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Company: Montage Health
Location: Monterey, CA
Career Level: Mid-Senior Level
Industries: Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Biotech

Description

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Job Description:

Position Summary

The Wound and Ostomy Patient Educator reports directly to the Assistant Director of the Wound Program / Wound Healing Hyperbaric Medicine Clinic. S/he is responsible for providing patient education and direct patient care to skin, wound, ostomy, and tracheostomy inpatients. The Wound Patient Educator possesses a broad scope of knowledge and experience to provide treatment interventions, education, facilitate patient self-care management, effectively communicate with providers and multi-disciplinary members, promote coordination of care to support with a timely discharge. Assesses patient needs for nursing care, patient/family education and other services. Works closely with Wound Program team members to ensure optimum patient management and efficient use of resources. Integrates knowledge of age and developmental specific care, institutional goals and standards, current best practice standards, WOC Nurses Society standards.

Experience

Two years acute care RN nursing experience in the last five years; nursing experience in two or more relevant clinical areas; formal and informal teaching experience. Ability to cultivate relationships within all departments, exhibit integrity and initiative, and is poised, mature, and professional. Ability to prioritize and triage patient care easily and quickly. Communicates with discretion; confidently and effectively with superiors, peers, and subordinates.

Preferences: Exhibits genuine interest, enthusiasm, passion and dedication of learning and teaching opportunities. Keeps abreast of the latest scientific, health-related literature, and evidenced-based practice. Displays impressive ability to articulate knowledge and ideas.

Education

Bachelor's in nursing required.

Licensure/Certifications

State of California RN license required.

American Hospital Association Healthcare Provider BLS certification required.

Certified Wound Specialist (CWS) and/or Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing (WOCN), or similar advanced certifications required.

Equal opportunity employer.

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Assigned Work Hours:

Per diem - hours vary. Average 1-2 shifts per week to include a weekend day. Minimum 2 shifts per pay period.

Position Type:

Per Diem

Pay Range (based on years of applicable experience):

$81.40

to

$108.87

The hours employees work determine when a shift differential is paid.

Hourly Evening Shift Differential: $5.50 Hourly Night Shift Differential: $8.00


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