Registered Nurse (RN), Wound Ostomy Continence, FT Days - Windy Hill Hospital

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Registered Nurse (RN)
• •Licensed caregiver
• •Certified
• •Knowledgeable
• •Upholds the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act
• •Implements the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association
• •Expert judgment
• •Analytical/critical thinking
• •Current clinical practice standards
• •Knowledge and understanding of the Healing Strategies for wound care
• •Role of HBO therapy
• •Different approved clinical indications and treatment protocols for HBO treatment
• •Competence in reinforcing age specific patient and family education on common topics related to the HBO therapy and related underlying disease processes
• •Competence in performing ordered treatments including but not limited to vital signs, blood sugars, and emergency procedures
• •Demonstrates and applies basic knowledge about HBOT chamber operations
• •Knowledge of the basic physiological principles/concepts of the HBO treatment
• •Ability to pressurize and depressurize the chamber according to prescribed policies for clinical indications and physician orders
• •Ability to maintain accurate logs and records of the time, pressures, depths, etc. of chamber operations
• •Ability to perform maintenance of the hyperbaric chamber (s) and related support systems
• •Ability to clean chamber following each treatment
• •Ability to maintain emergency equipment and supplies located in the HBO area
• •Ability to lead outcome evaluations including quarterly NDNQI pressure ulcer prevalence
• •Ability to participate in improvement initiatives related to WOC nursing practice
• •Ability to evaluate and develop product formularies and algorithms
• •Ability to facilitate the needs of the bariatric population with specialty bed management
• •Ability to coordinate the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care
• •Ability to promote interdisciplinary communication and regular interdisciplinary planning/rounds
• •Ability to complete time
• •Ability to serve as a consultant to the physician
• •Ability to provide evaluations of patients
• •Ability to develop individualized, evidence-based plans of care
• •Ability to address wounds, fistulas, ostomies, and continence issues at the specialist level
• •Ability to respond to the physician consult request by writing orders within the WOCN scope of practice
• •Ability to determine type and frequency of wound/ostomy care provided to the patient
• •Ability to mark patients for ostomy surgery
• •Ability to select the best and alternative sites for the surgeons consideration
• •Ability to provide education to the patient and family pre- and post-op
• •Ability to provide guidance for psychosocial, sexual and body image adaption
• •Ability to perform the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation)
• •Ability to use evidence-based practice
• •Ability to coordinate care through effective partnerships
• •Ability to provide relationship-based care delivery patient-centered care
• •Ability to partner with the patient and significant others
• •Ability to use comprehensive hand-off communication processes
• •Ability to perform interdisciplinary evaluation and communication
• •Ability to provide just in time and planned patient teaching
• •Ability to keep the patient informed using appropriate communication tools
• •Ability to make the patients goals the focus of the plan of care
• •Ability to practice using current clinical practice standards with a focus on safety and quality
• •Ability to appropriately intervene in the event of an adverse reaction
• •Ability to follow established protocols
• •Ability to document all aspects of care
• •Ability to document required elements of each treatment in a clear, concise manner
• •Ability to describe the chamber settings
• •Ability to describe the duration of treatment
• •Ability to describe the patient response to the procedure
• •Ability to describe any other relevant observations
• •Ability to maintain accurate logs and records of the time, pressures, depths, etc. of chamber operations according to established protocols
• •Ability to perform maintenance of the hyperbaric chamber (s) and related support systems under the guidance of the Program Director/Safety Coordinator
• •Ability to clean chamber following each treatment, according to recommendations of manufacturer, and in accordance with established facility infection control policies
• •Ability to maintain emergency equipment and supplies located in the HBO area
• •Ability to document equipment checks as required by established policies
• •Ability to serve as clinical expert in various hospital committees, community groups and organizations
• •Ability to lead outcome evaluations including quarterly NDNQI pressure ulcer prevalence
• •Ability to participate in improvement initiatives related to WOC nursing practice
• •Ability to evaluate and develop product formularies and algorithms to support best practices for the prevention and treatment of wound, ostomy and continence conditions
• •Ability to facilitate the needs of the bariatric population with specialty bed management
• •Ability to coordinate the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care
• •Ability to promote interdisciplinary communication and regular interdisciplinary planning/rounds
• •Ability to complete time
• •Ability to serve as a consultant to the physician
• •Ability to provide evaluations of patients
• •Ability to develop individualized, evidence-based plans of care
• •Ability to address wounds, fistulas, ostomies, and continence issues at the specialist level
• •Ability to respond to the physician consult request by writing orders within the WOCN scope of practice
• •Ability to determine type and frequency of wound/ostomy care provided to the patient
• •Ability to mark patients for ostomy surgery
• •Ability to select the best and alternative sites for the surgeons consideration
• •Ability to provide education to the patient and family pre- and post-op
• •Ability to provide guidance for psychosocial, sexual and body image adaption
• •Ability to perform the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation)
• •Ability to use evidence-based practice
• •Ability to coordinate care through effective partnerships
• •Ability to provide relationship-based care delivery patient-centered care
• •Ability to partner with the patient and significant others
• •Ability to use comprehensive hand-off communication processes
• •Ability to perform interdisciplinary evaluation and communication
