JULIA KONIECZKI
Pittsburgh,PA
Summary
Accomplished Wound Care Nurse with extensive experience at Heritage Valley Outpatient Wound Care. Adept in high-volume caseload management. Demonstrates exceptional communication skills, ensuring effective patient and family engagement. Achieved significant improvements in patient care through use of new and traditional products for wound healing. Excellence in wound vac and ostomy maintenance. Educated and proficient in hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatments. Renowned for innovative treatment planning and, enhancing overall care quality.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Wound Care Nurse
Heritage Valley Outpatient Wound Care
08.2018 - Current
- Currently working in a fast-paced high-volume outpatient wound care clinic
- Functioning as case manager for one provider and as support nurse
- Responsible for treatment of various wounds, including assisting in debridement, graft placements, unna boot applications, total contact cast removal and application, and utilization of numerous types of dressings
- Extensive experience in wound vac placement and Ostomy care
- Responsible for all case management duties including care planning, ordering home supplies and establishing home health services, obtaining authorization for testing, grafts, and specialty medications, ordering antibiotics based on culture results and MD orders, and setting up home wound vac therapy and lymphedema therapy
- Proficient in providing hyperbaric oxygen therapy to patients
- Maintains close contact with patients, their loved ones, and home health to troubleshoot any issues and refer them to the provider or the ER when medically necessary
Wound Care Supervisor
Wexford Healthcare Center
08.2016 - 08.2018
- Coordinating, supervising, and providing professional specialized nursing care to residents
- Evaluating patients upon admission, quarterly, and with significant changes
- Ensuring preventive measures were implemented
- Establishing a care plan for each patient that described interventions related to risk management and existing wounds
- Accurately assessing wounds and pressure ulcers and prescribing treatments in collaboration with the patients’ physicians
- Rounding with the wound care physician weekly to ensure appropriate treatment plans for patients
- Maintaining a wound tracker and analyzing weekly adjusting as appropriate for the patients
- Participating in daily and weekly clinical meetings
- Responsible for implementing, maintaining, and managing all wound vacs in house
- Responsible for educating staff to ensure prescribed treatments and prevention of pressure ulcers were being implemented
Urology Nurse
Triangle Urology
10.2015 - 08.2016
Dialysis Nurse
Dialysis Clinic Inc
09.2012 - 08.2014
RN Medical Surgical Unit
UPMC Passavant
Member of Hospital Wide Wound Care Committee
UPMC Passavant
RN Direct Patient Care
UPMC Cranberry Place
RN ICU Stepdown
UPMC St. Margaret
Medical Social Worker
UPMC Cranberry Place / Allegheny Valley Hospital / St. Francis Hospital
Education
ASSOCIATES OF SCIENCE - Registered Nurse
CCAC
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - Social Work
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
COMPLETION OF THE WOCN’S WOUND TREATMENT ASSOCIATE PROGRAM -
CERTIFICATION IN HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY -
Skills
- Proficient in time management with a high-volume caseload
- Excellent communication skills and ability to connect with patients and their families
- Highly experienced in wound vac and ostomy application and maintenance
- Proficient in providing hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatments
- Knowledge of multiple wound dressings and appropriate uses
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Wound Care Nurse
Heritage Valley Outpatient Wound Care
08.2018 - Current
Wound Care Supervisor
Wexford Healthcare Center
08.2016 - 08.2018
Urology Nurse
Triangle Urology
10.2015 - 08.2016
Dialysis Nurse
Dialysis Clinic Inc
09.2012 - 08.2014
RN Medical Surgical Unit
UPMC Passavant
Member of Hospital Wide Wound Care Committee
UPMC Passavant
RN Direct Patient Care
UPMC Cranberry Place
RN ICU Stepdown
UPMC St. Margaret
Medical Social Worker
UPMC Cranberry Place / Allegheny Valley Hospital / St. Francis Hospital
ASSOCIATES OF SCIENCE - Registered Nurse
CCAC
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - Social Work
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
COMPLETION OF THE WOCN’S WOUND TREATMENT ASSOCIATE PROGRAM -
CERTIFICATION IN HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY -
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