Registered Nurse Wound Care PRN

Stroke response times nearly half of the national average. Cutting-edge SPOT Technology that detects sepsis earlier than the human eye. An Enhanced Surgical Recovery program that reduces opioid prescriptions and post-surgical readmissions. As a national learning health system, we're transforming care delivery, advancing clinical outcomes, and empowering our nursing teams in a collaborative effort to give people a healthier tomorrow. Join us!

's Medical Center, our nurses play a vital part. We know that every nurse’s path and purpose is unique. Do you want to create your own personal career path in nursing? HCA Healthcare is your career destination! Our scale makes it possible for nurses to create the career path that fits their life – for life – and empowers their passion for patient care.

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Job Summary and Qualifications

• Utilized the nursing process, initiates assessment, plans the care of patients with ostomy, draining wounds, fistulas, pressure sores, and incontinence.
• Assesses all new ostomy patients for knowledge level/deficit skill level and self-care potential. Performs stoma sitting, initiate’s ostomy and other wound care areas in plans of care; assures adequate discharge planning and follow-up care.
• Assists nursing staff with decision making in clinical situations related to wound and stoma care.
• Works with nursing staff and physicians to develop and equipment for patients with ostomy, draining wounds, fistulas, pressure sores, and incontinence.
• Evaluates, selects and recommends supplies and equipment for patients with ostomy, draining wounds, fistulas, pressure sores, and incontinence.
• Evaluates and approves patients for appropriate pressure reducing mattresses in a timely and cost-effective manner.

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• (CWOCN) Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse
• (RN) Registered Nurse
• Associate Degree

Benefits

St. David's Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

, part of St. David’s Health Care, is a comprehensive medical facility with three locations:
St. David’s Medical Center, , and . Located in Central Austin, St. David’s Medical Center features a 371-bed acute care hospital and a 64-bed rehabilitation hospital, offering a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services.

The hospital provides a full spectrum of women's services, including a renowned Level IV maternity unit, maternal-fetal medicine, and a high-risk maternal and neonatal transport team. It also boasts the region’s largest Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and offers outpatient breast imaging services through Solis Mammography, which is situated on-site. Additionally, the facility includes a 24-hour emergency department and a comprehensive stroke center.

St. David’s Medical Center specializes in treating high-acuity surgical patients, offering complex procedures such as spine surgeries, total joint replacements, advanced…