Provides compassionate, effective outpatient clinical wound care to patients, often in fast-paced environment.
Posted Oct 5
Shift and hours
8-hour shifts · 5 days per week Work Schedule: 5 Days - 8 Hours5 shifts · 40 hours a week
Unit and setting
Wound Care · Outpatient RN, Registered Nurse Wound Care Certified - Wound Care
License
RN licenseRegistered Nurse with current New Mexico license or compact state license
Term
Permanent Work Type: Full TimeFull Time
Do you qualify?
License
Registered Nurse with current New Mexico license or compact state licenseRegistered Nurse with current New Mexico license or compact state license.Check your license
Certification
BLS issued through the American Heart AssociationBLS issued through the American Heart Association required, ACLS preferred.
Certification
certification as a Wound Specialist, Certified Wound Care, Certified Wound Care Ostomy, Continence Nurse, or CHRNMust possess a certification as a Wound Specialist or Certified Wound Care or Certified Wound Care Ostomy, or Continence Nurse, or CHRN.
obvious concern for patient welfareMust have obvious concern for patient welfare
Also asks
sound organizational skills and ability to analyze dataMust have sound organizational skills and the ability to analyze data
Also asks
ability to read, understand and implement professional journals and regulatory documentsMust be able to read, understand and implement professional journals as well as regulatory documents
Also asks
ability to learn and use wound care productsAbility to learn and use wound care products
Also asks
ability to multi-task and possess effective and mature communications skillsAbility to multi-task and possess effective and mature communications skills
Preferred
Certification
ACLS
Experience
4 years of applicable experience/training may substitute for degree
Experience
experience in general nursing, wound care, hyperbaric oxygen and outpatient clinical operationsExperience in general nursing, wound care, hyperbaric oxygen and outpatient clinical operations preferred.
Also asks
read and speak SpanishAbility to read and speak Spanish a plus.
delivers patient care under guidance of Clinical Coordinator and Medical DirectorUses nursing skills to deliver effective, compassionate patient care under guidance of Clinical Coordinator and Medical Director.
Day to day
effectively multi-tasks in performing position functionsExhibits strong work ethic in performance of position functions, effectively multi-tasking as required.
Day to day
communicates maturely with all for betterment of the CenterCommunicates maturely with all for betterment of the Center.
Day to day
performs reasonable requests and assignments of Clinical Coordinator and Medical DirectorComfortably performs all reasonable requests, assignments of Clinical Coordinator and/or Medical Director.
Day to day
uses data/reporting to maximize healing of clinic patients while adhering to policies and proceduresUses data/reporting to maximize healing of clinic patients while adhering to relevant policies and procedures.
Day to day
performs complicated wound care using Center recommended products, policies and proceduresPerforms complicated wound care using Center recommended wound care products, policies and procedures.
Day to day
involved in case management, charting, and data entryIs directly involved in effective case management, accurate and timely charting and data entry involved with patient care.
Day to day
educates patients regarding proper wound care and wound preventionEducates patients regarding proper wound care and wound prevention
Provides compassionate, effective outpatient clinical wound care to patients, often in fast-paced environment. May case-manage a group of patients, will work under guidance of clinic physicians and Clinical Coordinator, provide patient/caregiver wound related education, communicate with other healthcare providers regarding a patient’s care, enter and evaluate data, maintain patient charting.
Responsibilities
Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
Uses nursing skills to deliver effective, compassionate patient care under guidance of Clinical Coordinator and Medical Director.
Exhibits strong work ethic in performance of position functions, effectively multi-tasking as required.
Communicates maturely with all for betterment of the Center.
Comfortably performs all reasonable requests, assignments of Clinical Coordinator and/or Medical Director.
Uses data/reporting to maximize healing of clinic patients while adhering to relevant policies and procedures.
Performs complicated wound care using Center recommended wound care products, policies and procedures.
Is directly involved in effective case management, accurate and timely charting and data entry involved with patient care.
Educates patients regarding proper wound care and wound prevention
Job
Requirements
Education/Skills
Bachelor’s Degree required. Four years experience and/or training directly applicable to Position Summary may substitute for degree.
Basic/operable computer skills required
Must have obvious concern for patient welfare
Must have sound organizational skills and the ability to analyze data
Must be able to read, understand and implement professional journals as well as regulatory documents
Ability to learn and use wound care products
Ability to multi-task and possess effective and mature communications skills
Ability to read and speak Spanish a plus.
Experience
Experience in general nursing, wound care, hyperbaric oxygen and outpatient clinical operations preferred.
Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications
Registered Nurse with current New Mexico license or compact state license.
BLS issued through the American Heart Association required, ACLS preferred.
Must possess a certification as a Wound Specialist or Certified Wound Care or Certified Wound Care Ostomy, or Continence Nurse, or CHRN.
In accordance with the CHRISTUS Health License, Certification and Registration Verification Policy, all Associates are required to obtain the required certifications for their respective positions within the designated time frame.
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Agua Fria is the close-in pocket repeatedly pitched to singles, young professionals, families, and retirees: Pueblo Revival, adobe, and Spanish-style homes, a $195,500 median purchase price and $722 median rent, murals, and about 15 minutes to the city center. Historic Eastside is the heritage-walkability core of classic adobe compounds.
Artist–Hyde Park Road—including Bishop’s Lodge and Old Taos Highway—is alpine seclusion (median sale $1,497,500, median age 59.5, 10–20 minutes to the Plaza), not a starter-nurse neighborhood. For 15–20-minute country living, residents name Pojoaque (about $123,600), Nambe, and El Rancho; Niche’s 2026 Santa Fe-area suburb ranking puts Los Alamos and White Rock first and second and Pojoaque third, with Reddit also floating La Mesilla, Chamita, Alcalde, and Velarde.
Getting around+These sources never name hospital campuses, transit lines, or parking. What they do give are drives to the core: Artist–Hyde Park is 10–20 minutes to Santa Fe Plaza; Agua Fria is within about 15 minutes of downtown; Pojoaque, Nambe, and El Rancho are described as 15–20-minute country commutes with groceries, fast food, and restaurants already there. La Cienega sits near the airport and I-25. Reddit commenters suggest La Mesilla, Chamita, Alcalde, and Velarde when they want a less life-consuming drive, while a Pojoaque resident notes you still commute into Santa Fe to do much of anything.
These sources never name hospital campuses, transit lines, or parking. What they do give are drives to the core: Artist–Hyde Park is 10–20 minutes to Santa Fe Plaza; Agua Fria is within about 15 minutes of downtown; Pojoaque, Nambe, and El Rancho are described as 15–20-minute country commutes with groceries, fast food, and restaurants already there.
La Cienega sits near the airport and I-25. Reddit commenters suggest La Mesilla, Chamita, Alcalde, and Velarde when they want a less life-consuming drive, while a Pojoaque resident notes you still commute into Santa Fe to do much of anything.
Outdoors+Dale Ball Trails and Ten Thousand Waves sit off the Artist–Hyde Park mountain side. Romero Park in Agua Fria is the picnic-and-jog park; Kokopelli Rafting Adventures runs regional river trips. Santa Fe National Forest trailheads are about seven miles from downtown; in-town Atalaya Mountain tops 9,000 feet, and the ski area tops 12,000 feet for skiing, sledding, hiking, and mountain biking. White Rock is cited for riverside recreation; Los Alamos reviews lean hard on nature access.
Dale Ball Trails and Ten Thousand Waves sit off the Artist–Hyde Park mountain side. Romero Park in Agua Fria is the picnic-and-jog park; Kokopelli Rafting Adventures runs regional river trips.
Santa Fe National Forest trailheads are about seven miles from downtown; in-town Atalaya Mountain tops 9,000 feet, and the ski area tops 12,000 feet for skiing, sledding, hiking, and mountain biking. White Rock is cited for riverside recreation; Los Alamos reviews lean hard on nature access.
Santa Fe is not a generic job-market city. At about 7,000 feet it is The City Different: Historic Eastside adobe, Canyon Road galleries, Meow Wolf, and Santa Fe National Forest trailheads roughly seven miles from downtown, with Atalaya over 9,000 feet and a ski area over 12,000. Housing splits hard—the citywide median is near $510,000, while 2026 suburb snapshots put Agua Fria around $195,500 (rent about $722) and Pojoaque around $123,600 versus Artist–Hyde Park near $1.5 million. Nurses who want a short hop to the core often look at Agua Fria (Ramirez Thomas, Capital High, Romero Park, Second Street Brewery); those who want acreage try Pojoaque, Nambe, or El Rancho at 15–20 minutes. Budget 30 days to acclimate, nearly 300 sunny days, July monsoon cells that usually pass in under an hour, and ice scraping if you lack a garage. Eat at The Shed and Tia Sophia’s downtown, Tortilla Flats and Plaza Cafe Southside for chile. The tradeoff is pace: four real seasons, thin late-night energy, and outlying towns that still send you into Santa Fe for most of life.
