Wound and Continence Care Nurse

As a Wound Care / Continence Care - Registered Nurse/Registered Practical Nurse, you’ll provide quality and compassionate wound care/continence care to individuals in their homes. Our team of Nurses are dedicated to making a difference where it matters most: at home. You'll use specialized skills to enhance the daily lives of clients, providing the specialized care that only nurses can offer. In this role, you aren't just a clinician-you are a trusted partner to families and a key collaborator in the healthcare journey to ensure safe, effective and meaningful care.

This role is ideal for a compassionate, innovative, and collaborative professional who thrives in a dynamic home and community care setting.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Utilize the nursing process effectively, in order to provide high quality Wound and Ostomy Care for clients and/or caregivers.

• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary health team to provide cost-effective, high-quality Wound Care, using Best Practices.

• Apply current knowledge and research of Wound Care Protocol to practice.

• Create, in consultation with the physician, CCAC Case Manager, collaborate with ICCP coordinators and Primary Nurse, a plan of care for patients requiring wound care in the community.

• Initiate plan of nursing care in consultation with the client and/or caregiver and modify plan of care on an ongoing basis. 

• Promote the independence of clients and caregivers considering their needs, strengths and weaknesses.

• Utilize available resources, facilitate clients/caregivers' problem solving, participation in decision making, and access to appropriate resources.

• Participate in the evaluation and refinement of the Wound Care Protocol and overall program.

• Involved in Education of other members of the SJHC team on the protocol and usage of products, providing guidance to best treatment choices

• Maintain regular communication with supervisor to include review of problems or unique issues and exchange feedback

• Participate in Bi-Weekly nursing case rounds

Operational:

• Complete pre-visit assessments and client calls (screening, home safety etc.) in keeping with established procedures

• Review client medical information, medical orders and other chart information

• Engage in on-going skills training and development, ensuring knowledge base is up to date and accurate

• Develop care plans based on assessments, participating in the development of discharge plans

• Document the need for changes or adjustments to the care plan, frequency of visits, or other deviations from the pre-established requirements

• Utilize adult learning principles and establish teaching materials in order to provide health teaching to clients and families

• Complete required charting, visit verifications, an other required documentation, at the point of care and in an accurate and precise manner 

• Participate in clinical policy and practice review, in collaboration with Management 

• Participate in the evaluation and refinement of the Wound Care Protocol and overall program practices

• Engage in information sharing, mentoring, coaching and education of other members of the SJHC clinical care team, providing Wound Care guidance to best treatment choices

• Maintain regular communication with supervisor to include review of problems or unique issues and exchange feedback