Job Information
Dignity Health Wound Enterostomal Clinical Coord in Henderson, Nevada
Overview
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Are you an experienced RN Wound Care Nurse, with recent one year Wound Care (ET) experience in the acute care setting, seeking a Per Diem weekend position?
As the community’s only not-for-profit faith-based healthcare system; Dignity Health Nevada has been guided by the vision and core values of the Adrian Dominican Sisters for more than 70 years. As the Henderson and Las Vegas communities grow Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican facilities and its more than 3400 employees will continue the Sisters’ mission of serving people in need. St. Rose Dominican is a member of Dignity Health one of the nation’s largest healthcare systems a 22-state network of more than 9000 physicians 60000 employees and 400 care centers including hospitals urgent and occupational care imaging and surgery centers home health and primary care clinics. Headquartered in San Francisco Dignity Health is dedicated to providing compassionate high-quality and affordable patient-centered care with special attention to the poor and underserved. You can also follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/DignityHealth) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/dignityhealth)
Responsibilities
The Clinical Coordinator-Enterostomy is a Registered Nurse with special education in the care of individuals with wounds ostomies pressure ulcers and related skin problems. The principle role of this position is to assist the medical staff and patient care team in achieving the best possible outcome for the patient. Primary area of expertise is in the wound ostomy and continence management. The position is responsible for providing direction and coordination for a specific patient population from premature infants to geriatric patients with disorders of the gastrointestinal genitourinary and integumentary systems such as complex wounds ostomies fistulae dermal ulcers tubes incontinence or actual or potential skin breakdown as appropriate to the ages of those patients served. The Clinical Coordinator - Enterostomy will collaborate with other members of the health care team to ensure continuity of care during rehabilitation. This position reports to the CNE or designee.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum of three (3) years clinical experience.
1 year (within the last 5 years) recent wound care (ET) experience.
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or health related area or current enrollment in a Bachelor's Degree program with an education plan approved by the CNE which will allow completion of the Bachelor's Degree program within three years.
Good assessment teaching communicative (verbal nonverbal and written) and presentation skills and the ability to function effectively in stressful or crisis situations.
Ability to work independently and on a team.
Applies nursing and team process.
Have good organizational skills.
Must have neat handwriting printing and documentation skills.
Must flex schedule to include some evening night and weekend hours based on the needs of the position.
Computer skills including Word Excel PowerPoint and Access.
RN = RN license from NV State Nursing Board.
CT CPRBLS - Basic Life Support – AHA
NIHSS = NIH Stroke-AM Stroke ASC-Nat'l - Training upon hire/transfer.
Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire. This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements
Preferred Qualifications:
MSN desired.
CT CWOCN = Current Board Certification in Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing desired.
Pay Range
$38.81 - $56.28 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.