Wound Ostomy Nurse

We are searching for a Wound Ostomy Nurse- to provide quality wound and ostomy nursing care to patients by assessing, planning, educating, implementing, and evaluating age-appropriate care in a manner that incorporates family centered principals and cost-effective care.

Think you've got what it takes?

• will support all areas of acute care/critical care and outpatient (neonates to adults)
• pediatric experience preferred
• this position is part-time (20hrs) to support Katy campus
• will consider full-time applicant if willing to support both Woodlands and Katy campuses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing
• One (1) year nursing experience
• Current licensure with Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing licensure Compact
• CPR - Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association
• Graduate of a wound, ostomy, continence nursing education program accredited by the Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses (WOCN) Society or currently enrolled in a WOCN-credited wound, ostomy, continence program with completion of program within 6 months of assuming the role
• Maintains knowledge base by reading professional literature pertaining to specialty and completes continuing education as needed to maintain expertise in WOC nursing.
• Operate the following equipment: infusion pumps, electronic thermometers, non-invasive blood pressure, defibrillator, suction machine, cardiac monitor, scales, computers and any other role specific equipment.

Prefer CWOCN Certified Wound/Ostomy/Continence RN, but can obtain post-hire

Specific Duties

• Participates in quality improvement projects and regulatory meetings to help advance the wound care department and hospital system
• Performs and documents assessment of the patient/family including bio-physical, psychosocial, developmental (age appropriate), cultural, spiritual, and environmental needs in an organized and systematic manner.
• Identifies patient's needs pertaining to patient teaching, discharge planning, growth and development, nutritional screening, functional status, and pain management.
• Determines which standards of care and practice apply to the patient; coordinates and communicates this information to other health care team members, in order to meet patient needs.
• Participates in interdisciplinary rounds and/or patient care conferences to provide input regarding the wound and ostomy perspective and documents in the medical record, as appropriate.
• Evaluates and documents patient's response to the care and treatments provided and recognizes the patient's progress toward meeting the desired outcomes and discusses with the patient/family.
• Executes therapeutic physician or nurse interventions according to established standards of practice and appropriate policies and procedures related to care delivery.
• Encourages patient/family to verbalize feelings (grief, frustration, etc.) and provides psychosocial support when necessary
• Demonstrates willingness and ability to acquire new knowledge relevant to pediatric nursing and/or WONS nursing and utilize new skills needed to improve individual, team, and organizational performance.
• Maintains knowledge base by reading professional literature pertaining to specialty and completes continuing education as
• needed to maintain expertise in WOC nursing.

"As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards"

ABOUT US

Texas Children's Hospital West Campus is Houston's first community hospital designed, built and equipped exclusively for children in one of the city's most rapidly growing communities in the area from Sugar Land to Bryan-College Station, Texas. Located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foot hospital houses the only 24/7 pediatric emergency room in the Greater West Houston area, four operating rooms, 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46 acute care beds, advanced imaging services including MRI and CT scans, a neurophysiology sleep lab, a pathology lab and a full-scale pharmacy.

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