Wound Care Clinician in Norwalk, CT, United States
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Wound Care Clinician Location: Norwalk, CT, United States Salary Range: $41.00 - $76.16 Work Type: Full-Time Standard Hours: 40 FTE Exempt: Yes Work Schedule: Monday thru Friday, 07:00-15:30. Off shift if needed. Date Posted: January 29, 2026
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Shift: Monday thru Friday, 07:00-15:30. Off shift if needed.
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Minimum Experience: 5 years
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Norwalk Hospital is a 366-bed academic and community medical center serving Fairfield County, Connecticut, and the surrounding New York Metro area. We are a Level II Trauma Center and Joint Replacement Center of Excellence, and we provide advanced cancer, heart, and neuroscience care.
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Summary The Wound Care Clinician performs skilled nursing assessment and specialized care, including interventions, treatment, and education to patients at risk for or with actual deficits in skin integrity, such as those with pressure ulcers, arterial, venous, diabetic, and other types of wounds. The role includes case finding, consulting, making referrals, formulating treatment plans, educating the nursing staff and physician staff, auditing charts, collecting data, and developing and managing quality improvement processes, developing and updating skin care policies and procedures. Reports to the Director of Nursing Quality and Professional Practice.
Responsibilities
Wound Care Patient Management Criteria A: Uses diagnostic skills to assess effectiveness of patient care decisions, performs wound therapeutic modalities with a full understanding of pathophysiology and indication for therapy, and takes appropriate action if such therapy is contraindicated or side effects develop. Criteria B: Assesses effectiveness of wound treatment, involves the physician in the plan and delivery of care, and makes referrals as necessary. Criteria C: Instructs staff and develops staff members wound care skills in managing skin integrity and troubleshooting issues specific for each patient. Criteria D: Teaches the patient and family about prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers and other skin integrity issues.
Wound Care Procedures Criteria A: Prepares, evaluates, and instructs patients in wound management plans, instructs the patient and family in new therapies, and allows for questions to verify patient-family understanding. Criteria B: Performs basic patient assessments, wound measurements, and assessments documentation photography, etc., per policies. Criteria C: Evaluates and recommends appropriate therapies in an objective, assertive, and professional manner, demonstrates critical thinking skills, assessment skills, and proper technique in identifying, diagnosing, and treating skin integrity problems. Criteria D: In collaboration with Wound Care Specialist reviews all policies, practice guidelines, and products at least annually to ensure that treatment remains state-of-the-art and makes recommendations for changes as necessary.
Documentation Criteria A: Documents information in the appropriate record in complete detail. Criteria B: In collaboration with Wound Care Specialist assists in developing and documenting wound care, determining quality indicators, analyzing data for trends, graphing data, and developing written and verbal reports. Criteria C: Implements competency checklists and teaching plans to assist in developing RN skin care and to develop skills of staff nurses and PCTs commensurate with the scope of each disciplines practice. Criteria D: In collaboration with Wound Care Specialist reviews policies, guidelines, and forms for documentation of skin integrity issues at least annually and updates, makes revisions, and recommendations as needed and develops and/or revises teaching materials for patients and families.
Supports in implementation of a comprehensive Wound Care Program for Inpatient Services, the Emergency Department, and OR Services Criteria A: Implements written plan for scope of services and updates on an annual basis with standards and target goals for quality and process improvement. Criteria B: In collaboration with Wound Care Specialist sets, revises, and reviews all policies and protocols related to prevention, diagnosis, case-finding, treating, and monitoring wounds and wound care. Criteria C: Will assist the Wound Care Specialist conduct trials and evaluations of any products and equipment prior to purchase or rental. Criteria D: Makes self available for consults to all services in the Hospital.
Provides Instruction and Clinical Supervision to Nursing Staff Members on Prevention, Treatment, and Management of all Patients with Skin Integrity Issues Criteria A: Coordinates educational experiences for nursing employees related to wound care and skin integrity, works closely with the clinical Nurse Educators in providing orientation to the Wound Care program and in defining competencies related to wound care. Criteria B: In collaboration with Wound Care Specialist develops teaching plans with measurable goals and outcomes for staff members in need of remedial education and develops, evaluates, and revises the design and effectiveness of wound care training modules. Criteria C: Evaluates nursing care delivered by Nursing Staff members in identification, documentation, treatment, and management of wound care and provides education as needed, serves as a resource and shares expertise with nursing hospital personnel as requested. Criteria D: Provides at least one formal in-service for the Division of Nursing each year.
Effectively utilizes supplies and equipment Criteria A: Review supplies available, standardizes unit-based supplies for wound care. Criteria B: Complies with infection control, aseptic technique, handwashing, and equipment changes. Criteria C: Keeps a neat, clean working environment.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Education