Wound Care RN - HomeCare

Location Detail: 60 Hartland St

E. Hartford (10630)

Shift Detail: Coverage Greater Manchester Region, productivity expectation of 28.

Work where every moment matters.

Every day, over 40,000 Hartford Health Care colleagues come to work with one thing in common:
Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network as a Wound Care RN.

Hartford Health Care at Home, the largest provider of homecare services in Connecticut, has been fulfilling our mission for more than 115 years. Our Person-Centered Care Model allows our employees to learn and grow within our organization, all while providing integrated support to the patient. As part of Hartford Health Care, we leverage cutting edge technology to provide quality care in our client’s home.

Most importantly, our employees are appreciated for the real differences they make in both the lives of their clients and their clients’ families.

As part of the person centered care model, this role will participate in the daily management and delivery of wound care for the Wound program. This role will ensure the delivery of outcome based wound care, cost effective care by utilizing metric-driven decisions. This role will collaborate with Wound team members to achieve exceptional outcomes. The Wound team RN performs wound care and oversight of clinical staff in the daily delivery of services and maintenance of clinical care standards for clients receiving the specialized wound care treatments.

Develops, directs, and manages the daily operations and delivery of wound care to patients, and participates in the development, maintenance and implementation of program goals and objectives.

Manages a wound care case load and LPN staff ensuring consistent delivery of quality care and communications; collaborates and explores opportunities for cost effectiveness for wound treatments in relationship to patient needs

Seeks consultation with WOCN staff to identify and plan interventions designed to solve complex problems involving client care.

Develops and interdisciplinary approach to client care with Wound program/Agency staff. The Wound Program RN will direct and coordinate all client care services for both Wound care and medical/surgical services required by the patient to achieve outcomes. Informs the physician/wound clinics of changes in client needs, wounds that require change to the plan of care for wound care treatments and disease management

Determines staffing needs and coordinates patient scheduling to meet service demands.

Accountable for team performance in achieving desired clinical and operational performance measures.

Follows trends in specialty area of wounds for home care industry; makes recommendations of treatment options for incorporation into the program.

Participates in training, coaching of staff and onboarding to the Wound program

Participates and facilitates professional development needs and competency for wound program.

In addition, the position involves other duties such as:

• 1. Will actively participate in the performance improvement process known as H3W.
• 2. Participates in clinical education area to provide programs aimed to improve clinical competencies of direct service staff.
• 3. Researches new information related to wound specialty and communicates to team.
  4. Performs other duties as assigned.

Education:

Associates degree, diploma in nursing. Wound/Ostomy specialty certification and Bachelor’s Degree in nursing preferred.

Experience:

Minimum of two years nursing experience in clinical specialty area required. Minimum two years in homecare preferred.

Licensure, Certification, Registration: RN License required. Obtain Wound/Ostomy certification within 6…