WOUND CARE NURSE 2.
Job Title
WOUND CARE NURSE 2.
Job Family
Function
CNO
Job Code
30009474
Reports to Job
Team Lead or Nurse Unit Manager
Job Description Summary
The Wound Care Nurse 2 works across all JHAH Nursing organization including Dhahran, Al Hasa, Udhailiyah, Ras Tanura, and Abqaiq. Provides a wide range of direct quality and evidence.-based professional nursing care to patients guided by organizational and departmental policies and procedures and approved electronic competency evaluation system used in JHAH to improve the well.-being of all patients.
Strategic Roles & Responsibilities %
20
Strategic Roles & Responsibilities
- Develop and monitor standards of care and assists in the formulation and evaluation of procedures protocols and policies to maintain best practice
- Engage in research measurement of quality outcomes and safety projects as appropriate
- Pursue high staff engagement
- Obtain high patient experience
- Achieve and sustain high quality of care and patient safety
- Support the empowerment of nurses through enculturation of JHAH Nursing Professional Practice Model
Operational Roles & Responsibilities %
80
Operational Roles & Responsibilities
- Assess plan implement evaluate and reassess as indicated the care of patients with abdominal stomas acute or chronic wounds eg draining wounds fistulae pressure ulcers andor continence concerns
- Provide appropriate debridement of devitalized tissue eg conservative sharp debridement silver nitrate AgNO3 cauterization of nonproliferative wound edges hyper granulation tissue or to control minor bleeding
- Collaboratecoordinatecommunicate care with nurses the physician and other health care team members to implement the plan of care and meet the rehabilitation needs for patients with Wound Ostomy Care WOC needs
- Coordinate discharge plans including followup visits with the WOC nurse as necessary and makes referrals for home health services if needed
- Evaluate individual patientfamily outcomes in response to the plan of care and the WOC nurses clinical interventions
- Provide outpatient services including home healthcare patients
- Provide education to patients and significant others regarding the care of the stoma and peristomal skin ie patients undergoing ostomy surgery caregivers regarding skin care wound management care of percutaneous tubes and draining woundfistulae management and any special considerations that should be reported to the physician as well as provide learningawareness opportunities to update other health care professionals including new staff about current guidelinesstandards of care for patientspopulations with WOC needs or risks
- Provide eductaional opportunities to update other health care professionals including new staff about current guidelines standards of care for patients populations with WOC needs
- Collaborate with supply chain to evaluate products and assess new modillity available in the market
People Management Roles & Responsibilities %
People Management Roles & Responsibilities
Minimum Education Required
Bachelor Degree in Nursing is required.
Master Degree in Nursing is preferred .
Professional Certifications Required
International certification in Wound Care Management.
Years of Experience
Minimum 7 years of Nursing Experience and a minimum of 5 years’ experience in an acute care setting as a Wound Care Nurse Specialist.
Languages
English:Fully Proficient ; Arabic:Preferred
Functional Competencies
- Due Diligence
- Audit Reporting
- Data Collection
Core Competencies
- Excellence
- Integrity
- Accountability
- Cybersecurity
- Person-Centered Care
Acknowledgement
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Unified SA Profession Code
Supervises
Direct Reports