Wound Care Job Description
Wound care
provides care to patients providing specific assessments according to protocols and procedures within the outpatient Wound Center.
Wound Care Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective wound care job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included wound care job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Providing direct and indirect patient care that includes consultations, assessment, diagnosis, education, planning and treatment of wounds, skin and ostomies
Providing comprehensive care to both well and ill patients
Coordinating the medical care healthcare services to patients, under the supervision of a physician and concurrent with the standard of care protocols in Wound Care
Assist in orienting, training, and evaluating staff on issues pertaining to resident care, safety, job duties and communication skill
Identify and be responsible for self-development
Consistently use best practice body mechanics during lifting and handling for your safety and that of residents
Must be able to work on the floor as needed
Performing follow-up nursing assessment of patient's condition and reports finding to Clinical Manager/RN
Identifies patient care situations that require intervention
Collaborates with the Physician and clinical Manager/RN to develop a Multidisciplinary Plan of Care
Wound Care Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Wound Care
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, BLS, WOCN, ACLS, CRRN, DEA, BCLS, CWOCN, ANCC, CA
Education for Wound Care
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the wound care job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Nursing, Education, Science, Graduate, School of Nursing, Medical, Department of Education, Nursing Education, Associates, Management
Skills for Wound Care
Desired skills for wound care include:
Wound prevention and treatment
Legal issues
RN scope of practice
Medication - administration procedures
Medical terminology
Applies safety principles as identified within the institution
Variety of wound care techniques and the ability to perform procedures for all wound care types
Nursing and medical practices and procedures
Body substance isolation
Outpatient hospital services
Desired experience for wound care includes:
Must also be able to concentrate and complete high volumes of work
Must be able to multi-task and have fine hand coordination
Must have the clinical knowledge of Wound assessment, care and treatment with a minimum of 3 years clinical experience as a Registered Nurse
At least 1 year of experience in wound care or in similar environment
At least 1 year of experience in Wound Care
Minimum two years experience in wound care
Wound Care Examples
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Wound Care Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a wound care. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for wound care
- Performs a range of clerical duties that support the
- Operations of the unit
- Answers telephone, transferring calls, determining when
- Promote and deliver coordinated wound, ostomy and continence services per certification held
- Promote comprehensive care to WOC patients through coordination of medical, agency and community resources
- Assist patients with follow-up care needs after Agency discharge
- Collaborate with all other healthcare team members toward the best outcomes for the patient and the ministry
- Assess POC of ostomy patients and promote nursing care direct toward self-care and psychosocial rehabilitation
- Evaluate the effectiveness of care provided and revises care plan as necessary
- Serve as a consultant to other nurses and healthcare professionals in managing highly complex patient care problems
Qualifications for wound care
- Registered Nurse, graduate from an approved School of Nursing
- Minimum of 2 years med-surg experience
- Recent experience in Wound Care Nursing preferred
- Minimum One Year experience in wound care
- Report follow-up nursing assessment of patient's conditions and report findings to the RN
- Recognize alterations in the patient's healing process and verbalize the changes to the RN or the physician
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Our growing company is looking for a wound care. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for wound care
- Provide in-service education and orientation classes
- Work with the Clinical Educator on the development of education programs specific to the wound/ostomy/continence patient
- Participate in multi-disciplinary patient centered case conferences as appropriate
- Monitor data and statistical reports as requested
- Participate in Quality Improvement
- Treatment modalities administration utilizing the newest advancements in technologies including Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber designed to ensure the safest delivery of therapies to our patients
- Ongoing documentation of each individual patient’s assessments, plan-of-care, interventions and evaluation of rendered care
- Ability to perform wound assessment, reassessment, and management for all patients and per policy
- Knowledge of the anatomy, physiology, and disorders of the dermal systems, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary
- Utilizes principles of current wound management theory when providing care to patients with acute and chronic wounds
Qualifications for wound care
- Maintain all safety and compliance with the hyperbaric chamber
- Data entry in to the wound information data system and collate reports for leadership
- Complete patient treatment charges
