Wound Care Nurse (RN)

apartment Select Medical location_onLake Saint Louis, MO, US

Overview

SSM Health Rehabilitation Hosptial A joint venture between Select Medical and SSM HeathPosition: Wound Care Nurse (Registered Nurse)Location: Lake St. Louis, MOSchedule: Full-time Monday - Friday / 8 hour shifts

Compensation: $37-$54/based on years of experience

Our inpatient rehabilitation hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas.

We support your career growth and personal well-being:

Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities
Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.
Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program
Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, employee assistance program (EAP) and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care

Responsibilities

Establishes a leadership role in the wound care program, establishing standards of care across the hospitals and programs in collaboration with Select Medical wound care experts.
Develops and deploys evidence-based clinical protocols and algorithms to support the best clinical outcomes for wound management, including development and updating product formulary.
Establishes competencies for clinicians regarding wound care.
Collaborates with Medical leadership on wound care initiatives, research questions, and outcome measures to support program innovation and excellence.
Develops educational modules for wound care to be used for internal and external education, including teaching tools for patients and families.
Analyzes patterns of wounds across programs and hospitals, and identifies targeted PI activities to improve wound outcomes and mitigate pressure sore development.
Establishes individual programs and courses directed at increasing staff knowledge, competency, and credentials in support of individual job objectives and the overall goals and mission of the organization.
Coordinates competency evaluation and testing for professional staff in collaboration with clinical departments.
Works in collaboration with Education department to assure coordination of all educational initiatives and activities to support the overall objectives and goals of the department and the organization.
Evaluates the effectiveness of nursing and other clinical education programs.
Maintains the database to track staff education, competency and credentials and utilizes the database to evaluate and plan for future educational activities and programs.
Works under the direction of the Director of Education on nursing education projects and initiatives related to skin, wound and ostomy management.
Collaborates with other members of the Education Department on joint educational initiatives.
Performs other duties as requested.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Valid State RN License required
Previous hospital nursing experience required
Certified BLS required
Excellent presentation and organizational skills required

Preferred Qualifications

BSN preferred
WCC, CWCN, CWOCN or CWS preferred

Additional Data

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disabled/Veterans

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