Director- Wound Care

Company: CHI St. Luke's Health–Patients Medical Center
Location: Pasadena
Posted on: August 27, 2020

Job Description:

Overview: Patients Medical Center (PMC) provides inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services to residents of Pasadena, Deer Park, La Porte, Baytown, and Clear Lake. The facility includes 53 medical/surgical beds, eight ICU beds and three endoscopy rooms, and offers a range of primary and specialized services-wound care, general surgery, gastroenterology, occupational health, heart and vascular, women's services, diagnostic imaging, outpatient rehab services, and sleep disorders.

Responsibilities Position Summary:

Responsible for assisting with decision making, program planning, and implementation of patient care delivery systems which promotes safety and well being of all patients within the system. The individual will need to complete position responsibilities by following established guidelines and protocols within the appropriate time frame, and must be flexible with his/her work schedule. This position involves discretion and independent action within prescribed limits.

RN, BSN, WOCN, Wound care, Director

Position Responsibilities:

Service Standards

Works well with others in a spirit of teamwork and cooperation.

Responds willingly to colleagues and serves as an active part of the hospital team.

Builds collaborative relationships with patients, families, staff, and physicians.

Adheres to established standards, policies, procedures, protocols, and laws.

Applies the Mission, Vision, and Values of Patients Medical Center to personal practice and commits to service excellence.

Communication

The ability to retrieve, communicate, and present data and information both verbally and in writing as required

Demonstrates listening skills and the ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken and written word.

Demonstrates adequate skills in all forms of communication.

Safety

Follows all safety rules while on the job.

Reports "near misses", as well as errors and accidents promptly.

Corrects minor safety hazards.

Communicates with peers and management regarding any hazards identified in the workplace.

Attends all required safety programs and understands responsibilities related to general, department, and job specific safety.

Quality Improvement

Demonstrates accountability for ensuring the highest quality patient care for patients.

Participates in quality projects, as assigned, and supports quality initiatives.

Fiscal Responsibility

Develops, monitors, and maintains a total operating department budget in accordance with hospital expectations.

Supports and demonstrates fiscal responsibility through supply usage, ordering of supplies, and conservation of facility resources.

Job-Related Skills

Possesses knowledge necessary to maintain standards of technological competence in Wound Care services.

Uphold the responsibilities of organization, implement, and develop policies and procedures for operation and function of the department.

Develop comprehensive safety rules for all modalities within the department, in coordination with hospital policy.

Develop protocols for technical competence in equipment operation and maintenance.

Assures means for appropriate staffing ratios of all modalities within critical care services.

Ascertain that clinical protocols within critical care services are coordinated, personnel properly trained, adequate equipment available, records kept properly, and adequate data storage/retrievalmaintained.

Provides means for personnel development to all critical care staff to include: performance appraisals, salary adjustments, reclassifications, continuing education, counseling, discipline, and overall direction of critical care technical and support staff.

Monitors department staffing to ensure competent and compassionate patient care in coordination with appropriate performance and fair labor standards.

Collects and reports to administration critical care services statistics to include: financial, staff utilization, and additional department efficiencies.

Develops new programs to continuously improve patient care and efficient utilization of resources for inpatient and outpatient wound care services.

Establishes and maintains effective strategic relationships with customers, employees, and referring staff.

Coordinates continuity and quality of patient care standards with all hospital departments.

Perform other duties as required

Qualifications Required

Licensed as RN in State of Texas.

WOCN, BLS, ACLS and PALS certified.

Maintains education and development appropriate for position.

BSN; MSN strongly preferred

Minimum of 7 years' experience in the discipline and 5 years leadership experience

Equal Opportunity

CommonSpirit Health is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, parental status, ancestry, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

External hires must pass a post offer, pre-employment background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with an arrest and/or conviction will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with federal and state laws, as well as applicable local ordinances, ban the box laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco and Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by telephone at (415) 438-5575 and let us know the nature of your request. We will only respond to messages left that involve a request for a reasonable accommodation in the application process. We will accommodate the needs of any qualified candidate who requests a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

CommonSpirit Health participates in E-verify.

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