Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse Full Time Days, Cherry Hill, NJ

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Job Description

Essential Functions
Interacts with co-workers patients their families/designated care partner(s) and other staff
consistent with the values of Jefferson.
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Integrates evidence based practice clinical expertise patients their family/designated care
partner(s) preferences and cultural beliefs and values for delivery of optimal health care.
Partners with patients their family/designated care partner(s) in identifying learning needs and
priorities and provides education in ways that is useful understandable and affirming.
Participates in patient care assessment planning implementation and evaluation for outpatients
with wound and/or ostomy care needs.
In this role teaching and support is given to the patient and/or caregiver. She/He provides care for
stomas complex wounds fistulae pressure ulcers and fecal and urinary incontinence. The CWON or
CWOCN Nurse provides specialized knowledge and skill to assist physicians and nursing staff with the
management and teaching of patients with complex skin care needs and guidance for selection of
related product formulary.
Provides specialized knowledge and skill to assist physicians and nursing staff with the management
and teaching of patients with ostomies or patients with complex skin care needs.
Acquires and maintains current knowledge in nursing practice to deliver quality patient care.
The Certified Wound Continence and Ostomy Nurse provides mentoring for hospital staff in relation
to these issues and assists in setting guidelines for patient care. These services and processes are
performed in accordance with standards of care and hospital guidelines.
Leads coordinates and carries out a wound care shared governance committee which includes
collection and reporting of data such as incidence prevalence and pressure injury prevention
interventions.
Conducts product review related to wound and ostomy care collecting recommendations evaluations
and development of protocols for utilization.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
Education:
Bachelors of Nursing required; Masters in Nursing preferred
AND
Experience:
Minimum 2 years experience in medical surgical nursing.
Minimum Certifications Registration or License Requirements:
Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in state of practice; BLS required based on organizational
guidelines/polices; Certified Wound Ostomy Nurse (CWON) or Certified Wound Ostomy Continence
Nurse (CWOCN) required.

Salary Range

The actual hiring rate will be determined based on candidate experience skills and qualifications. This position is not eligible for an annual incentive.

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Nationally ranked Jefferson which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65000 people strong dedicated to providing the highest-quality compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrows professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College Jefferson College of Nursing and the Kanbar College of Design Engineering and Commerce dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8300 students. Jefferson Health nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age race color religion creed sexual orientation gender gender identity marital status pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship military status veteran status handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues including medical (including prescription) supplemental insurance dental vision life and AD&D insurance short- and long-term disability flexible spending accounts retirement plans tuition assistance as well as voluntary benefits which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues including those who work less than part-time(including per diemcolleagues adjunct faculty and Jeff Temps) have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.