Facility:

CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807

Department:

1106 Skin Wound Ostomy Team South

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Hours:

Varied

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

 

• Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.

• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. 

• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.

• Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).

 

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)  

• For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Typical ostomy focused SWOT RN hours will be M-F 8-4:30, however hour requirements may change based on department needs at discretion of nurse manager. Holiday coverage is covered by rotation of employees with 3 holidays needed per employee per year (timeframe is February to February). If your role is primarily ostomy patients then weekends are not a requirement at this time. Of note, weekend coverage for nurses that cover ostomy may change at discretion of nurse manager according to staffing coverage needs.

Job Description:

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.
The 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.

Education

Required: Graduate of an accredited nursing program

Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Experience

Preferred: One year of bedside nursing experience within the last five years

Preferred: Previous recent acute care med/surg nursing experience

Preferred: Wound and/or Ostomy experience

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrate effective leadership abilities
• Exhibits valuable time management skills
• Strong critical thinking/problem solving skills
• Flexibility and ability to work in a multi-tasking environment

Licensure/Certification/Registration

Required: RN license active in the state of Missouri

Required: BLS must be obtained within 90 days of hire

Required: 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.