Registered Nurse / RN OP Wound Care

Overview

You may be eligible for a sign on bonus up to $20,000

Join our team as a full-time, day shift, Outpatient Wound Care Registered Nurse in Tyler, TX.

Fulfilling your purpose begins here:

People First, Always. Here's how we take care of our people:

• Medical, vision, dental health insurance, health savings account / flexible spending, competitive pay, paid time off, 401k retirement plan with company match, employee assistance program and more

Your team is bigger than your department:

• UT Health Tyler, the flagship hospital of the system, has 502 licensed beds specializing in advanced acute care medicine. Our hospital includes a 24-hour ER with Level 1 trauma center, a comprehensive stroke center, more than 500 physicians and a full complement of subspecialty groups.

• We believe healthcare is a team sport and every player has something to contribute. We show compassion, celebrate differences and treat one another with respect.

Responsibilities

The Wound Nurse is a multifaceted, evidence-based, registered nurse specialty which incorporates a unique body of knowledge to provide excellence in prevention, health maintenance, therapeutic intervention, and rehabilitative nursing care to select patients. This complex, interdependent nursing specialty encompasses all patient populations across the continuum of care. The wound nurse directs efforts at guiding optimal patient care that improves the quality of life for individual with wound, ostomy, and continence concerns, achieving positive clinical outcomes though its unique scope of practice. This nursing specialty demonstrated experience in specific areas of clinical practice further developed though specialty certification. The wound nurse additionally utilizes the nursing process in the following major areas: practice, education, consultation, research, and admission.

Qualifications

Job Requirements:

• ADN required

• Must maintain current Texas RN License

• BLS required

Preferred Job Requirements:

• ACLS preferred

• Wound and ostomy experience

• Certification by the WOCN or working toward certification.