Nurse Manager Outpatient Wound Care

About This Role

This leadership role involves overseeing the operations, financial integrity, community outreach, clinical management, and strategic expansion of the Outpatient Wound Care Program and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT). The Nurse Manager is responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating the overall nursing care delivered to patients, and may also provide direct patient care as needed in an outpatient facility. Collaboration with both clinical and non-clinical leadership is essential to ensure unification, standardization, and continuous improvement in wound care services.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily management and ensure compliance over all aspects of the outpatient wound program
• Continuously analyze data and processes to ensure efficient operation and quality performance of the outpatient center
• Implement program objectives, KPIs, and timelines for wound care and HBOT Centers, then track executed activities to report to hospital leadership for managing trends and changes
• Promote departmental plans while continuously analyzing data and processes to ensure efficient operation and quality performance are met by staff
• Collaborate with clinical leaders and other regional leaders to drive consistency and standardization of best practices
• Participate in hospital meetings and activities, as appropriate, to encourage collaboration of the outpatient wound center with other departments and advocate on the center’s behalf
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (required)
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) or Registered Nurse (RN) covered by the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)
• Completion of Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) approved 40-hour course within 6 months of hire and completion of written exam (required for Wound Care Centers that offer Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT))
• Nursing Management and/or Leadership experience (required)

Nice to have:

• Master of Science in Nursing
• BLS Basic Life Support – American Heart Association (preferred upon hire, required prior to direct patient care)
• Certified Wound Care Nurse (CWCN)
• Certified Ostomy Care Nurse (COCN)
• Certified Continence Care Nurse (CCCN)
• Certified Wound Ostomy Nurse (CWON)
• Experience in Wound Care and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
• Experience in Hospital Outpatient Setting
• EPIC Electronic Health Record (EHR) training

Benefits

• Incentives and referral bonuses
• 403(b) with employer contributions (when eligible)
• Medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage