Manager Wound Care at Texas Health Resources – Arlington, Texas

Manager Wound Care

Are you looking for a rewarding career with family-friendly hours and top-notch benefits? We're looking for qualified candidates like you to join our Texas Health family.

• Work location: Texas Health Arlington Memorial
• Core work hours: Monday - Friday; 8:00a-5:00p

Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital has served the Arlington community since 1958 as a trusted provider of comprehensive acute-care services. Our 369-bed hospital delivers medical care to Arlington and surrounding communities including Kennedale, Pantego, Mansfield, Grand Prairie, and throughout the greater DFW Metroplex.

We offer advanced care in medical and surgical services, cancer treatment, women's health, neurosciences, orthopedics, emergency and sports medicine. Our facility includes a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Level III Maternal Newborn Unit, and Level III Trauma Center. We're accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer as a Comprehensive Community Cancer Center and by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers.

Texas Health Arlington Memorial is a Joint Commission-certified Advanced Primary Stroke Center, Advanced Acute Heart Attack Ready Center, and Advanced Total Hip & Knee Replacement. We've earned the American Heart Association's Gold Plus award for excellence in stroke and chest pain/heart attack care. We're also a Magnet-designated hospital and a Blue Distinction Center for Hip and Knee Replacement and Spine Surgery. Our emergency department was recently voted best in Arlington, reinforcing our role as a top choice in North Texas for emergency care, cancer services, and women's health.

Job Qualifications

Assessment/Plan of Care/Technical Skill:
Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to improve care processes that promote continuity of care.
Works with other team members to resolve patient issues
Recommends standards for cost-effective supplies/equipment related to wound and incontinence care to be utilized in the hospital through evaluation and product research studies. May include ostomy supplies/equipment.
Initiates action to meet patient and/or significant others need for information.
Provides pre-operative and post-operative educational information to patient/family considering physical and psychological adaption.
Provides appropriate written information to both patients and staff, including post operative and discharge instructions, referrals and supply needs.
Takes action to reduce/eliminate patient risks.
Properly administers wound and skin care products and is alert to potential problems with products that may vary with age of patients. May include ostomy products.
Individualizes products to patients needs.
Collaborates with physicians/staff/patient and family to select appropriate product.
Evaluates patients response to treatment/products and makes adjustments and modification s.
Adapts care measures to reflect age-specific and developmental considerations.
Performs technical procedures safely and proficiently.
Assesses the knowledge, skills, and learning needs of team members in relation to the needs and acuity level of patients before the delegation of care.
Performs as resource/instructor of technical skills.
Provides consultation and direct assistance to nursing staff for all wound care and/or hyperbaric oxygen therapy patients. May provide direct care as needed.
Assists staff to maintain current knowledge and competence for wound care and/or hyperbaric oxygen therapy patients through orientation, educational programs, role modeling, consultation and review of policies and procedures according to national guidelines.
Produces documentation that initiates, follows and revises patient's plan of care.
Produces documentation that supports and meets regulatory requirements.

Continuous Improvement:
Assists in the identification of ineffective and costly processes and takes action to improve those processes.
Utilizes evidence-based practice.
Demonstrates contribution to unit-based programs and research strategies to monitor and continuously improve the quality of patient care.

Professional Accountability:
Identifies realistic and measurable annual goals for professional nursing development.
Serves as patient advocate and as a liaison between patient family and physician.
Checks unit communication: Bulletin Boards Checks mail box twice a week Attends required meetings
Recognizes and communicates ethical and legal concerns through established channels of communication.
Complies with personnel polices; i.e., Attendance, Dress Code, Nurse Practice Act.
Makes timely and appropriate decisions regarding unresolved/difficult patient care issues or conditions.
Functions as call resource nurse when required.
Serves as resource to nursing staff, patients, visitors, and physicians

Partnership:
Uses Professional Practice Model philosophy to work in partnership with peers, other disciplines, and unlicensed assistive personnel.
Demonstrates cooperative relationships.
Actively participates in formal and informal teaching and evaluation to strengthen clinical competence of self and team members.
Functions as preceptor.
Uses Unit Based Council communication structure when appropriate.
Utilizes positive, one-on-one, first party communication to receive and to communicate unit concerns and activities
Uses acceptable interpersonal relationship skills with patients, families, co-workers, physicians, and other customers.
Follows/accepts scheduling guidelines.
Flexible with scheduling to help meet departmental/patient needs.
Accepts or negotiates changes to assignment to facilitate delivery of quality care.

Key Focus Area/Key Performance Indicators:
Strives to meet Departmental Key Performance Indicators/System Key Focus Areas.

Participates in data collection for national quality data base.

Education
Associate's Degree Nursing Required
Bachelor's Degree Nursing Preferred

Experience
3 Years progressive leadership experience Required
3 Years wound care experience Required

Licenses and Certifications
RN - Registered Nurse Upon Hire Required
And
CWCN - Certified Wound Care Nurse with in 6 Months Required
Or
CWOCN - Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse with in 6 Months Required
Or
CWON - Certified Wound Ostomy Nurse 6 Months Required
And
BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Required
And
CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training Maintained Annually with in 90 Days Required

Skills
High degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, ability to function in a fast paced environment

Why Texas Health?

At Texas Health Resources, our mission is "to improve the health of the people in the communities we serve".

As part of the Texas Health family and its 28,000+ employees, we're one of the largest employers in the Dallas Fort Worth area. Our career growth and professional development opportunities are top-notch and our benefits are equally outstanding. Come be a part of our exceptional team as we improve the health of the people in our communities every day. You belong here.

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Primary Location: Arlington
Job: Leadership
Organization: Texas Health Arlington 800 W. Randol Mill Road TX 76012
Shift: Day Job
Employee Status: Regular
Job Type: Standard
Schedule: Full-time