Wound Ostomy Continence
Los Angeles, CA
Posted Jun 19 · Not open to new grads
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Role
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- 1+ years
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About this role
Provides follow-up and interventions to patients diagnosed with ostomies, draining wounds, fistulae, or skin breakdown secondary to pressure, incontinence, venous hypertension, arterial insufficiency, trauma, surgery or diabetic neuropathy and other related skin issues.
Essential Responsibilities
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- Provides follow-up and interventions to patients diagnosed with ostomies, draining wounds, fistulae, or skin breakdown secondary to pressure, incontinence, venous hypertension, arterial insufficiency, trauma, surgery or diabetic neuropathy and other related skin issues.
- Provides direct patient care counseling of individuals anticipating surgery which may result in the creation of a stoma, individualized instruction for those who have an abdominal stoma for the diversion of stool or urine, or assessment and treatment recommendations for the above stated skin breakdown conditions. Assists patient through continuum of care for management of related issues. Evaluates new and currently used products for ostomy, continence and wound care. Makes recommendations to patients in obtaining related products.
- Assesses individual patient needs and goals, and provides educational programs to physicians, nursing, and other paramedical professionals on ostomy/wound care management and self-care education. Conducts continuing educational programs for physicians and nursing personnel. This helps provide current standards of practice for ostomy patients. Provides patient/family teaching and education regarding ostomy/wound care and self-management.
Experience
Basic
Qualifications
- Minimum 1 year previous clinical nursing experience as a Registered Nurse in caring for patients with abdominal stomas, draining wounds, fistulas, and pressure sores ulcers.
Education
- Bachelors Degree
- Completion of an accredited Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing (WOCN) program.
License, Certification, Registration
- Registered Nurse License (California)
- Wound Care Nurse Certificate from Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB)
- Ostomy Care Nurse Certificate from Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB)
- Basic Life Support
Additional Requirements
- Demonstrated knowledge of pediatric and adult patient teaching principles.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the gastrointestinal, genitourinary and integumentary systems including pathophysiology.
- Effective communication skills.
- Fine motor dexterity.
- Certified Continence Nurse (CCCN)
Preferred Qualifications
- Current Board Certification in Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing (CWOCN).
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“Experience Basic Qualifications: * Minimum 1 year previous clinical nursing experience as a Registered Nurse in caring for patients with abdominal stomas, draining wounds, fistulas, and pressure sores ulcer” · from this posting
Requirements
- Minimum 1 year previous clinical nursing experience as a Registered Nurse in caring for patients with abdominal stomas, draining wounds, fistulas, and pressure sores ulcers.
- Bachelors Degree
- Completion of an accredited Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing (WOCN) program.
- Demonstrated knowledge of pediatric and adult patient teaching principles.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the gastrointestinal, genitourinary and integumentary systems including pathophysiology.
- Effective communication skills.
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- Fine motor dexterity.
- Certified Continence Nurse (CCCN)
- Preferred Qualifications: Current Board Certification in Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing (CWOCN).
Place
- City
- Los Angeles, CA
- Median rent
- $1,933/mo
- Local household income
- $81,939/yr
- Metro price level
- 14% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Los Angeles area index 113.6, where 100 is the national average.
Living costs run about 14% above the national average—cheaper than San Francisco, still steep—so an $80k–$150k nurse salary means renting in Koreatown's dense, food-rich blocks, East Hollywood, Glendale, or parts of DTLA, not buying on the Westside. Families gravitate to Porter Ranch and Mar Vista for safety and schools; Silver Lake skews houses over apartments.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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Kaiser Permanente is one of the largest integrated healthcare systems in the United States, founded in 1945 and headquartered in Oakland, California, with approximately 127,523 employees across 25 offices nationwide. In Los Angeles, Kaiser Permanente operates medical centers and ambulatory…
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