Wound Care Nurse - Inpatient Rehab

OhioHealth Rehabilitation Hospital

*A joint venture with Select Medical & OhioHealth*

3805 Emerald Parkway

Dublin, OH

Wound Care Nurse (RN) - Inpatient Rehab

20 hours a week

Benefits of becoming a Wound Care Nurse with us:

• You are a valued member of our nursing team
• The ability to share your passion for educating others
• Growth opportunities with a successful organization that offers relocation opportunities
• Work-life balance
• Full-benefits package including tuition assistance
• A high success rate of patients being discharged home

• Establishes a leadership role in the wound care program, establishing standards of care across the hospitals and programs in collaboration with wound care experts.  
• Develops and deploys evidence-based clinical protocols and algorithms to support the best clinical outcomes for wound management, including development and updating product formulary.    
• Establishes competencies for clinicians regarding wound care.                                                                        
• Collaborates with Medical leadership on wound care initiatives, research questions, and outcome measures to support program innovation and excellence.   
• Develops educational modules for wound care to be used for internal and external education, including teaching tools for patients and families.         
• Analyzes patterns of wounds across programs and hospitals, and identifies targeted PI activities to improve wound outcomes and mitigate pressure sore development.  
• Establishes individual programs and courses directed at increasing staff knowledge, competency, and credentials in support of individual job objectives and the overall goals and mission of the organization.                                                                          
• Coordinates competency evaluation and testing for professional staff in collaboration with clinical departments.                                                                             
• Works in collaboration with Education department to assure coordination of all educational initiatives and activities to support the overall objectives and goals of the department and the organization.   
• Evaluates the effectiveness of nursing and other clinical education programs.                                                            
• Maintains the database to track staff education, competency and credentials and utilizes the database to evaluate and plan for future educational activities and programs.         
• Works under the direction of the Director of Education on nursing education projects and initiatives related to skin, wound and ostomy management.         
• Collaborates with other members of the Education Department on joint educational initiatives.                                                                           
• Performs other duties as requested.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

• Minimum Qualifications

  • Valid State RN License required
  • Previous hospital nursing experience required
  • Certified BLS required
  • Excellent presentation skills and organizational skills required

  Preferred Experience

  • Masters Degree in Nursing or related field preferred
  • WCC, CWCN, CWOCN or CWS preferred or certification pending within 1 year

Overview of OhioHealth Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals

OhioHealth Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals provide advanced treatment and comprehensive care to best address the medical, physical, emotional and vocational challenges for individuals with:

• Brain Injury
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Stroke
• Amputation
• Neurological Disorders
• Orthopedic Conditions
• Multiple Traumas