RN - Wound Care - Brooklyn, NY - RR 26-14867

Job Title: Registered Nurse – Wound Care
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Job Type: Contract
Duration: 14 Weeks
Shift & Schedule: Day Shift | Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM | 57.5-Hour Shifts | 37.5 Hours/Week
Local Candidates Required: Yes
Traveler Candidates Required: Yes

Pay Rate
Local: $70–$80/hr
Traveler: $75–$83/hr

Note: This job doesn't offer any benefits.

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Registered Nurse specializing in Wound Care to provide comprehensive wound, ostomy, and continence-related nursing care. The ideal candidate will have Medical-Surgical nursing experience along with hands-on wound and colostomy care experience.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive health assessments focused on wound, ostomy, and continence-related conditions.

• Perform focused physical assessments and develop individualized patient care plans.

• Assess, document, and evaluate patient responses to wound, ostomy, fistula, and complex wound treatments.

• Assess patients at risk of developing pressure injuries and initiate preventive measures.

• Educate and counsel patients and families on wound care, ostomy management, and prevention of complications.

• Collaborate with physicians, nursing staff, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate patient care.

• Recommend appropriate medications, treatments, supplies, and equipment.

• Coordinate the management of specialized equipment, including specialty beds and negative-pressure wound therapy devices.

• Develop, revise, and evaluate nursing standards of care.

• Evaluate the quality and delivery of clinical care.

• Recommend best practices in collaboration with nursing leadership.

• Participate in departmental and hospital-wide Quality Improvement (QI) activities.

• Develop and deliver staff education, orientation, and continuing education programs.

• Maintain accurate patient documentation and ensure confidentiality of patient information.

Required Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Nursing (ASN/ADN) from an accredited nursing program.

• Active New York State Registered Nurse license.

• Primary Source Verification of RN license and registration through the New York State Education Department (NYSED).

• Active American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

• Minimum 2 years of Medical-Surgical nursing experience.

• Hands-on wound care experience.

• Colostomy care experience.

• Must hold at least one of the following wound care certifications:

  • Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse (CWOCN).

  • Certified Wound Ostomy Nurse (CWON).

  • Certified Wound Care Nurse (CWCN).

  • Certified Wound Specialist (CWS).

  • Wound Care Certified (WCC).