Wound Care Specialist

Flushing Hospital Medical Center has an immediate opening for a Wound Care Specialist with a BSN and wound care certification to oversee the in Patient Wound Care/Pressure Reduction program.

Responsibility:

This individual will be responsible for developing protocols and procedures, product selection , oversight of the skin care team, education and Wound/ Pressure Injury consultation.

• Established in 1884, Flushing Hospital Medical Center is considered the first hospital in Queens, New York. The borough of Queens is the most ethnically diverse community in the United States, and our hospital is proud to serve Queens’ culturally rich population in Flushing.
• With our 293 beds, Flushing Hospital in 2017 served 39,000 ambulatory care patients, delivered more than 3,100 babies, and treated more than 41,000 emergency department patients in the Queens area.
• Our facility received the American Stroke Association/ American Heart Association’s award called Get with the Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement. We received this honor for achieving certain quality achievement standards for diagnosing and treating stroke patients.
• Flushing Hospital also recently earned accreditation through the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program. We are now a “Comprehensive Center” due to our proven ability to meet high patient care and safety standards.