The Wound and Ostomy Registered Nurse serves as a clinical resource for patients, families, nursing staff, and the interdisciplinary care team. This role provides specialized assessment, treatment, education, and support for patients with acute and chronic wounds, ostomies, continence disorders, skin breakdown, pressure injuries, and fistulas in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct wound, ostomy, and skin care services in inpatient and outpatient settings
- Assess patients with stage 3 or greater pressure injuries
- Evaluate patients who develop hospital-acquired pressure injuries and complete all required reporting
- Develop and support treatment and prevention plans for wounds, skin breakdown, ostomies, continence disorders, and fistulas
- Provide preoperative and postoperative education to patients and families regarding wound and ostomy care
- Serve as a clinical resource for nursing staff and members of the interdisciplinary care team
- Provide bedside education, staff training, and in-service programs related to wound, ostomy, and skin care
- Assist with the evaluation and selection of wound care products, skin care products, supplies, and equipment
- Review hospital practices and identify opportunities to reduce and prevent hospital-acquired pressure injuries
- Stay current on evidence-based wound and skin care practices, treatments, assessments, and prevention strategies
- Promote consistent clinical standards and continuous improvement across wound and ostomy services
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing required
- Current California Registered Nurse license in good standing required
- Minimum of four years of clinical nursing experience required
- Minimum of two years of wound and ostomy experience preferred
- Current Basic Life Support certification required
- Current Certified Wound Ostomy Nurse certification required
About Us
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is a nonprofit regional health care delivery network in Orange County, California, consisting of three acute-care hospitals with sixteen urgent care centers, eleven health centers and a network of more than1,800 physicians, 100 allied health members, 8,000 employees, and 2,000 volunteers. More than 30,000 inpatients and 550,000 outpatients choose Hoag each year.
For over 70 years, Hoag has delivered a level of personalized care that is unsurpassed among Orange County's health care providers. Since 1952, Hoag has served the local communities and continues its mission to provide the highest quality health care services through the core strategies of quality and service, people, physician partnerships, strategic growth, financial stewardship, community benefit and philanthropy.
Hoag offers a comprehensive blend of health care services including six institutes providing specialized care in the areas of cancer, heart and vascular, neurosciences, women's health, orthopedics, and digestive health through our institutes.
Hoag was the highest ranked hospital in Orange County in the 2024-2025 U.S. News &World Report, the only Orange County hospital ranked in the top 10 for California. The organization was ranked the #5 hospital in the Los Angeles Metro Area and the #10 hospital in California.
To learn more about Hoag's awards and accreditations, visit: https://www.hoag.org/about-hoag/awards-accreditations/.
Hoag is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. Hoag is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Hoag hires a diverse group of people in a manner that allows them to reach their full potential in the pursuit of organizational objectives.