Wound Care RN (Registered Nurse, Specialty) - HomeCare
Company: Hartford HealthCare
Location: Waterbury
Posted on: April 17, 2024
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Job Description:
Description Job Schedule: Full Time Standard Hours: 40 Job
Shift: Shift 1 Shift Details: Monday-Friday including rotating
weekends and holidays Start here at Hartford HealthCare and work
where every moment matters!
Hartford HealthCare at Home doesn't just take great care of our
patients; we take great care of our Registered Nurses too! Our
benefit options at Hartford HealthCare at Home are designed so you
can care for yourself and your family, just as you care for others
when you are here.
What our nurses love about HHCAH:
--- Automatic enrollment into the Nurse Residency Program for all
graduate RNs with less than one year of experience.
--- Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250.00 after six months of
employment and up to 40% tuition discounts with partnering
institutions for colleague AND dependents
--- Loan forgiveness for qualifying existing student loans
--- Employee assistance and wellness programs including a strong
focus on promoting mental health
--- Paid time off and health insurance packages
--- All clinicians are provided a cellphone and laptop
--- Discounts on services, products and optional coverages - movie
tickets, pet insurance, travel and more!
At Hartford HealthCare, we are focused on supporting our
colleagues. Our Registered Nurses have the opportunity to practice
at the top of their license using research, innovation and
evidence-based practices. We offer our Graduate Registered Nurses
clinical instruction and additional learning opportunities as they
complete the Nurse Residency program.
Hartford HealthCare at Home, the largest provider of homecare
services in Connecticut, has been fulfilling our mission for more
than 115 years. Our Person-Centered Care Model allows our employees
to learn and grow within our organization, all while providing
integrated support to the patient. As part of Hartford HealthCare,
we leverage cutting edge technology to provide quality care in our
client's home. Most importantly, our employees are appreciated for
the real differences they make in both the lives of their clients
and their clients' families.
As part of the person centered care model, this role will
participate in the daily management and delivery of wound care for
the Wound program. This role will ensure the delivery of outcome
based wound care, cost effective care by utilizing metric-driven
decisions. This role will collaborate with Wound team members to
achieve exceptional outcomes. The Wound team RN performs wound care
and oversight of clinical staff in the daily delivery of services
and maintenance of clinical care standards for clients receiving
the specialized wound care treatments. Develops, directs, and
manages the daily operations and delivery of wound care to
patients, and participates in the development, maintenance and
implementation of program goals and objectives.
Key Areas of Responsibility
Manages a wound care case load and LPN staff ensuring consistent
delivery of quality care and communications; collaborates and
explores opportunities for cost effectiveness for wound treatments
in relationship to patient needs
Seeks consultation with WOCN staff to identify and plan
interventions designed to solve complex problems involving client
care.
Develops and interdisciplinary approach to client care with Wound
program/Agency staff.
The Wound Program RN will direct and coordinate all client care
services for both Wound care and medical/surgical services required
by the patient to achieve outcomes.
Informs the physician/wound clinics of changes in client needs,
wounds that require change to the plan of care for wound care
treatments and disease management
Determines staffing needs and coordinates patient scheduling to
meet service demands.
Accountable for team performance in achieving desired clinical and
operational performance measures.
Follows trends in specialty area of wounds for home care industry;
makes recommendations of treatment options for incorporation into
the program.
Participates in training, coaching of staff and onboarding to the
Wound program
Participates and facilitates professional development needs and
competency for wound program.Qualifications Minimum
Requirements
Associates degree, diploma in nursing or Bachelor's Degree in
nursing preferred
Licensure, Certification, Registration
Obtain Wound/Ostomy certification within 6 months of hire. Current
RN. Wound/ostomy Certification preferred.
Experience
Minimum of two years nursing experience in clinical specialty area.
Minimum two years in homecare strongly preferred
Language Skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Hartford HealthCare at Home is part of Hartford HealthCare, a
system that includes 7 acute care hospitals, a comprehensive
Behavioral Health Network, Senior Services, and an extensive
Medical Group network. Hartford HealthCare's unified culture
enhances access, affordability, equity and excellence. Its
care-delivery system of over 37,000 employees- in more than 500
locations serving 185 towns across Connecticut offers unparalleled
expertise-touching more than 23,000 lives every single day. Here
you'll learn, grow, and contribute to healing and health as part of
one of Connecticut's premier health systems. No matter where you
work in the Hartford HealthCare system, you're connected to the
team that's redefining care. Start here, where every moment
matters.
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