Wound Care Consultant - Full Time Temporary (Until Approx. March 2028) - Oak Valley Health

About the role

Oak Valley Health is one of Ontario's leading community health care organizations and include Markham Stouffville Hospital, Uxbridge Hospital, and our Reactivation Care Centre. Across our hospitals and the RCC we provide high quality, patient-centred care to more than 468,000 patients each year. We offer diagnostic and emergency services and deliver clinical programs in acute care medicine and surgery, addictions and mental health, and childbirth and children's services. We are also proud to be part of the East

Requirements

• You encompass Oak Valley Health's core values and live the words of respect, trust, commitment, compassion and courage
• You are a patient and/or client centered individual who performs at an exemplary standard
• You are a team player with excellent communication, critical thinking and prioritization skills
• Primary Responsibilities:
• Build capacity for the delivery of excellent skin and wound care
• Practice within the inter professional team model
• Responsible for promoting best practices in skin and wound care
• Facilitates application of relevant information to make effective judgments and decisions that lead the management of care
• Promotes professional practice and excellence in the care of persons with skin, wound, and ostomy needs
• Commitment to continuing professional development
• Decision making, problem recognition and problem solving
• Facilitate the identification and development of staffs learning needs through coaching and leadership, implements and evaluates strategies to increase learning and ongoing development of the inter professional team
• Research, design, implement, and evaluate programs of evidence based practice
• Create capacity among inter professional team members to provide excellence in skin wound and ostomy care and the evaluation of care
• Provides clinical consultation to staff, patients and, or family member
• Identifies learning needs and uses adult education concepts in planning, designing and implementing educational strategies.
• Acts as a resource, coach and mentor to clinicians and opportunities for patient education
• Support innovative development/implementation of patient centered approach to pressure injury management
• What you bring to the role:
• Registered Nurse with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• Master's Degree in Nursing or working towards required
• Five years RN experience, or an equivalent combination of post graduate training specific to wound care treatment and management
• Wounds Canada membership an asset
• Completion of course work relevant to area of expertise, such as credentials for Enterostomal Therapist, International Interdisciplinary Wound Care Course or comparable course an asset
• Advanced clinical knowledge and implementation of evidenced based practice
• A strong desire and capacity to promote professional practice and excellence in evidence-based, patient centered care
• Superior interpersonal, coaching, and leadership skills
• Excellent decision making, problem recognition and problem solving skills
• Demonstrated commitment to continuing professional development
• Excellent computer literacy including knowledge of Excel
• Excellent documentation skills and data collection
• Demonstrated good attendance and performance records with the ability to maintain these same standards
• Work Schedule:
• Mon - Fri 8:30-16:30
• Please note schedules may change due to operational needs.

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Additional Information

Please Note: If you are a current Oak Valley Health employee, apply to this job via the internal Workday application. Land acknowledgement: Oak Valley Health is honoured to provide care on the traditional and treaty territory of the Anishinaabeg, and acknowledge our closest Indigenous communities, the Chippewas of Georgina Island and the Mississaugas of Scugog Island. The land is encompassed within Treaty 13, Treaty 20, and the Williams Treaty. Today, this area is home to many diverse Indigenous Peoples, and we acknowledge the health disparities and barriers Indigenous Peoples face in accessing care. To support true healing, we are committed to understanding these challenges, learning from Indigenous knowledge, and taking action together to improve safe and equitable health care for current and future generations.

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