• •Ability to provide just in time and planned patient teaching
• •Ability to keep the patient informed using appropriate communication tools
• •Ability to make the patients goals the focus of the plan of care
• •Ability to practice using current clinical practice standards with a focus on safety and quality
• •Ability to appropriately intervene in the event of an adverse reaction
• •Ability to follow established protocols
• •Ability to document all aspects of care
• •Ability to document required elements of each treatment in a clear, concise manner
• •Ability to describe the chamber settings
• •Ability to describe the duration of treatment
• •Ability to describe the patient response to the procedure
• •Ability to describe any other relevant observations
• •Ability to maintain accurate logs and records of the time, pressures, depths, etc. of chamber operations according to established protocols
• •Ability to perform maintenance of the hyperbaric chamber (s) and related support systems under the guidance of the Program Director/Safety Coordinator
• •Ability to clean chamber following each treatment, according to recommendations of manufacturer, and in accordance with established facility infection control policies
• •Ability to maintain emergency equipment and supplies located in the HBO area
• •Ability to document equipment checks as required by established policies
• •Ability to serve as clinical expert in various hospital committees, community groups and organizations
• •Ability to lead outcome evaluations including quarterly NDNQI pressure ulcer prevalence
• •Ability to participate in improvement initiatives related to WOC nursing practice
• •Ability to evaluate and develop product formularies and algorithms to support best practices for the prevention and treatment of wound, ostomy and continence conditions
• •Ability to facilitate the needs of the bariatric population with specialty bed management
• •Ability to coordinate the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care
• •Ability to promote interdisciplinary communication and regular interdisciplinary planning/rounds
• •Ability to complete time
• •Ability to serve as a consultant to the physician
• •Ability to provide evaluations of patients
• •Ability to develop individualized, evidence-based plans of care
• •Ability to address wounds, fistulas, ostomies, and continence issues at the specialist level
• •Ability to respond to the physician consult request by writing orders within the WOCN scope of practice
• •Ability to determine type and frequency of wound/ostomy care provided to the patient
• •Ability to mark patients for ostomy surgery
• •Ability to select the best and alternative sites for the surgeons consideration
• •Ability to provide education to the patient and family pre- and post-op
• •Ability to provide guidance for psychosocial, sexual and body image adaption
• •Ability to perform the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation)
• •Ability to use evidence-based practice
• •Ability to coordinate care through effective partnerships
• •Ability to provide relationship-based care delivery patient-centered care
• •Ability to partner with the patient and significant others
• •Ability to use comprehensive hand-off communication processes
• •Ability to perform interdisciplinary evaluation and communication
• •Ability to provide just in time and planned patient teaching
• •Ability to keep the patient informed using appropriate communication tools
• •Ability to make the patients goals the focus of the plan of care
• •Ability to practice using current clinical practice standards with a focus on safety and quality
• •Ability to appropriately intervene in the event of an adverse reaction
• •Ability to follow established protocols
• •Ability to document all aspects of care
• •Ability to document required elements of each treatment in a clear, concise manner
• •Ability to describe the chamber settings
• •Ability to describe the duration of treatment
• •Ability to describe the patient response to the procedure
• •Ability to describe any other relevant observations
• •Ability to maintain accurate logs and records of the time, pressures, depths, etc. of chamber operations according to established protocols
• •Ability to perform maintenance of the hyperbaric chamber (s) and related support systems under the guidance of the Program Director/Safety Coordinator
• •Ability to clean chamber following each treatment, according to recommendations of manufacturer, and in accordance with established facility infection control policies
• •Ability to maintain emergency equipment and supplies located in the HBO area
• •Ability to document equipment checks as required by established policies
• •Ability to serve as clinical expert in various hospital committees, community groups and organizations
• •Ability to lead outcome evaluations including quarterly NDNQI pressure ulcer prevalence
• •Ability to participate in improvement initiatives related to WOC nursing practice
• •Ability to evaluate and develop product formularies and algorithms to support best practices for the prevention and treatment of wound, ostomy and continence conditions
• •Ability to facilitate the needs of the bariatric population with specialty bed management
• •Ability to coordinate the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care
• •Ability to promote interdisciplinary communication and regular interdisciplinary planning/rounds
• •Ability to complete time
• •Ability to serve as a consultant to the physician
• •Ability to provide evaluations of patients
• •Ability to develop individualized, evidence-based plans of care
• •Ability to address wounds, fistulas, ostomies, and continence issues at the specialist level
• •Ability to respond to the physician consult request by writing orders within the WOCN scope of practice
• •Ability to determine type and frequency of wound/ostomy care provided to the patient
• •Ability to mark patients for ostomy surgery
• •Ability to select the best and alternative sites for the surgeons consideration
• •Ability to provide education to the patient and family pre- and post-op
• •Ability to provide guidance for psychosocial, sexual and body image adaption
• •Ability to perform the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation)
• •Ability to use evidence-based practice
• •Ability to coordinate care through effective partnerships
• •Ability to provide relationship-based care delivery patient-centered care
• •Ability to partner with the patient and significant others
