Job Description

With over 150 years of caring for our community and each other in the Washington DC area, Howard University Hospital has a world-renowned reputation for high-quality, patient-centric care. Howard University Hospital is the nation’s only teaching hospital located on the campus of a Historically Black University and has created a superior learning environment, with groundbreaking research and positive patient outcomes.

 
Howard University Hospital seeks to hire a Nurse Manager, Wound Care  who will embrace our rich and historic tradition of excellence. If you want to make a difference in someone’s life every day, consider a position with a team of professionals who are doing just that, making a difference. 

• Assume responsibility and accountability for the oversight of day-to-day operations of the Wound Department.  
• Manages staff, clinical orientations, education, competencies, quality improvement, staff meetings and communications, as well as, conducts annual performance evaluations.  Set objectives and goals for skill development of the clinical team.
• Ensures that the HUH’s strategic plan, vision, and goals are aligned with the nursing strategic plan, vision, mission, and goals.  Acts as liaison between nursing administration and medical staff while establishing and maintaining positive, constructive communication in a collaborative model between other units/departments within HUH.
• Provides continuity of patient care by facilitating and coordinating communication between the health care team, patients, and patients’ family; as well as, adhering to evidence based practice. Coordinates care to ensure safe, quality, effective evidence based care is provided to all patients.
• Discusses cases with physician and/or other health professionals to prepare comprehensive patient care plan.
• Records physical findings, and formulates plan and prognosis, based on patient's condition.
• Monitors and maintains progress of patients and reports progress to supervising physician.
• Consistently, timely, and accurately completes tasks necessary for service recovery, complaints, near misses, and adverse events.  Participates in patient rounds.
  Ensures and monitors staff participation in patient rounds as part of the delivery care model to optimize the patient experience and outcomes.
• Actively leads and encourages staff participation in continuous improvement efforts, DMAICs, and shared governance.  Operationalize the strategic plan for their department.
• Develops budget(s) for the department and allocates funds within budget(s) to accomplish objectives. Monitors variance against budget(s).
• Participates/leads in designing, conducting, evaluating, and documenting education, in-services, competency development, and orientation programs.
• Designs client education activities and programs appropriate to learning needs, age, learning style, health status, and relevant psychosocial and cultural factors.
• Acts as a role model/mentor to charge nurses and staff; creates an empowered shared decision-making environment; promotes staff participation in Shared Decision-making activities; establishes a vision/goal for succession planning.
• Assumes other duties and responsibilities that are related and appropriate to the position and area.  The above responsibilities are a general description of the level and natures of the work assigned to this classification and are not to be considered as all-inclusive.

Minimum Requirements: 

• Master’s degree in Nursing - Graduate of a Nurse Practitioner program recognized by the ANA.
• Five (5) years of work experience as a Wound Nurse Practitioner and/or as a practicing Registered Nurse.
• Three (3) years of supervisory experience
• Certified by the American Nurse Credential Center as an Adult or Family Nurse Practitioner.
• Current District of Columbia Nursing License
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate
• Certified Wound RN or can be certified within one year of employment. 

At Howard University Hospital our job is to care for you. We do this by offering:

• Work-life balance
• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
• Competitive, comprehensive benefit plans offered (including health, disability, vacation, sick leave, and 403B retirement plan.)

COVID-19 Vaccination 

Howard University Hospital requires all external applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing employment.  External Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination and, if offered, may elect to be vaccinated at a designated Howard University Hospital location. 

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