RN - Wound & Ostomy Inpatient

Shift:

Provide recommend delegate and coordinate wound and ostomy nursing care with other health care providers to meet holistic care needs of patients with wounds and ostomies. Environment of care may be long term emergent critical acute interventional or procedural driven.

Required Qualifications:

Associates degree in nursing (ADN) or Nursing Diploma required.
Minimum of 1 year RN (acute hospital) experience required
Direct patient care experience required
Effective communication skills required.

Ability to demonstrate initiative teamwork and flexibility required.

Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of Nebraska or current compact state license required.

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required must be from an American Heart Association (AHA) endorsed program (effective for new hires starting January 1 2023 or later).

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) department dependent required.
Certification in both Wound and Ostomy nursing from the Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB) within 2 years of hire date required.

Preferred Qualifications:

Prior experience with complex wound care including negative pressure wound therapy preferred.

Prior experience with complicated ostomies preferred.

Based on position prior experience in one or more of the following areas including cardiology cardiac drip management critical care emergency department medical-surgical obstetrics cardiovascular rehabilitation telemetry oncology neonatal intensive care pediatric acute care solid organ transplant cath lab EP lab quality assurance related to health care perioperative and special procedures in applicable nursing specialty area preferred. Based on position one or more of the following courses including STABLE smoking cessation counseling basic critical care or other specialty training courses preferred.

Bachelors degree in nursing (BSN)degree preferred

Experience with Microsoft Office applications including Word PowerPoint and Excel preferred.

Proficient with use of email applications preferred. Proficient with use of departmental equipment and systems such as patient care equipment telecommunication systems information systems pneumatic tube system general patient care supplies and transport equipment preferred.