultant to facility staff and advocates with physicians.
• Provides ongoing education to staff on products available for use in hospital.
• Evaluates all wounds upon admission and ongoing to determine treatment plan and provide early problem identification.
• Provides consultation and/or assessment on patients with pressure injuries.
• Consults on any wound that does not show measurable signs of healing within two weeks.
• Assists the primary nurse in developing an appropriate plan of care for comprehensive wound management and wound prevention.
• Makes recommendations to the physician for changes to wound care orders and provides evidence-based research support as needed.
• Reviews medical records of patients with wounds.
• Ensures that wound assessments, care plans, and treatments are clearly and correctly documented.
• Investigates all cases with adverse events related to wounds through the completion of root cause analysis (RCA).
• Participates in clinical outcome monitoring, follow-up and agency performance improvement initiatives.
• Participates in CMS quality data reporting through completion of wound related LTRAX data set records.
• Collaborates with Support Center Clinical Operations staff to maintain a cost-effective wound care formulary.
• Assists as needed with training of new hire Wound Care Coordinators within the Hospital Division.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree