RN - Ambulatory Care
Sanford, Maine
Southern Maine Health Care - Sanford

Registered Nurse (RN) - Ambulatory Care

Location

• Sanford, Maine

Employment Type

• Travel assignment

Contract Length

• 12 weeks

Weekly Hours

• 36 hours per week

Job Description

• Provide patient care following wound, ostomy, and continence nursing guidelines and standards.
• Serve as a liaison for wound, ostomy, and continence care concerns.
• Educate team members and participate in assigned committees.
• Assess physical, psychological, and social needs of assigned patients; initiate data collection and assessments.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary care team to develop and modify patient care plans.
• Implement nursing interventions, medical orders, and related therapies.
• Educate patients and their support systems in collaboration with the healthcare team.
• Monitor and perform routine and complex treatments including ostomy care, wound care with drainage, care of fistulas, percutaneous tubes, and management of fecal and urinary incontinence.
• Document patient care and responses in accordance with professional standards.
• Comply with mandatory reporting, legal consent, transfer protocols, and patient rights.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and secure environment by following safety policies and procedures.
• Handle biomedical, pharmaceutical, hazardous, and universal wastes per regulatory requirements.
• May be required to safely handle hazardous drugs including receipt, storage, compounding, repackaging, dispensing, transporting, and disposal.

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Maine
• Minimum 2 years of clinic experience as a Registered Nurse
• Clinic experience within the last year
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Experience in Ambulatory Care