Registered Nurse - Wound Care

Job Posting End Date: Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Job Posting

Title:

Registered Nurse - Wound Care

Agency: 650 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Supervisory Organization: Norman Veterans Home

Estimated Appointment End Date: Continuous if blank

Full/Part-Time: Full time

Job Type: Regular

Compensation: RN III salary $89,440.00 ($43.00 hourly) plus overtime @ time and a half. Shift differentials $2.88/hour for evening and night shifts only.

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities for providing direct or indirect professional nursing services in a variety of settings. This includes providing nursing assessments, planning, interventions, evaluations, health‑related education, case management, and execution of the medical regime including administering medications and treatments prescribed by any person authorized to prescribe by state law. This role will provide clinical oversight and support for the wound care LPN team while also participating in direct resident care, including wound assessments, treatments, weekly measurements, outcome analysis, and collaboration with providers regarding treatment plans and recommendations.

• Assesses health status of individuals, families, and communities; develops plans and implements appropriate nursing interventions.
• Evaluates and determines health resources necessary to meet individual, family and community health needs.
• Delivers professional nursing care in an assigned unit, clinic, home, or other setting.
• Educates individuals, families, communities, and members of the health care team about the principles of disease prevention and health promotion.
• Provides supervision to other professional or paraprofessional personnel; collaborates with other professionals in the management of health care.
• Delegates tasks as may safely be performed by others, consistent with educational preparation and that do not conflict with the provisions of the Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act.
• Assures quality health care through use of various measures such as record review, peer review, direct observation, and assessment of individual, family, and community for the desired outcome.
• Performs specialized nursing functions as educationally prepared.

This is the senior level of this job family where employees are assigned more advanced responsibility in an assigned work unit or in an assigned geographic area and may be assigned responsibility for direct supervision. Employees at this level will have complex assignments and a substantial degree of responsibility and independence in planning, organizing, and completing work. Responsibilities may include scheduling work assignments, evaluating performance of assigned staff, providing training, and ensuring quality.

Administrative responsibilities may include approving leave and initiating disciplinary actions. This position may also involve completing special assignments such as quality improvement, mentoring, and surveillance of potential patient care incidents in individuals at risk for rapid status change.

Possession of a valid Oklahoma license as a registered nurse approved by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing and two years of professional nursing experience in a field of nursing appropriate to the health care setting; or a Registered Nurse License recognized by the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC) with two years of professional nursing experience. Ideally, candidates will have at least one year of wound care experience, which is strongly preferred.

Knowledge of professional nursing theory, practices, and techniques; of health promotion and disease prevention; of nursing management of available health care resources; of nutrition and diet therapy; of the functions of various clinical departments; of available health programs and resources; of federal and state rules and regulations concerning health services; of accreditation, certification and licensure standards; of preventive health practices; of principles and methods of teaching;

of nursing…