Registered Nurse Jobs – Hyperbaric and Wound Care

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As the largest private hospital in Wisconsin, St. Luke’s Medical Center is the cornerstone of the Aurora Health Care system. Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center has been a pioneer in the field of hyperbaric medicine. St. Luke’s installed a new hyperbaric chamber that will triple the hospital’s capacity to treat patients with hyperbaric oxygen therapy. In this role, you’ll work one-on-one with patients and develop relationships with patients and their families – as well as learn all the most up-to-date protocols in wound care.

Qualifications for Hyperbaric RN

Hyperbaric chambers are used to help treat difficult wounds, such as diabetic foot ulcers, but are also used to treat carbon monoxide poisoning and a host of other medical conditions. During hyperbaric treatment, patients breathe 100 percent oxygen in a pressurized chamber. The increased oxygen in the blood stimulates small blood vessel and skin growth and helps fight infection. In this role, you’ll work one-on-one with patients and develop relationships with patients and their families – as well as learn all the most up-to-date protocols in wound care.

Candidates for this position should have a current Registered Nurse license granted by the State of Wisconsin. BLS certification and ACLS is required. Candidates must have at least 1 year clinical nursing experience and 6 months Critical Care experience. Previous ICU or Hyperbaric experience is strongly preferred. The position is full time, mostly day shifts with some p.m. hours needed. There are also part time and casual hours available.

Working at Aurora Health Care

Aurora Health Care offers exceptional working conditions, a great community of doctors, nurses, and other professionals, and a deep belief that the organization is nothing more than a sum of its people. Aurora Health Care offers shared governance, also referred to as shared decision-making, a structure where nurse’s ideas are valued and appreciated. Aurora also offers a highly competitive salary and flexible scheduling options. We have a strong commitment to nurses’ professional growth, offering 80% assistance toward BSN completion, credential reimbursement, and generous education assistance program.

Nurses at Aurora Health Care have received Magnet Certification, the highest honor for nursing care awarded by the American Nursing Credentialing Center. As the largest private hospital in Wisconsin, St. Luke’s Medical Center is the cornerstone of the Aurora Health Care system. People travel from across the country and all around the world for the technically advanced tertiary care available at St. Luke’s.

Best known for its cardiac program, St. Luke’s is among the top ten hospitals nationwide in the number of heart transplants performed, and has the best one-year survival rate at 95.06 percent, according to The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. St. Luke’s is also a provider of advanced cancer treatment, including the largest Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant program in the state. It is home to the Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic, which provides leading-edge research, treatment and education. Our neuroscience program offers a full complement of services from groundbreaking treatment for brain attacks to clinics dedicated to epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease.