RN Wound Care Educator

Job description

Scope of work: The Wound Care Educator (RN) is responsible for advancing evidence-based skin integrity, wound, and ostomy care practices across the organization. This role provides education, clinical consultation, and quality improvement support to nursing staff and interprofessional partners, with a strong focus on prevention and management of hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs). The Wound Care Educator functions in an educational and consultative capacity. The role partners closely with nursing leadership, unit-based Skin Champions, and quality teams to support standardization of practice, documentation accuracy, and improved patient outcomes. Develops and delivers education on pressure injury prevention, staging, documentation standards, and differentiation of wound etiologies (e.g., moisture-associated skin damage vs. pressure injury). Provides just-in-time, bedside education to support safe and effective wound and ostomy care practices across all shifts. Supports development, onboarding, and ongoing mentoring of unit-based Skin Champions to extend wound care expertise throughout the organization. Serves as a clinical resource and consultant for complex, non-healing, o...