Wound Supervisor

Company: Intermountain Health
Location: Butte
Posted on: February 17, 2025

Job Description:

Wound Supervisor at Intermountain Health summary:
The Wound Supervisor is responsible for providing clinical expertise and leadership within the Wound Care, Ostomy, and Hyperbaric departments at St James Hospital. This role involves participating in direct patient care while managing operations, staff performance, and interdisciplinary collaboration to enhance patient outcomes. The Supervisor plays a crucial role in ensuring safe and effective care through adherence to policies and procedures, as well as facilitating staff training and development.
Job Description:The Supervisor RN Wound Care/Ostomy and Hyperbaric supports the fundamentals of safety, quality, experience and stewardship by providing clinical expertise and leadership to their department or departments. As a part of the chain of command , this role will participate in direct patient care and have significant leadership responsibilities. The Supervisor RN Wound Care/Ostomy and Hyperbaric has accountability for coordination of a cohort of caregivers and actively participates in the overall operations , development of inpractice, and provision of patient care with specified accountabilities for implementation and outcomes. The Supervisor RN Wound Care/Ostomy and Hyperbaric supports and enforces policies/procedures to ensure safe, efficient and effective patient care.Job DescriptionPosting Specifics

• Benefits Eligible: Yes
• Shift Details: Monday-Friday 8am to 4:30pm, occasional weekends
• Unit/Location: Would and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Department
• Additional Details: This role will be 50% clinical and 50% leadershipEssential Functions
  • Shares responsibility with the department leader for the day-to-day operations.
  • Integrates with enterprise leadership and teams on goals and improvement initiatives.
  • Manages patient complaints and concerns promptly.
  • Responsible for initial coaching of staff on performance issues.
  • Facilitates communication between inpatient and outpatient wound/ostomy/hyperbaric teams.
  • Ensures cost-effective use of staff by ensuring appropriate nurse to patient ratio and utilization of staff by monitoring use of premium pay, agency, cancellations, etc.
  • Coordinates and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team in the development of evidence-based clinical guidelines and treatment protocols.
  • Participates in community outreach/preventative wound and ostomy services
  • Assists in coordination of the gathering of data, planning, implementation, and evaluation of programs/projects.
  • Assists with human resource activities such as interviewing, hiring, coaching, mentoring, disciplining and evaluating staff.
  • Facilitates completion of performance audits in an appropriate timeframe including but not limited to Core Measures, Joint Commission Indicators, and National Patient Safety Goals.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
  • May be required to be placed on-call during a regularly scheduled shift.Skills
    • Hiring
    • Human Resources (HR)
    • Patient Services
    • Patient Safety
    • Patient Satisfaction
    • Taking Initiative
    • Quality ImprovementQualifications
      • Current RN License upon hire
      • Current BLS certification upon hire
      • Current wound certification upon hire or within 1 year of hire
      • Current Ostomy certification or ability to obtain within 2 1 year of hirePreferred:
        • Previous high volume clinic experience in an outpatient setting
        • -Minimum of 2 years' experience in acute medical surgical nursing. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements list must be representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensure, experience, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Physical Requirements:Physical Requirements
          • Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and
          • Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
          • Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes: Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.Location:St James HospitalWork City:ButteWork State:MontanaScheduled Weekly Hours:30The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. -$38.95 - $54.53We care about your well-being - mind, body, and spirit - which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits packages for our, and for our . Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.All positions subject to close without notice.
            
            Keywords:
            Wound Care, Ostomy, Hyperbaric Therapy, Clinical Supervisor, Patient Care, Nursing Leadership, Healthcare Management, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, Interdisciplinary Collaboration
            

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