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Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.

Bargaining Unit:

UUP

Job Summary:

The Institute of Continues Learning in the Department of Nursing at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time TH Assistant Director of Nursing / Wound and Ostomy Care Nurse. The successful candidate will:

• Develop and manage an individualized wound care treatment plan for optimal healing outcomes or chronic maintenance
• Demonstrate knowledge of up-to-date topical wound care products and therapies, including ordering, application, and management of the products on wounds and ostomies, also including negative pressure wound therapy
• Provide hands-on wound care to patients, including debridement of wounds by enzymatic and autolytic methods when appropriate
• Order, review, interpret; and integrate diagnostic studies and laboratory findings for initiating or modifying the treatment plan
• Collaborate with the patient primary care provider when comorbidities are contributing to or affecting the healing of a wound to determine a comprehensive plan
• Update the primary care provider on the status and management plan of the wound as appropriate
• Prescribes medications and/or durable medical equipment to assist in healing wounds
• Assist with the identification of wound care quality measures and provide data and documentation for tracking quality measures
• Work with nursing leadership and the Director of Nursing Education to determine opportunities for education of nursing staff with appropriate identification of wound types, prevention of wounds, and nursing care of wounds
• Develop wound care education plans in collaboration with nursing leadership
• Instruct patient/family regarding wound treatments and management plan for optimal wound outcomes
• Triage telephone calls and provides consultation and serves as a resource to the frontline nursing staff
• Participate in professional development activities and maintains professional affiliation

Required Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Nursing 
• Graduate of an approved Nurse Practitioner Program
• New York State Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner Licensure
• Certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the American Nurses Credentialing Center or both
• 5+ years of experience in wound care
• Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse (WOCN) certificate or ability to become certified within 6-months of employment
• BLS and CPR certified
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the interdisciplinary team
• Ability to function independently

Preferred Qualifications:

Work Schedule:

Variable Days; Variable Hours (Full-Time)

Salary Grade/Rank:

Salary Range:

Commensurate with experience and qualifications

Executive Order:

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation.  If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at ada@downstate.edu