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All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

• Received Magnet® recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in January 2019
• Benefits from Day One
• Paid Days Off from Day One
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Employee Referral Program
• Career Development
• Whole Person Wellbeing Resources
• Mental Health Resources and Support
• Debt-free Education (Certifications and Degrees without out-of-pocket tuition expense)

Our promise to you:

Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.

Schedule: Full Time

Shift: Days

Location:  9100 W 74TH ST, Shawnee Mission, 66204

The community you’ll be caring for:

At AdventHealth Shawnee Mission, formerly Shawnee Mission Medical Center, you're more than just a number on a chart. You're a whole person, who functions best when physically, emotionally, and spiritually fit. Find whole-person care, dedicated teams and staff, and a wide variety of medical services, all at our hospital in Shawnee Mission, Kansas.

The role you’ll contribute:

The Inpatient Wound-Ostomy Clinical Specialist, through education and experience, has knowledge of a specific patient population, Wound Patients, and uses clinical expertise, critical thinking skills, and theories and models of nursing practice to positively influence patient outcomes.  The Inpatient Wound-Ostomy Clinical Specialist is a registered nurse who provides consultation to influence the interdisciplinary plan of care for patients, enhance the abilities of others, and effect change in the system.   

The Inpatient Wound-Ostomy Clinical Specialist serves as a resource re: patient issues, providing education to patients/families/staff/community, and providing specialty direct care.

The value you’ll bring to the team:

• Consults as advanced practice leader to facilitate the practice of staff nurses and/or provide appropriate care for patients with difficult or chronic wounds including completion and documentation of detailed ostomy and wound assessments, consistent wound photography and direct patient care.
• Consults as advanced practice leader to facilitate the practice of staff nurses and/or provide appropriate care for patients with alterations related to stomas wounds.
• Demonstrates, teaches and role models proper technique for specialty dressings, wound procedures, stoma markings and appliance fittings.
• Provides appropriate care for patients of all ages with urostomy, ileostomy, colostomy, wound or skin problems including timely completion and accurate documentation of assessments, interventions, education of patient/significant others.

The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed:

• Kansas Registered Nurse License
• BCLS obtained through the American Heart Association
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing or obtained within 4 years of employment
• 1 to 2 Years of Position-Related Experience
• Wound Nurse Certification through a National Certification Organization ie: WOCN, WCEI-Relias or NAWCCB

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About AdventHealth

At AdventHealth, Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ is our mission. It calls us to be His hands and feet in helping people feel whole. Our story is one of hope — one that strives to heal and restore the body, mind and spirit. Our more than 80,000 skilled and compassionate caregivers in hospitals, physician practices, outpatient clinics, urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospice centers are committed to providing individualized, wholistic care.

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