Wound Care Specialist

Responsibilities:

a {

text-decoration: none;

color: #464feb;

}

tr th, tr td {

border: 1px solid #e6e6e6;

}

tr th {

background-color: #f5f5f5;

}

Clinical Practice & Patient Care

n
• n

  Demonstrates critical thinking in identifying clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual patient needs.

  n
n
• n

  Provides ongoing follow-up for ostomy and skin care patients after discharge to ensure continuity of care.

  n
n
• n

  Incorporates NPUAP and WOCN standards, as well as organizational goals, to improve quality, safety, and patient satisfaction.

  n
n
• n

  Creates a compassionate, patient-focused experience through healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.

  n
n
• n

  Applies the nursing process within the framework of Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment.

  n
n
• n

  Develops individualized plans of care and communicates them effectively with patients, families, physicians, nursing staff, and other healthcare team members.

  n
n
• n

  Maintains accurate documentation that promotes communication and coordination of care.

  n
n

Education & Professional Development

n
• n

  Demonstrates a passion for developing self and others.

  n
n
• n

  Precepts students, graduate nurses, new hires, medical students, residents, and staff.

  n
n
• n

  Supports continuous learning through research sharing, professional organization resources, journal clubs, presentations, in-services, and formal lectures.

  n
n
• n

  Identifies opportunities for clinical quality improvement and workplace enhancement.

  n
n
• n

  Applies evidence-based practice principles in daily work.

  n
n
• n

  Participates in product evaluations to ensure cost-effective, high-quality patient care.

  n
n
• n

  Regularly seeks feedback and engages in continuous professional improvement.

  n
n

Leadership & Professional Practice

n
• n

  Serves as a recognized clinical expert, educator, specialized resource nurse, and leader in wound, ostomy, continence, and skin care.

  n
n
• n

  Provides constructive feedback and participates in peer review processes.

  n
n
• n

  Promotes changes that enhance patient care quality across the WOCN department and nursing organization.

  n
n
• n

  Demonstrates advanced clinical assessment and analytical skills.

  n
n
• n

  Participates in shared governance and serves as a resource to hospital-wide councils.

  n
n
• n

  Leads and contributes to successful teams and department initiatives.

  n
n

Collaboration & Workplace Relationships

n
• n

  Builds and maintains positive relationships with colleagues.

  n
n
• n

  Models cultural awareness and addresses workplace issues such as horizontal violence and impairment.

  n
n
• n

  Maintains a healthy work-life balance through prioritization and delegation.

  n
n
• n

  Fosters a respectful, collaborative, and supportive work environment

  n
n
• n

  Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience required.

  n
n

Licensure & Certifications

n
• n

  Current Pennsylvania licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) or eligibility for Pennsylvania State Board Licensure.

  n
n
• n

  Current RN licensure in the practicing state or eligibility for State Board Licensure.

  n
n
• n

  Wound and Ostomy Certification preferred.

  n
n
• n

  Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification required.

  n
n
• n

  Must meet AHA standards and include both didactic and skills demonstration components within 30 days of hire.

  n
n

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

n
• n

  Demonstrated clinical judgment, critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

  n
n
• n

  Ability to establish and maintain positive, professional relationships with:

  n
n
• n

  Executives

  n
n
• n

  Managers

  n
n
• n

  Physicians

  n
n
• n

  Advanced Practice Providers

  n
n
• n

  Other healthcare professionals

  n
n
• n

  Ability to work effectively in a complex environment while managing multiple and changing priorities.

  n
n

Additional Requirements

n
• n

  Current licensure in the state where the facility is located, or a multistate license issued through the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC), when applicable.

  n
n
• n

  Employees working under an out-of-state NLC license who establish residency in the facility's state must apply for in-state licensure within 60 days of residency change

  n
n

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran