Wound Care Nurse

Wound Care Nurse - Days

Sheltering Arms and VCU Health have come together to create Sheltering Arms Institute, a non‑profit, state‑of‑the‑art destination inpatient rehabilitation hospital and network of outpatient centers. The Institute blends advanced technology, research, and evidence‑based clinical care to create an innovative, transdisciplinary model of rehabilitative care. Ranked among the nation’s best rehabilitation hospitals and the top physical rehab provider in Virginia by US News & World Report, our values and approach facilitate superior patient outcomes and the realization of Sheltering Arms Institute’s vision to reinvent rehabilitation.

Sheltering Arms Institute is seeking a Wound Care Nurse to join our day shift team. The Wound Care Nurse establishes standards of care and clinical competencies to meet rehabilitative patient wound and ostomy care needs, consults for complex wounds and ostomy patients, takes referrals from physicians and nurses according to the referral criteria of SAI and WOCN standards, and leads the development, coordination, and monitoring of the hospital’s wound care program to improve clinical outcomes.

• Establish standards of care and clinical competencies to meet rehabilitative patient wound and ostomy care needs.
• Consult for complex wounds and ostomy patients and take referrals from physicians and nurses according to SAI and WOCN standards.
• Lead the development, coordination, and monitoring of the hospital’s wound care program to improve clinical outcomes.

Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum 2 years RN experience in the clinical setting.

Education/Certifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.
• RN licensure in the Commonwealth of VA required.
• BSN in nursing preferred or evidence of pursuing on a continuing basis.
• AHA BLS HCP certification.
• WOCN certification required or actively pursuing and completion expected within 1 year or hire.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.