Posted 27 July, 2026
Registered Nurse - Skin Wound Ostomy Team South - Full Time - Day Shift
CoxHealth
Lake Spring, MO, US
Full Time
Job Description
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\nThe Skin/Wound/Ostomy nurse role specializes in the management of patients with Skin, Wound and Ostomy needs. This includes but not limited to, urinary and fecal diversions (i.e. ostomies), draining wounds and fistulas, fecal and urinary incontinence, and acute and chronic wounds such as post-operative surgical wounds requiring packing or negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), pressure ulcers and vascular ulcers. The nurse must be able to assess patient condition and help develop a plan of care, administer medications, change dressings, manage NPWT pumps (wound vacs) and mark ostomy sites pre-operatively. The Skin/Wound/Ostomy nurse provides support and education to patients and their families, including but not limited to pre and post-operative teaching, wound care, ostomy care, and ostomy appliance maintenance/trouble-shooting.\n
Description
\n :For this role, the Skin/Wound/Ostomy nurse’s primary duty will be to see ostomy patients both in the outpatient setting at Colo-Rectal Clinic and the inpatient setting. However, this nurse will also be cross trained in wound care including application of negative pressure wound therapy dressings.\n\nThe Skin/Wound/Ostomy nurse role specializes in the management of patients with Skin, Wound and Ostomy needs. This includes but not limited to, urinary and fecal diversions (i.e. ostomies), draining wounds and fistulas, fecal and urinary incontinence, and acute and chronic wounds such as post-operative surgical wounds requiring packing or negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), pressure ulcers and vascular ulcers. The nurse must be able to assess patient condition and help develop a plan of care, administer medications, change dressings, manage NPWT pumps (wound vacs) and mark ostomy sites pre-operatively. The Skin/Wound/Ostomy nurse provides support and education to patients and their families, including but not limited to pre and post-operative teaching, wound care, ostomy care, and ostomy appliance maintenance/trouble-shooting.\n
Education
\nRequired: Graduate of an accredited nursing program
\nPreferred: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
\nExperience
\nPreferred: One year of bedside nursing experience within the last five years
\nPreferred: Previous recent acute care med/surg nursing experience
\nPreferred: Wound and/or Ostomy experience
\nSkills
\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills \n
- Demonstrate effective leadership abilities \n
- Exhibits valuable time management skills \n
- Strong critical thinking/problem solving skills \n
- Flexibility and ability to work in a multi-tasking environment \n
Licensure/Certification/Registration
\nRequired: RN license active in the state of Missouri
\nRequired: BLS must be obtained within 90 days of hire
\nRequired: Role within department is primarily focused in ostomy care, therefore must obtain COCN from WOCNCB or OMS certification from NAWCO within 24 months of hire. If employee has a BSN, the COCN certification is required instead of OMS.
