Diversified Clinical Services - Comprehensive Outpatient Wound Care Management Services for Hospitals

Becoming a Wound Care Center Case Manager

Registered nurses with two years clinical experience
Effective Communicators
Capable Problem-solvers
Supportive of a case management approach to patient care
Experienced or interested in wound care
Team players who work well as part of interdisciplinary teams
Excellent collaborators with physicians and other health care providers
Leaders who demonstrate high levels of confidence
Willing to learn wound treatment modalities
Supportive of quality care consistent with specific clinical practice guidelines
Advocates for the program through staff and community education
Knowledgeable about policy development
Courteous and kind to patients and their families
Considerate of patients' waiting times
Knowledgeable about JCAHO, OSHA and other regulatory agency standards

Gwen Delbridge, R.N., Inpatient Wound Care Coordinator, St. Peters University Hospital

Registered Nurses with five years clinical experience and two years supervisory experience
Able to generate accurate clinical reports through computer programs

Registered nurses with five years clinical and two years supervisory experience
Often BSN and WOCN certified
Collaborators who work well with referring and/or attending physicians
Diligent about wound prevention and healing
Conscientious about providing patients with a continuum of wound care
Exceptional verbal and written communicators
Computer literate
Organized educators who teach other clinicians wound prevention and care
Effective leaders
Careful to adhere to infection control, emergency, safety, fire and disaster plan policies
Compliant with state and federal guidelines
Leaders of change

Master's level nurse practitioners prepared in areas consistent with the serviced population
Currently in good standing with licenses
Experienced in direct patient care (at least two years)
Strong and organized leaders with excellent interpersonal skills
Providers of medical care to patients in extended care facilities
Interpreters of data
Computer literate
Coordinators of patients' plans of care
Wound evaluators
Educators about wound prevention and care
Knowledgeable about clinical pathways
Responsible for maximizing time efficiency and productivity
Progressively moving toward healing outcomes
Collaborators with physicians and other health care professionals
Managers of quality who take integrative approaches to care
Effective verbal and written communicators
Compliant with state and federal regulations and laws
Diligent about adhering to infection control, emergency, safety, fire and disaster plans and policies