Registered Nurse; RN Hyperbaric Critical Care on Call

Registered Nurse – Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine - on Call PRN role

Location: Milwaukee, WI

About the Role:
Join Wisconsin’s only 24/7 Hyperbaric Medicine program and our dynamic Wound Care Clinic team! We provide advanced outpatient and inpatient care for patients with chronic wounds caused by factors such as diabetes, poor circulation, infection, and more. Our clinic also offers Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), a cutting‑edge treatment that accelerates healing by increasing oxygen delivery to tissues.

What You’ll Do:

• Deliver expert nursing care for wound management, including dressing changes, VAC therapy, compression wraps, and diabetic casts

• Assist with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy treatments in single and multi‑person chambers

• Prepare and monitor patients before, during, and after HBOT sessions

• Provide inpatient wound and ostomy care consultations

• Educate patients on wound care, infection prevention, and recovery strategies

• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, effective care

Department Highlights:

• Wound Care Clinic: 7 exam rooms, treating 30–70 outpatients daily

• Hyperbaric Unit: 3 locks, 5 exam rooms, and a patient staging bay

• Emergency Hyperbaric On‑Call Team:
  Critical Care or ED experience preferred

Why Join Us?

• Be part of Wisconsin’s only 24/7 Hyperbaric Medicine program

• Strong leadership committed to work‑life balance

• Opportunities for professional growth and specialization

• Collaborative, patient‑focused environment

Join Aurora St. Luke's who just earned our 6th Magnet designation!

Perks of joining

• Comprehensive and progressive 12 weeks orientation

• Mentor/Mentee Program available for all nurses

• Continuing Education Credits

• Robust Nursing Shared Governance

Experience

Required:

• Requires 1‑2 years of experience in clinical nursing, with 1 of the 2 years recent ICU or ER experience

Schedule:

• On call 1600-07 Monday through Friday-3-5 shifts per month
• On call 0700-07 one weekend day per month and one holiday per year

Major Responsibilities:

• Deliver individualized care using the nursing process—assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care plans tailored to each patient’s needs.

• Monitor and respond to changes in patient condition, mobilizing resources and collaborating with the healthcare team to ensure optimal outcomes.

• Promote patient safety by implementing risk‑reduction strategies and reporting safety events promptly.

• Educate patients and families
  , adapting teaching methods to meet unique learning needs and supporting readiness for discharge.

• Coordinate care and discharge planning through an interdisciplinary approach, ensuring continuity across the healthcare continuum.

• Lead and delegate effectively
  , fostering teamwork and supporting unlicensed personnel.

• Engage in quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient experience and unit performance.

• Maintain professional growth through ongoing education, competency completion and participation in shared governance activities.

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification

Required:

• Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices, and

• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA).

Physical Requirements and

Working Conditions:

• Must be able to bend, stoop, crawl and reach to complete preventative maintenance and emergency repairs to equipment.

• Must be able to:

• lift up to 50 lbs from floor to waist.

• lift up to 20 lbs over the head.

• carry up to 40 lbs a reasonable distance.

• Must be able to:

• push/pull with 30 lbs of force.

• perform a sliding transfer of 150 lbs with a second person present.

• Must have visual senses to see monitoring equipment and speech and hearing ability to hear equipment alarms.

• Potential for exposure to mechanical, electrical, explosive and chemical hazards as well as blood and body fluids.

• Must be able to work in an enclosed and warm environment with temperatures ranging from 50(-120(F.

• Potential for barotramatic injury due to exposure to compressed air environment and risks of decompression when assisting inside the multiplace hyperbaric chamber.

• Completed Medical History Screen must be approved by the Medical Director. Must be able to successfully complete pre‑employment chest X‑Ray and an environmental pressurization test up to 165 FSW (feet of sea water). Audiology and Caisson’s radiology studies must be completed within 3 months of hire.

• Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job

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