Job detail

Wound Care Registered Nurse, Jackson Memorial Wound Care, Full Time, Days

Jackson Health

#RN #BLS #Wound Care #Patient Education #Gastrointestinal #Academic Medical Center #Pressure Ulcers #WOCN #Genitourinary

Quick overview

The Enterostomal Therapist provides acute and rehabilitative care for patients with stomas, draining wounds, fistulae, incontinence, or tissue trauma, managing complex wounds including NPWT and pressure ulcers. This role involves extensive patient and family education regarding wound care, ostomy care, and appliance maintenance in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

Requirements summary

Candidates must possess a Bachelor's degree in Nursing and hold a valid Florida RN license, along with American Heart Association BLS certification upon hire. Generally, 5 to 7 years of related experience is required, with wound care nursing experience being strongly preferred.

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Job description

Facility Name

Jackson
Memorial
Hospital -
JM
Wound
Care
Facility
Address: 1611 NW 12 Ave.,
Miami,
FL 33136
Shift details:
Full
Time,
Days
M-F 7:30 am - 4:00 pm

Why Jackson Memorial Hospital

Jackson Memorial Hospital is the flagship hospital for Jackson Health System and it has been a beacon of medical excellence and community care for more than a century. Throughout its rich and storied history, Jackson Memorial - located in the heart of the City of Miami - has been ground zero for some of the world's greatest medical breakthroughs and important moments in South Florida. We've grown into one of the nation's largest public hospitals, and one of the few that is also a world-class academic medical center with a proud mission and proven success. Jackson Memorial is an accredited, tertiary teaching hospital with 1,500 licensed beds, where nearly every medical specialty is provided by some of the world's most skilled and highly regarded multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals. Summary The Enterostomal Therapist aids hospital staff and physicians in the care of patients with stomas, draining wounds, fistulae, incontinence, or potential or actual tissue trauma. Manages patients with post-operative surgical wounds requiring packing or negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), pressure ulcers and vascular ulcers. Provides support and education to patients and their families, including pre and post-operative teaching, wound care, ostomy care, and ostomy appliance maintenance/trouble-shooting.

Responsibilities

Provides acute and rehabilitative care for people with selective disorders of the gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and integument systems in inpatient and outpatient settings. Provides patient/family education. Assists providers with examinations, procedures and other processes related to direct patient care and maintains appropriate patient documentation, records, and charts. Follows and performs all related unit specific policies and procedures, as detailed on the unit specific competency check-list. Utilizes job and unit specific equipment as required. Demonstrates behaviors of service excellence and CARE values (Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Expertise). Performs all other related job duties as assigned. Experience Generally requires 5 to 7 years of related experience.