What are the responsibilities and job description for the ENTEROSTOMAL THERAPIST position at Covenant Health?
Overview
Enterostomal Therapist, Enterstomal Therapy
Full Time, 72 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift
Must be willing to work 8a-5:30p.
Hours might be flexible to meet the demands of the department.
Fort Sanders Regional Overview:
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is an award-winning, certified, and accredited facility with 468 beds. As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center, Fort Sanders offers state-of-the art care that maximizes recovery from stroke. We are also the region’s leader in technology in areas such as bariatric surgery, robotic surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery. Our door-to-balloon times for heart attack patients are below the national average, and our hip fracture center offers advanced diagnosis, surgery and recovery procedures for hip patients.
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a member of Covenant Health, a locally-owned, non-profit health system based in Knoxville, TN, with a “patient-focused” culture. It has been recognized by Forbes Magazine as its 2020 “Best-in-State-Employer” for Tennessee. The CEO of our company, Jim VanderSteeg, attends every new employee orientation and will ask you to sign our pledge of excellence to always put patients first, strive for excellence in everything we do, and make Covenant Health the first and best choice for patients in our region. As you’d expect, we offer our employees a robust benefits package, including: offering unmatched medical insurance, tuition reimbursement; student loan repayment assistance, certification bonuses; leadership and professional development programs; an employer-matched 401(k); and a generous Combined Time Off (CTO) program.
Position Summary:
Has responsibility, authority, and accountability for quality therapeutic care for patients with an ostomy and assists with the care of draining wounds and fistulas.
Recruiter: Lacey Spoon || apply@covhlth.com
Responsibilities
- Assesses patient needs. Responsible for the care of stomas, penrose drains, draining wounds, fistulas, pressure ulcers, and incontinence.
- Assists with the completion of a patient history, pertaining to the ostomy, wounds and degree of incontinence.
- Makes diagnosis, based upon the assessment and formulates a plan of care that attempts to modify or eliminate treatment problems that pertain to ostomy, wound care, and incontinence.
- Initiates discharge planning as related to the stoma, drains, wounds or fistulas.
- Performs all independent therapeutic/nursing functions and performs dependent therapeutic/nursing functions as ordered by physician and documents activities.
- Coordinates patient/family, care planning, health teaching, and based upon assessment of patient readiness and patient rehabilitation.
- Provides and maintains necessary supplies and equipment; including responsibility for ordering and billing.
- Serves as a consultant within the bounds of related field to all areas of the FSHS and to the community.
- Continuously evaluates the patient's status, and makes revision in the plan of care, as necessary.
- Participates in planned orientation for new employees and in-services for staff.
- Appropriately utilizes team members, according to their abilities and position description.
- Identifies enterostomal therapy nurse role to patient, family, and health team members.
- Communicates patient's status to other health team members, such as physicians, dietician, social services, and discharge planners.
- Utilizes Social Services and all resources to promote, restore, and maintain optimal health care for patient and/or family.
- Assists the clinical instructor in providing clinical learning experiences for nursing students.
- Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
- Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
Minimum Experience:
One (1) year of experience in a hospital as a staff nurse required.
Licensure Requirement:
Current Tennessee nursing license.
