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Mount Sinai Medical Center

Not-for-profit teaching hospital delivering care

Woundcare Nurse

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareUpdated on Nov 12
Part-timeMiami Beach, FL, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A current Florida nursing license is required.
  • Current Basic Life Support certification is required.
  • Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification is required.
  • The role is identified as Level I, entry level.

Responsibilities

  • Identify patient needs and handle unusual, stressful, and complex situations with minimal supervision while promoting optimal patient care.
  • Complete all pertinent columns on each patient's wound consult sheet.
  • Conduct woundcare and ostomy consultations within 48 hours of the order.
  • Prioritize consultations using sound judgment, giving precedence to medically urgent cases such as severe bed sores and decubitus ulcers.
  • Use supplies such as dressings, ointments, cleansers, and bandages efficiently and cost-effectively.
  • Work with infection control and other appropriate departments to develop and implement programs to reduce hospital-acquired skin breakdown.
  • Serve as a wound healing and ostomy supply resource; keep current with best practices in wound and ostomy care; and educate patients, family members, and other caregivers on wound healing and dressing techniques.
  • Provide continuity of care and help coordinate transitions for inpatients requiring outpatient woundcare.
  • Work the weekend rotational schedule, including every other Sunday as required by staffing needs.
  • Promote the Outpatient Wound Care Department.
  • Float between inpatient and outpatient areas as patient needs dictate.
  • Perform and document an accurate woundcare assessment at consultation or arrival to the treatment area.
  • Respond to diagnostic data and initiate appropriate action or intervention.
  • Assess patient education needs and psychosocial needs specific to the patient's age, growth, and development.
  • Formulate a woundcare plan to be implemented and monitored collaboratively by the woundcare nurse and staff nurse.
  • Establish patient-care priorities based on patient needs.
  • Understand and communicate the patient's diagnosis and interdisciplinary plan of care.
  • Administer medications, observe their effects, and immediately recognize and report adverse reactions.
  • Provide individualized instructions each shift to the patient or significant other regarding the plan of care.
  • Use woundcare-specific equipment safely and correctly.
  • Ensure each patient's general hygiene needs are met.
  • Follow standard precautions and hand hygiene guidelines at all times.
  • Perform dressing changes using aseptic technique.
  • Collect and label specimens according to policy when ordered by a physician.
  • Perform bedside glucose monitoring according to policy.
  • Immediately report all abnormal findings to the physician.
  • Initiate wound and skin protocols upon identifying actual or potential skin breakdown.
  • Perform ostomy care, including appliance use and reinforcement of teaching.
  • Insert intermittent or indwelling urinary catheters using aseptic technique.
  • Administer oxygen therapy according to physician orders.
  • Use restraints safely and correctly.
  • Document and report patient responses or outcomes resulting from nursing interventions, treatments and procedures, interpersonal interactions, and patient and family education.
  • Evaluate and document the patient's progress toward established goals and objectives.
  • Update and revise the patient-care problem list and individualized patient-care standards at each inpatient assessment based on patient and family responses, progress toward goals, and changes in medical status.
  • Evaluate patient length of stay and transfer or discharge planning needs based on anticipated problems and needs, internal or community resources, and support systems.
  • Complete all mandatory hospital and unit-specific in-services annually before the evaluation date.
  • Plan, present, and document unit in-services as required by level.
  • Document competency in clinical skills annually.
  • Attend staff meetings as required.
  • Use established communication channels to resolve problems and interpersonal conflict.
  • Delegate assignments to immediate subordinates at the beginning of the shift and evaluate completion of assigned duties to ensure daily productivity.
  • Participate in the performance improvement program by identifying unit-level indicators of major aspects of care.
  • Collect performance improvement data as assigned.
  • Document and charge for supplies used daily.

Desired Qualifications

  • Woundcare certification is preferred.

About the Company

Mount Sinai Medical Center

Not-for-profit teaching hospital delivering care

Mount Sinai Medical Center is a private, independent, not-for-profit teaching hospital system in Florida. It delivers high-quality health care across multiple specialties through its 13 locations, combining patient care with teaching, research, and charity care to serve a diverse community. Its services include clinical care using state-of-the-art technology and collaboration with top physicians and surgeons, supported by ongoing research and new treatment development. Distinguishing features include its non-profit status, emphasis on education and research, nationwide recognition (Healthgrades Top 100 Hospitals for 2024 and 2025), and a broad access mission with financial responsibility. The goal is to provide patient-centered, advanced medical care while expanding access to expert services and driving medical progress in South Florida.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Miami Beach, FL
Founded
1949

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