Wound Ostomy Nurse (RN) - Wound Care
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
San Diego, CAJob$71.31–108.45/hrSeen 4w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Wound and Ostomy Certified Nurse evaluates, assesses, treats, and helps prevent wounds and ostomy conditions for inpatient and outpatient patients. The role coordinates family-centered care, collaborates with patient-care disciplines, and develops quality-care metrics supporting patient safety, patient and family experience, and staff performance. The nurse also provides education and serves as a consultant and resource for complex or chronic wound referrals.
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JOB SUMMARY:
The Wound and Ostomy Certified Nurse provides evaluation, assessment, treatment, prevention, and education as a qualified nurse for inpatient and outpatient wound and ostomy patients. Establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with all patient care disciplines. Participates in and coordinates the delivery of family centered care and develops appropriate quality care metrics to measure and support patient safety efforts, patient/family experience, and staff performance while ensuring proper education and training to the patient care services team. Acts as a resource for all departments. Functions as a professional nurse consultant/resource/educator for inpatient and outpatient referrals who present with complex and/or chronic wounds.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's Degree
2 Years of Experience
BLS for Health Providers (American Heart Association)
California RN License
Ped Adv Life Support Prov(American Heart Association) or PEARS (American Heart Association) within 6 months of hire
National Certification in Wound, Ostomy, Continence (CWOCN) or Certified Wound Ostomy Nurse (CWON)
Minimum 2 years inpatient nursing experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
4 Years of Experience
The current salary range for this position is $71.31 to $108.45
A candidate’s placement in the range will be determined based on the terms and conditions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Rady Children’s Hospital is committed to being externally competitive and internally equitable. We demonstrate this commitment by reviewing market data to remain competitive within the nonprofit, healthcare sector. This posting will remain open from the “date posted” until the hiring manager has determined there is a sufficient applicant pool or until the position is filled.
EOE including disability/vet
How this job compares
Set against the 28,743 open Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$71.31–108.45/hr
- California median$54–76/hr872 hourly ranges
- US median$34–45/hr12,974 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $89.88/hr, is 42% above the California median midpoint ($63/hr) — in the top quarter of Nurse hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,295 open Nurse jobs in California and 28,743 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Sutter Health239 open
- Kaiser Permanente187 open
- Dignity Health70 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (12,089 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,133 of the 28,743 open Nurse jobs (11%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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