SAH Wound Ostomy Registered Nurse

SUMMARY:

Responsibilities include consultation; assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of problems and interventions for patients with wound, ostomy, or continence needs; patient care and education, staff education and support; quality audits; product recommendation, and participation in hospital committees, projects, and research. Provides general nursing care as needed.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assesses (and reassesses), plans, implements, and evaluates nursing interventions/plans of care/patient goals.

• Provides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures.

• Respects each patient as an individual; provides care that fosters the patient’s sense of dignity and positive self-regard.

• Provides patient/family teaching based on identified learning needs, readiness to learn, and barriers to learning.

• Appropriately prioritizes patient care.

• Provides thorough, timely, and accurate documentation of all pertinent data, therapeutic interventions and patient responses including assessment, care plan, patient goals, and interventions according to established standards.

• Assumes accountability for remaining current regarding standards of care established by the profession, regulatory and accreditation bodies and hospital policies and procedures.

• Proactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors (i.e., appropriate reporting of errors, incidents).

• Identifies ethical issues in care and implements actions to address.

• Safely administers medications and intravenous therapy in accordance with physician’s orders, protocols, policies and procedures.

• Assesses, reassesses and documents patient’s pain, using an appropriate pain scale.

Specialty Job Responsibilities: Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse
Provides consultation and assistance to staff in management of patients with:

• Draining wounds and fistulas

• Potential or existing deficits in skin

• Percutaneous tubes

• Continent diversions or ostomies

• Urinary and fecal Incontinence

• Vacuum Assisted Closure Wounds

• Educates patients receiving continent diversion or ostomy surgery

• Educates staff

• Provides consultation to surgeons for preoperative stoma site selection based on anatomy, activity level, and patient lifestyle

• Provides consultation to case managers for discharge planning.

• Audits patient records for quality improvement and regulatory compliance

• Facilitates monthly pressure ulcer prevalence studies and reports data

• Recommends wound, ostomy, continence products

• Participates on hospital committees, projects, and research

• Clinical preceptor for undergraduate and graduate nursing students

• Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitors, and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible, and courteous environment.

• Performs other duties as assigned

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION:

• Education: Graduate of accredited school of nursing required. Minimum BSN. Completion of enterostomal, wound, ostomy, continence care program from an accredited institution strongly preferred.

• Experience: (Type &Length): At least 2 years of current nursing experience preferred.

• Certification/Licensure: Current nursing registration in Massachusetts required. Board Certification in Wound, Ostomy, Continence nursing required within the first year of employment.

• BLS required.

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EEO Statement:

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

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