- Perform quality controls daily and maintain department equipment such as glucometers, air and oxygen supplies
- Perform transcutaneous oxygen monitoring testing as ordered and per policy
- Perform dressing changes and/or wound care within scope of practice, as ordered and participate in clinic as necessary
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a wound care. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for wound care
- Demonstrates knowledge and skill to develop and implement policies and procedures to manage patients with impaired skin integrity
- Ability to revise plan of care as indicated by the patient’s response to treatment and evaluate overall plan for effectiveness
- Serves as a resource person to physicians and nursing staff
- Consults other healthcare professionals as appropriate to provide interdisciplinary approach to the patient’s needs
- Attends seminars, conferences, and continuing education classes in the areas of wound prevention, wound management, and ostomies
- Completes documentation, including patient education and supply charges, on all wound care patients into computer system in a timely manner to ensure compliance
- Participates in the performance improvement plan of the agency
- Nursing Leadership- representative for assigned committees, meetings, vendor/sales representative liaison, preceptor for new staff, coordination of orientee/student schedules
- Lead product development activities for the Wound Care Franchise, which encompasses Band-Aid and First Aid Brands, from a concept, product design and manufacturability standpoint
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Global Franchise Marketing, R&D Medical/Clinical, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance and Support to Marketed Products to find opportunities, build business cases and perform the work necessary to bring products from concept to market
Qualifications for wound care
- Take serial photographs of the wound for reporting of the patient's progress and enter into the electronic medical record
- Assist the registered nurse in coordinating the care of the patient across the continuum of care which could include making of appointments, home care referrals, and triage of phone calls
- Work with appropriate departments to ensure safety of the hyperbaric equipment within the department
- Completion of an accredited LPN education program
- Current State of WI LPN License
- At least 1 year prior experience in a physician office based LPN role strongly preferred
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Our growing company is hiring for a wound care. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for wound care
- Execute the product aspects of projects, interact with and lead cross-functional teams, and influence business partners across all levels of the global organization
- Be skilled at leading complexity, working independently, within teams, as a leader, and as a mentor/supervisor of less experienced scientists including co-ops, and/or interns, to drive projects forward and troubleshoot issues under aggressive and often compressed timelines
- Preps for next day patients
- You may be asked to work in the HBO environment for short periods of time
- If hyperbaric technologist leaves the hyperbaric room/environment, for any reason, they are responsible for obtaining coverage during their absence
- Hyperbaric patients and systems are observed at all times during the course of hyperbaric oxygen treatment
- Addiditional duties as requested
- And much more all effective day one of employment!
- Conduct quarterly business reviews with Key customers
- Present product features and benefits to clinical call points utilizing effective sales techniques
Qualifications for wound care
- Wound, hyperbaric or critical care experience preferred
- Valid State licensure (LPN)
- Requires at least 2 years of general wound care experience
- No minimum training required
- Certified Wound Ostomy Nurse (CWON) preferred
- Or Current certification as an Emergency Medical Tech in state of practice
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Our company is looking for a wound care. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for wound care
- Effective customer needs assessment and solution development
- Effective sales process execution to include new business opportunities, lead generation, and competitive account conversions
- Effective management of sales pipeline
- Present proposals, negotiate pricing and understand contract implementation and key GPO awards to effectively differentiate Systagenix and our product portfolio
- In- service accounts by demonstrating products and applications for use
- Maintain and increase penetration in existing accounts through effective territory management
- Thorough knowledge and utilization of salesforce.com
- Prepare, maintain and update a business plan for the territory
- Account Planning & Management (including pre and post call planning) Customer calls in-person required 4 days a week minimum
- Attend in-house training, sales meetings, conventions, trade shows as required
Qualifications for wound care
- Current certification as a CWOCN by the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNBC) or successful completion of certification within 1 year of hire
- Licensed LPN
- 1 year medical patient care or clinic experience preferred
- CHT (Certified Hyperbaric Technician) preferred or pursuing certification
- 1 year of leadership experience and 2 years of acute care or specialty clinic nursing experience
- BLS Certification, ACLS or ACLS eligible