Job Summary: Administers care and education to designated patients per request of physicians or nurses. Provides resources, education and leadership to the nursing staff and communicates interdepartmentally. Essential Job Duties: • Assess patient need for self-care instructions in diabetes, wound care, ostomy care, bowel and bladder training. • Collaborates with nursing staff to develop the plan of care for patients requiring education and/or intervention in diabetes, wound, ostomy, bowel and bladder care. • Initiates instruction and promotes self-care. • Implements strategies to provide patient, significant other, and staff participation in health promotion. • Utilizes age specific criteria in prescribing appropriate action to meet the needs of patients. • Completes documentation in electronic medical record, including target assessment, treatment plan, implementation and evaluation of status and outcomes. • Maintains communication both intra and interdepartmentally for continuity of care and patient education. • Coordinates and manages department Performance Improvement as well as educating all stakeholder on process and corrective actions. • Seeks educational resources and creates learning experiences to enhance and maintain current knowledge and skills for his/her competence in nursing practice and individual professional growth. Secondary Job Duties: 1. Completes other duties and special projects as assigned Minimum Qualifications: Education -- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Current Registered Nurse licensure in the state of Indiana. Experience -- Three years of nursing practice and teaching experience. Reports to: 4GM Nurse Manager and Director of Perioperative Services. • Education: Graduate from an accredited school of nursing; Bachelors Degree in Nursing within 3 years of employment (with the exception of staff previously granted grandfather status). • Licensure: Registered Nurse license from the Indiana State Board of Nursing. Some areas may require a current and valid driver’s license. • Experience: Graduate of RN Program