Job Description​

Suggested Title: Wound Care RN – PRN

The Opportunity:

Saint Luke’s East in Lee’s Summit is looking for a Wound Care Registered Nurse to join our highly supportive and collaborative team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to support both the inpatient and outpatient settings at this location. You will initiate actions to improve nursing practice, patient care and unit processes to ensure our vision, “The best place to get care. The best place to give care.” is maintained.

The Work:

· Perform wound care assessments

· Demonstrate increasing discriminatory judgment in interpreting data and prioritize appropriately

· Serve as a day to day resource to colleagues at unit and departmental levels

· Collaborate with physicians

· Make Recommendations

· Assist with quarterly surveys

We are looking for nurses who enjoy collaborating with various professionals, who are excited by teaching others and can work well independently. This is position will require a lot of autonomy in your day-to-day work. Strong communication and ability to educate others is required to be successful in this position. If you love innovation, fast-paced environments, working with multidisciplinary teams, and helping other succeed, then this may be the position for you.

Why Saint Luke’s?

· Our leadership supports nurse engagement and allows their voices to be heard.

· We value our nurses’ knowledge, experience, and expertise to improve patient outcomes and quality care.

· The opportunity to make an impact on their unit, hospital, health system, and the healthcare industry.

· Strong nurse governance and we encourage all of our RNs to participate

· Various CEU, Continuing Education, Leadership and other career training available

· Career Advancement Program dedicated to RNs.

· Saint Luke’s offers competitive salaries and benefits packages to all of their employees, click here to find out more.

"The best place to get care. The best place to give care." That is the Saint Luke's vision and, whether in a hospital, clinic, practice, or office, our more than 12,000 employees strive toward that vision every day. Saint Luke's employees are proud of our rich history and heritage, and that we remain the only faith-based, nonprofit, locally owned health system in Kansas City. Joining Saint Luke's means joining a team of exceptional professionals who always strive for excellence in patient care. Take this opportunity to do the best work of your career within a highly diverse and inclusive work space where all voices matter.

Join the Kansas City region's premiere provider of health services. Equal Opportunity Employer. We hire only non-tobacco users.

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The best place to get care. The best place to give care. Saint Luke’s 12,000 employees strive toward that vision every day. Our employees are proud to work for the only faith-based, nonprofit, locally owned health system in Kansas City. Joining Saint Luke’s means joining a team of exceptional professionals who strive for excellence in patient care. Do the best work of your career within a highly diverse and inclusive workspace where all voices matter.

Join the Kansas City region's premiere provider of health services. Equal Opportunity Employer.

Effective November 1st, 2021, full COVID-19 vaccination is a condition of employment for all Saint Luke’s Health System employees unless a medical or religious exemption is approved.