Why ThedaCare?
Living A Life Inspired!
Our new vision at ThedaCare is bold, ambitious, and ignited by a shared passion to provide outstanding care. We are inspired to reinvent health care by becoming a proactive partner in health, enriching the lives of all and creating value in everything we do. Each of us are called to take action in delivering higher standards of care, lower costs and a healthier future for our patients, our families, our communities and our world.
At ThedaCare, our team members are empowered to be the catalyst of change through our values of compassion, excellence, leadership, innovation, and agility. A career means much more than excellent compensation and benefits. Our team members are supported by continued opportunities for learning and development, accessible and transparent leadership, and a commitment to work/life balance. If you’re interested in joining a health care system that is changing the face of care and well-being in our community, we encourage you to explore a future with ThedaCare.
Benefits, with a whole-person approach to wellness –
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Lifestyle Engagement
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e.g. health coaches, relaxation rooms, health focused apps (Wonder, Ripple), mental health support
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Access & Affordability
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e.g. minimal or zero copays, team member cost sharing premiums, daycare
About ThedaCare!
Provides leadership and support for delivery of safe, effective, culturally-competent care for adult patients who have health needs related to wound care. Practice is characterized by a flexible, innovative, and confident self-directed approach to patient and family care. Key accountabilities include assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification; planning, implementation, and evaluation of care using critical thinking and evidenced-based practice; active participation in education, quality monitoring and performance improvement activities; adherence to the Professional Practice Standards as defined by ANA.
This Wound Care RN will primarily be based out of Appleton with the flexibility to float to Neenah. M-F and primarily days with the exception of a PM shift on a rotation schedule to ensure all staff are being supported.
QUALIFICATIONS:
BSN required (MSN preferred)
Minimum 3 years wound care experience Required
Wound Care Certification Preferred - Must be willing to obtain within 6 months of hire (company reimbursed)
RN licenses in the state of Wisconsin
Basic Life Support ( American Heart) Required
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Provides direct oversight, assessment, and implementation of wound care
Provides guidance, instruction, training, and direction to RN clinical staff
Responsible for PI /quality metrics and top decile patient outcomes
Serves as liaison between patient, RN, physicians, and Wound Center leadership
Creates competency evaluation and ongoing education at the unit level for RN’s and support staff
Serves as a group leader and acts in an informal supervisory role.
Maintains a visible presence with daily rounding on high risk patients
Keeps up to date on current product and contemporary would care treatment
ADDITIONAL CORE EXECUTIVE REQUIREMENTS:
Values Based Leader - Is an individual who demonstrates leadership that is consistent with the lifeinspired movement that incorporates ThedaCare’s mission, vision, values, principles and promise to our patients. Embodies the values and principles of compassion, leadership, excellence, innovation, and agility.
Credibility - Is an experienced leader with a big picture view and a track record of accomplishments and results with the appropriate urgency.
Synergistic Team Player - Possess strong relationship building skills that synergizes with peers, colleagues in senior management, other team members, board, employees, corporate and the community. An individual who genuinely enjoys working with others in a team based environment. Viewed as a teacher always looking for root cause diagnosis, learning and interventions that last.
Passion for Core Mission - Creates an environment that nurtures integrity in others and self. Adept at inspiring and promoting our mission of improving the health and well-being of our communities by empowering each person to live their unique best life.
Servant Leadership - Leads with purpose; has personal direction and is not easily sidetracked by details and workload. Demonstrates strong commitment to the success of the organization, and is willing to make personal sacrifices to contribute to that success. Tells the truth and is described by others as honest; consistently takes responsibility for his/her actions. Handles criticism effectively; does not act threatened or get overly defensive when others are critical or provide feedback. Pursues, responds to and uses feedback. Is a willing and patient listener and is open to feedback. Genuinely cares about people; is concerned about their work and non-work problems.
Strategic Agility and Innovation- Effectively uses complex mental processes. Is skilled at analyzing problems and making clear decisions. Is skilled at problem identification. Is insightful; sees things from new angles. Intellectually sharp, capable and agile. Balances short-term payoff with long-term improvement. Embraces flexibility and new ideas, generates
new ideas and creates innovative solutions. Adjusts to change easily. Thinks "out of the box." Learns quickly when facing
new problems. Maintains and fosters in others an understanding of the business environment as well as an awareness of economic, religious, social and political trends that may impact the organization.
Bias for Action - Is adept at planning, implementing and evaluating. Can marshal resources (people, funding, material support) to get things done. Makes tough decisions in a timely manner. Adept at taking risks. Visionary; seizes new opportunities and consistently generates new ideas. Introduces and creates needed change even in the face of opposition. Has the courage to take a stand when others disagree, go against the status quo and persevere in the face of opposition. Knows how to get things done both through formal channels and the informal network.
Developing Others - Uses effective listening skills and communication to involve others, build consensus and influence others. Effectively develops others by generating their commitment to goals, entrusting them with decision-making and creating structures to enable them to accomplish their work. Effectively delegates responsibility and allows employees the freedom to learn from their experiences. Coaches and encourages employees to develop in their careers. Gets factions with competing perspectives to learn from one another. Creates leaders able to carry forth mission.
Leading Change - Ensures that all team members in the organization clearly understand the overall strategic imperative driving change for their specific group and for the organization as a whole. Ensures that all team members understand how change impacts them and know what they can do to improve their ability to be successful during nonstop change. Ensures that all team members understand the difference between change and transition, and know how to get themselves through transition on an ongoing basis. Links and engages all levels of leadership in the organization to ensure the entire organization embraces the short-, medium- and long-term strategy both in times of prosperity and crisis. Must embrace and personalize the LifeInspired movement, our values and principles of the organization.
Leading Transition - Creates the conditions for a culture that demonstrates responsive awareness and purposeful flexibility so that the organization can be effective in its transition. Continuously links all the changes to the current strategic initiatives that will result in the realization of the overall strategic direction. Owns the communication flow for the changes and continually finds ways to improve the inflow and outflow of change related information throughout the organization. Intentionally leads individuals, teams and the organization through the transition the changes are creating. Creates a culture of hope in the uncertain reality of transition.
Coach and Leader - Has successfully, through an empowering team approach, built a strong, customer focused team of directors, managers and employees that executives, operations managers and other team members like to work with and seek out for advice and counsel. It is a values based approach where one “rolls up his/her sleeves” expecting high performance and accountability from all members of the team. Becomes a teacher of others highlighting exceptional performance and learnings from both favorable and unfavorable outcomes.
Communication Skills - Possesses excellent oral, written and one-on-one communication skills. Holds others at all levels accountable. Has the courage and is able to articulate constructive feedback about actions and performance todirect reports and others at all levels. Is able to make clear, concise and easily understood presentations to the corporate board and senior leadership, as well as at the physician, clinical and day-to-day operational levels. The ability to make the complex simple. A strong and active listener.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
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Ability to move freely (standing, stooping, walking, bending, pushing and pulling) and lift up to a maximum of fifty (50) pounds without assistance
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Category 1: Job classification is exposed to blood borne pathogens (blood or bodily fluids) while performing job duties
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Clinical, Patient Facing:
- Frequent exposure to sharp objects and instruments
- Occasional exposure to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock.
- Occasional high noise level in work environment.
- Possible exposure to communicable diseases, hazardous materials, and pharmacological agents.
- Occasional contact with aggressive and or combative patients.
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