Wound Care, Ostomy and Continence Registered Nurse; RN

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Full Time Professional San Antonio, TX, US 1 Attachments

10 days ago Requisition

Title: Wound care, Ostomy and Continence Registered Nurse (RN)

Position Type:Part time (16-29 hours/week),Full time (30-40+ hours/week),

FLSA Status:Non-exempt

Education Level:ASN/BSN is required, RN License is required.

Job Category:Health Care

Our Company Promise:

We are committed to providing our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Vighter’s Mission is to provide efficient, fast, high quality healthcare staffing to our clients. Our Culture’s 5 key elements are crucial to the effectiveness of our employees in accomplishing our mission. These elements are:

• Integrity
• Personability
• Transparency

Creating and cultivating this Culture within the organization is our commitment to our employees. Above all, Vighter employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude that they are expected to share externally with every Vighter Client and Customer.

Summary:

Vighter is recruiting Wound care, Ostomy and Continence Registered Nurses (RN) to provide exceptional patient care at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX. The RN provides the full range of nursing services within the scope of practice related to this specialty and ensures that all JCO standards for care are met during performance of patient care. RNs provide complex and comprehensive professional nursing services within the professional scope of practice for a variety of diagnoses for patients of all ages.

Vighter is a Service Disabled, Veteran Owned Small Business that is accredited by both the Joint Commission and ISO-9001. With our dedication to continuous process improvement, Vighter assists in the provision of the highest standards of care.

Principle Accountabilities:

• Perform comprehensive assessments of acute and chronic wounds, including pressure injuries, diabetic wounds, surgical wounds, and skin breakdown.
• Develop individualized wound‑care treatment plans based on wound type, stage, drainage, tissue condition, and patient needs.
• Perform and manage wound treatments, including dressing changes, wound cleansing, packing, and negative‑pressure wound therapy when indicated.
• Assess patients for pressure‑injury risk and implement prevention strategies.
• Evaluate ostomies and peristomal skin for complications such as irritation, leakage, infection, or retraction.
• Select and apply appropriate ostomy appliances, barriers, pouches, and accessories.
• Educate patients and caregivers on ostomy care, pouch changes, skin care, nutrition, and lifestyle management.
• Provide continence assessment and management for urinary and fecal incontinence.
• Recommend appropriate skin‑care products and interventions to prevent moisture‑associated skin damage.
• Monitor healing progress and modify treatment plans as needed.
• Collaborate with physicians, surgeons, dietitians, physical therapists, case managers, and bedside nurses.
• Make recommendations regarding specialty beds, pressure‑relieving devices, support surfaces, and other wound‑care equipment.
• Provide consultation and education to nursing staff regarding wound, ostomy, and continence management.
• Document assessments, treatments, patient responses, and progress accurately in the medical record.
• Participate in multidisciplinary rounds and develop discharge plans for ongoing wound or ostomy care.
• Coordinate follow‑up care and referrals to outpatient wound or ostomy services when needed.
• Promote evidence‑based practices, infection prevention, and patient safety.
• Attends and participates in a variety of meetings and task force groups to improve quality and outcomes, communicate issues, obtain approvals, resolve problems, and maintain a specific level of knowledge of new developments, new task efforts, and new policy requirements.
• Functional proficiency and ability to document patient‑centered health care in the required electronic health record or electronic medical record, in…