Wound/Hyperbaric Safety Specialty Registered Nurse
Allyon
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Summary:
Allyon, Inc. is an established IT and Healthcare Services firm and we love what we do! It makes our day when we are able to help talented individuals achieve their career goals while a the same time helping our clients build quality teams. If you are interested in joining the Allyon Team, please apply or submit your resume for review today!
Job Title: Wound/Hyperbaric Safety Specialty Registered Nurse
Duties & Responsibilities: To provide expertise in the management of wound, ostomy, or skin care in the Wound Center. HBO unit is a monoplace chamber facility that serves outpatients. This unit administers hyperbaric oxygen therapy and diagnostic testing to referred patients.
Essential Job Functions:
-Performs safe and effective operation of the hyperbaric chambers and system components such as TcpO2 monitor.
-Administers hyperbaric oxygen therapy to patients as prescribed by the hyperbaric physician.
-Assists with monoplace patient prep. Provides technical expertise to physicians and staff.
-Processes / maintains appropriate level of hyperbaric supplies. Maintains equipment maintenance and inspection files.
-Calls physicians/offices to clarify physician orders.
-Assess data reflective of the patient's status and interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's educational requirements based on their age-specific needs and to provide the care needed.
-Ensures wound/ostomy/skin plan of care is understood by those in the continuum of care also providing patient services, i.e. Home Health, DME Company, and agencies in the continuum of patient care.
-Documents patient's response to interventions.
-Performs a thorough and accurate patient assessment to evaluate the patient's status, level of knowledge, determine readiness for education, plan and implement appropriate teaching strategies and assess the patient's response.
-Considers special patient needs when delivering nursing care.
-Evaluates patient/family cultural needs to promote comfort and compliance to prescribed regimens.
-Evaluates patient/family cognitive skills and adjusts education accordingly.
-Possesses knowledge and skills necessary to obtain adequate lab specimens for testing.
-Performs patient bedside lab testing and associated quality control in compliance with medical provider's orders and hospital lab procedures/policies.
-Perform department data collection, post treatment follow-up calls and quality reviews.
-Understand the NFPA guidelines specific to hyperbaric chambers.
-Provides effective and quality wound care education and documentation to ensure optimal level of care.
-Maintains knowledge of skin care, wound, and ostomy trends, standards, and education.
-Facilitates product evaluation for ostomy and wound/skin care products.
-Documents patient care and any changes in patient's status thoroughly and accurately.
-Documents patient/family education and assessment of patient/family learning.
-Assesses patients/family to desired educational method and includes that delivery method in education.
-Follows all safety guidelines set forth by the NFPA guidelines regulating hyperbaric chambers.
-Follows all safety guidelines, procedures, and policies specific to hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
-Attends UHMS symposiums or reviews literature to maintain current information on NFPA, OSHA, TJC, PVHO, and UHMS codes and facility credentialing requirements. Provides technical expertise to physicians and staff.
-Demonstrates technical knowledge of equipment and supplies.
-Demonstrates knowledge of tests and procedures.
-Displays and maintains pharmacology knowledge.
-Actively transfers knowledge of any wound care changes to staff.
Minimum Requirements:
- 1-3 years of experience in/with medical/surgical clinical setting
- Basic knowledge of wound, ostomy, and skin care management
- Comfortable within a Windows OS an dlearning new applications
- ASN
- IL RN license
- AHA BLS
- Certified Hyperbaric Registered Nurse (CHRN) (NBDHMT)
What we Offer:
- Competitive Pay and Benefits
- 401k eligibility after 6 months of employment
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