• •Ability to use comprehensive hand-off communication processes
• •Ability to perform interdisciplinary evaluation and communication
• •Ability to provide just in time and planned patient teaching
• •Ability to keep the patient informed using appropriate communication tools
• •Ability to make the patients goals the focus of the plan of care
• •Ability to practice using current clinical practice standards with a focus on safety and quality
• •Ability to appropriately intervene in the event of an adverse reaction
• •Ability to follow established protocols
• •Ability to document all aspects of care
• •Ability to document required elements of each treatment in a clear, concise manner
• •Ability to describe the chamber settings
• •Ability to describe the duration of treatment
• •Ability to describe the patient response to the procedure
• •Ability to describe any other relevant observations
• •Ability to maintain accurate logs and records of the time, pressures, depths, etc. of chamber operations according to established protocols
• •Ability to perform maintenance of the hyperbaric chamber (s) and related support systems under the guidance of the Program Director/Safety Coordinator
• •Ability to clean chamber following each treatment, according to recommendations of manufacturer, and in accordance with established facility infection control policies
• •Ability to maintain emergency equipment and supplies located in the HBO area
• •Ability to document equipment checks as required by established policies
• •Ability to serve as clinical expert in various hospital committees, community groups and organizations
• •Ability to lead outcome evaluations including quarterly NDNQI pressure ulcer prevalence
• •Ability to participate in improvement initiatives related to WOC nursing practice
• •Ability to evaluate and develop product formularies and algorithms to support best practices for the prevention and treatment of wound, ostomy and continence conditions
• •Ability to facilitate the needs of the bariatric population with specialty bed management
• •Ability to coordinate the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care
• •Ability to promote interdisciplinary communication and regular interdisciplinary planning/rounds
• •Ability to complete time
• •Ability to serve as a consultant to the physician
• •Ability to provide evaluations of patients
• •Ability to develop individualized, evidence-based plans of care
• •Ability to address wounds, fistulas, ostomies, and continence issues at the specialist level
• •Ability to respond to the physician consult request by writing orders within the WOCN scope of practice
• •Ability to determine type and frequency of wound/ostomy care provided to the patient
• •Ability to mark patients for ostomy surgery
• •Ability to select the best and alternative sites for the surgeons consideration
• •Ability to provide education to the patient and family pre- and post-op
• •Ability to provide guidance for psychosocial, sexual and body image adaption
• •Ability to perform the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation)
• •Ability to use evidence-based practice
• •Ability to coordinate care through effective partnerships
• •Ability to provide relationship-based care delivery patient-centered care
• •Ability to partner with the patient and significant others
• •Ability to use comprehensive hand-off communication processes
• •Ability to perform interdisciplinary evaluation and communication
• •Ability to provide just in time and planned patient teaching
• •Ability to keep the patient informed using appropriate communication tools
• •Ability to make the patients goals the focus of the plan of care
• •Ability to practice using current clinical practice standards with a focus on safety and quality
• •Ability to appropriately intervene in the event of an adverse reaction
• •Ability to follow established protocols
• •Ability to document all aspects of care
• •Ability to document required elements of each treatment in a clear, concise manner
• •Ability to describe the chamber settings
• •Ability to describe the duration of treatment
• •Ability to describe the patient response to the procedure
• •Ability to describe any other relevant observations
• •Ability to maintain accurate logs and records of the time, pressures, depths, etc. of chamber operations according to established protocols
• •Ability to perform maintenance of the hyperbaric chamber (s) and related support systems under the guidance of the Program Director/Safety Coordinator
• •Ability to clean chamber following each treatment, according to recommendations of manufacturer, and in accordance with established facility infection control policies
• •Ability to maintain emergency equipment and supplies located in the HBO area
• •Ability to document equipment checks as required by established policies
• •Ability to serve as clinical expert in various hospital committees, community groups and organizations
• •Ability to lead outcome evaluations including quarterly NDNQI pressure ulcer prevalence
• •Ability to participate in improvement initiatives related to WOC nursing practice
• •Ability to evaluate and develop product formularies and algorithms to support best practices for the prevention and treatment of wound, ostomy and continence conditions
• •Ability to facilitate the needs of the bariatric population with specialty bed management
• •Ability to coordinate the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care
• •Ability to promote interdisciplinary communication and regular interdisciplinary planning/rounds
• •Ability to complete time
• •Ability to serve as a consultant to the physician
• •Ability to provide evaluations of patients
• •Ability to develop individualized, evidence-based plans of care
• •Ability to address wounds, fistulas, ostomies, and continence issues at the specialist level
• •Ability to respond to the physician consult request by writing orders within the WOCN scope of practice
• •Ability to determine type and frequency of wound/ostomy care provided to the patient
• •Ability to mark patients for ostomy surgery
• •Ability to select the best and alternative sites for the surgeons consideration
• •Ability to provide education to the patient and family pre- and post-op
• •Ability to provide guidance for psychosocial, sexual and body image adaption
• •Ability to perform the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation)
• •Ability to use evidence-based practice
• •Ability to coordinate care through effective partnerships
• •Ability to provide relationship-based care delivery patient-centered care