LPN or Staff Nurse - Wound Clinic

Shift:

LPN or Staff Nurse - Wound Clinic

Shift Details:

40 hrs/wk

Monday - Friday

8am - 5pm

Job Highlight:

Join Nebraska Medicine's Wound Ostomy Clinic as a Staff Nurse or LPN and be part of a team dedicated to providing advanced, compassionate wound care. In this role, you'll work alongside expert providers to care for patients with complex, chronic, or slow-healing wounds. You'll play a key role in patient education, wound treatment, and care coordination--helping improve outcomes and quality of life for every patient. Our clinic offers specialized services including compression therapy, biological dressings, and coordination of advanced surgical or hyperbaric treatments. If you're passionate about hands-on patient care and want to make a meaningful difference in healing, this is the place to do it.

Why Work at Nebraska Medicine?

• Together. Extraordinary. Join a team that values your skills, delivering exceptional care through collaboration.
• Leading Health Network Work with the region's top academic health network, partnering with UNMC to transform lives through education, research, and patient care.
• Diversity and Inclusion We value diverse backgrounds and experiences, reflecting the communities we serve.
• Educational Support Enjoy up to $5,000/year in tuition assistance, a 35% discount at Clarkson College, and career advancement opportunities with covered educational costs. Enjoy support for your personal growth within the organization, from those just starting their healthcare careers to those who are years down the path.

Be part of something extraordinary at Nebraska Medicine!

LPN:

Provide nursing care and identified clinical support tasks within the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) scope of practice for achievement of the patient's plan of care in conjunction with the registered nurse and/or medical staff.

Required Qualifications:

* Graduate from an accredited school/college of nursing required.

* Demonstrate effective communication skills required.

* Ability to demonstrate initiative, teamwork and flexibility required.

* Currently licensed as a practical nurse in the state of Nebraska or current compact state license required.

* Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Experience in a physician's office preferred. Experience in setting related to clinic setting preferred.

* Proficiency in secondary language preferred.

* Participate in performance improvement activities preferred.

Staff Nurse:

Provide, prescribe, delegate, and coordinate nursing care with other health care providers to meet holistic care needs of a designated group of patients. Environment of care may be long term, emergent, critical, acute, interventional, or procedural driven.

Required Qualifications:
* Associate's degree in nursing (ADN) or Nursing Diploma required.

* Effective communication skills required.
* Ability to demonstrate initiative, teamwork and flexibility required.
* Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of Nebraska or current compact state license required.
*Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required, must be from an American Heart Association (AHA) endorsed program (effective for new hires starting January 1, 2023 or later).
* Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification department dependent required.

* For Emergency Department, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification within 6 months of hire or transfer date required.

* Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification within 6 months of hire or transfer date department dependent required.

* Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) OR Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN) within one year or hire or transfer date department dependent required.

Preferred Qualifications:
* Direct patient care experience preferred.
* Based on position, prior experience in one or more of the following areas including cardiology, cardiac drip management, critical care, emergency department, medical-surgical, obstetrics, cardiovascular rehabilitation, telemetry, oncology, neonatal intensive care, pediatric acute care, solid organ transplant, cath lab, EP lab, quality assurance related to health care, perioperative and special procedures in applicable nursing specialty area preferred.
* Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN) or Master's of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree preferred.
* Based on position, one or more of the following courses including STABLE, smoking cessation counseling, basic critical care, or other specialty training courses preferred.
* Experience with Microsoft Office applications including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel preferred.
* Proficient with use of email applications preferred.
* Proficient with use of departmental equipment and systems such as patient care equipment, telecommunication systems, information systems, pneumatic tube system, general patient care supplies, and transport equipment preferred.