Registered Nurse - Ostomy - Enterostomal Clinic

Job Description

About Us

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

• Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek.
• Recognized as a Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024.
• Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.
• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
• Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement Plan with employer match, and many more!
• For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Overview of Unit/Department

Join our specialized team dedicated to providing exceptional care for patients with skin, wound, and ostomy needs. As a Skin/Wound/Ostomy Care Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in supporting healthcare providers and bedside staff throughout the hospital. Working within physician-approved guidelines, you will independently assess patient needs, develop comprehensive plans of care, and collaborate with bedside staff to ensure successful implementation. If you're passionate about skin/wound/ostomy specialized care and ready to make a meaningful impact in patient treatment, we invite you to join our dedicated team. Apply now to be part of a supportive environment where you can contribute to improving patient care.

Ostomy nurse position will provide care to patients both in the inpatient and outpatient setting at the Colo-Rectal Clinic. This role will focus primarily on ostomies but will also include some wound care including but not limited to wound VACs.

Typical ostomy focused SWOT RN hours will be M-F 8-4:30pm, however hour requirements may change based on department needs at discretion of nurse manager. Holiday coverage is covered by rotation of employees with 3 holidays needed per employee per year (timeframe is February to February). If your role is primarily ostomy patients then weekends are not a requirement at this time. Of note, weekend coverage for nurses that cover ostomy may change at discretion of nurse manager according to staffing coverage needs.

Additional Information About the Position for Qualified Candidates

• $1.00 Certification pay
• $1.00 BSN pay
• Career Ladder Bonus eligible up to $5,000.00

Job Summary

• For this role, the Skin/Wound/Ostomy nurse’s primary duty will be to see ostomy patients both in the outpatient setting at Colo-Rectal Clinic and the inpatient setting. However, this nurse will also be cross trained in wound care including application of negative pressure wound therapy dressings.

The Skin/Wound/Ostomy nurse role specializes in the management of patients with Skin, Wound and Ostomy needs. This includes but not limited to, urinary and fecal diversions (i.e. ostomies), draining wounds and fistulas, fecal and urinary incontinence, and acute and chronic wounds such as post-operative surgical wounds requiring packing or negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), pressure ulcers and vascular ulcers. The nurse must be able to assess patient condition and help develop a plan of care, administer medications, change dressings, manage NPWT pumps (wound vacs) and mark ostomy sites pre-operatively. The Skin/Wound/Ostomy nurse provides support and education to patients and their families, including but not limited to pre and post-operative teaching, wound care, ostomy care, and ostomy appliance maintenance/trouble-shooting.

Job Requirements

• Education
  • Required: Graduate of an accredited nursing program
  • Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Experience
  • Preferred: One year of bedside nursing experience within the last five years
  • Preferred: Previous recent acute care med/surg nursing experience
  • Preferred: Wound and/or Ostomy experience
• Skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Demonstrate effective leadership abilities
  • Exhibits valuable time management skills
  • Strong critical thinking/problem solving skills
  • Flexibility and ability to work in a multi-tasking environment
• Licensure/Certification/Registration
  • Required: RN license active in the state of Missouri
  • Required: BLS must be obtained within 90 days of hire
  • Required: Role within department is primarily focused in ostomy care, therefore must obtain COCN from WOCNCB or OMS certification from NAWCO within 24 months of hire. If employee has a BSN, the COCN certification is required instead of OMS.