# Wound Ostomy Nurse at Texas Children's > Open job at Texas Children's in Houston, United States. Workplace: On-site. Source: Nurse Jobs World, https://nursejobsworld.com/jobs/texas-children-s-wound-ostomy-nurse-qllabof Posted 12 November 2026. Last checked on the employer's career site: 13 November 2026. ## Facts - Company: [Texas Children's](https://nursejobsworld.com/companies/texas-children-s) - Location: Houston, United States - Workplace: On-site - Employment type: Full-time - Local language: Not required - Not mentioned in the job post: salary, visa sponsorship, relocation, where you can apply from ## Job description At Texas Children’s Hospital, our mission starts with our people. Guided by our HEART values—Humility, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Trust—we strive to create a workplace where teammates feel valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work every day. We are searching for a Wound Ostomy Nurse— to provide quality wound and ostomy nursing care to patients by assessing, planning, educating, implementing, and evaluating age-appropriate care in a manner that incorporates family centered principals and cost-effective care. #### Responsibilities • Performs and documents assessment of the patient/family including bio-physical, psychosocial, developmental (age appropriate), cultural, spiritual, and environmental needs in an organized and systematic manner. • Identifies patient’s needs pertaining to patient teaching, discharge planning, growth and development, nutritional screening, functional status, and pain management. • Determines which standards of care and practice apply to the patient; coordinates and communicates this information to other health care team members, in order to meet patient needs. • Participates in interdisciplinary rounds and/or patient care conferences to provide input regarding the wound and ostomy perspective and documents in the medical record, as appropriate. • Evaluates and documents patient’s response to the care and treatments provided and recognizes the patient’s progress toward meeting the desired outcomes and discusses with the patient/family. • Executes therapeutic physician or nurse interventions according to established standards of practice and appropriate policies and procedures related to care delivery. • Encourages patient/family to verbalize feelings (grief, frustration, etc.) and provides psychosocial support when necessary • Demonstrates willingness and ability to acquire new knowledge relevant to pediatric nursing and/or WONS nursing and utilize new skills needed to improve individual, team, and organizational performance. • Maintains knowledge base by reading professional literature pertaining to specialty and completes continuing education as • needed to maintain expertise in WOC nursing. _"As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards"_ #### Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in nursing • One (1) year nursing experience required, 3 years nursing experience preferred • Current licensure with Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing licensure Compact • CPR – Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association • Graduate of a wound, ostomy, continence nursing education program accredited by the Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses (WOCN) Society or currently enrolled in a WOCN-credited wound, ostomy, continence program with completion of program within 6 months of assuming the role • Maintains knowledge base by reading professional literature pertaining to specialty and completes continuing education as needed to maintain expertise in WOC nursing. • Operate the following equipment: infusion pumps, electronic thermometers, non-invasive blood pressure, defibrillator, suction machine, cardiac monitor, scales, computers and any other role specific equipment. **Prefer CWOCN Certified Wound/Ostomy/Continence RN, but can obtain post-hire** ## How to apply Apply on the job page, https://nursejobsworld.com/jobs/texas-children-s-wound-ostomy-nurse-qllabof: its Apply button opens the employer's own application page. ## More jobs from Texas Children's - [Utilization Management Clinical Registered Nurse](https://nursejobsworld.com/jobs/texas-children-s-utilization-management-clinical-registered-nurse-783h185): Texas Children's, Bellaire, United States. 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