What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registered Nurse/ RN Wound Care position at UT Health Tyler?
Overview
Join our team as a day shift, PRN, Out-Patient Wound Care Registered Nurse (RN) in Tyler, TX.
Why Join Us?
Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better
- Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.
- People-First: We prioritize your well-being with a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
- Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.
Get to Know Your Team:
- 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.
Responsibilities
- The Wound, Ostomy, Continence (WOC) 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 WOC 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 WOC nurse additionally utilizes the nursing process in the following major areas: practice, education, consultation, research, and admission.
Qualifications
Job Requirements:
- Associates Degree in Nursing (ADN)
- Must maintain current Texas RN License
- Certification by the WOCN or working toward certification
Preferred Job Requirements:
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certified
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certified