Registered Nurse - Wound Care

Harlingen Medical Center; Harlingen (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid vacation, sick time and holidays

Bereavement leave and FMLA

Employer 401K options

Tuition reimbursement

Life, disability, and other insurance

Many other benefits

Job summary

Harlingen Medical Center Wound Care is seeking a Registered Nurse for full-time, dayshift. The nurse will assess wounds, apply dressings, and provide comprehensive wound ostomy and hyperbaric care for inpatients and outpatients.

Requirements include an active RN license in Texas, BLS, and wound care knowledge; WOC/WCC certification is preferred and certification within the first year is encouraged.

Qualifications

• Must hold current and valid RN license issued by the state.
• BLS certification required upon hire and maintained.
• Prior Acute Care hospital experience preferred.
• Wound care knowledge/experience expected; certification within first year preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess and document wound conditions; evaluate treatment effectiveness.
• Apply dressings and wound treatments with proper techniques to promote healing.
• Provide inpatient and outpatient wound ostomy and hyperbaric care.
• Educate patients and families on wound care, ostomy care, and continence management.
• Monitor healing progress, adjust care plans, ensure follow-up after discharge, offer emotional support.

Skills

Wound care knowledge

Infection control

Patient care

RN nursing skills

Education

Registered Nurse license (TX)

BLS certification

WOC/WCC certification preferred

Job description

Overview

Shift’s Available: Days

Employment Type: Full Time

Hours: 8 hour shifts

Location: Harlingen Medical Center Wound Care - Harlingen, TX

Responsibilities

** If you have experience in Wound Care, ICU, ER, Critical Care, Telemetry or Advanced Med Surg you are encouraged to apply! **

• Assess and document the condition of patients' wounds and evaluate the effectiveness of wound treatments
• Apply dressings and treatments to wounds, ensuring proper techniques to promote healing and prevent infection
• Provide comprehensive patient care, including both inpatient and outpatient wound ostomy and hyperbaric treatment
• Educate patients and their families about wound care techniques and prevention strategies, teach proper care for ostomies and how to manage continence issues
• Regularly track the progress of wound healing, modify care plans as needed, ensure follow-up care, and support post-discharge, and provide emotional support to patients managing chronic wounds or ostomies
• Implement infection control measures to prevent the spread of infections within the hospital, educate staff on proper wound care protocols and internal policies when needed
• Stay up to date on the latest wound care techniques, products, and research; participate in continuing education and professional development activities
• Interact with community resources to ensure continuity of care
• Clinic nurses provide hyperbaric therapy to appropriate patients (RN training for hyperbaric therapy is provided)

Qualifications

• Must have current and valid license as a Registered Nurse issued by the state.
• BLS upon hire and maintain current.
• Previous Acute Care hospital experience preferred.
• Previous Wound care knowledge and or experience preferred (1 Year).
• Wound Care Certification within first year of hire.
• Wound, Ostomy, Continence (WOC) or (WCC) Board Certification preferred.

Pay Transparency

Here are some of the benefits of working at Prime Healthcare:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance options
• Paid vacation, sick time and holidays
• Bereavement leave, FMLA and other leave options
• Employer 401K options
• Tuition reimbursement options
• Life, disability, and other insurance options
• Many other amazing benefits

Full benefits at Prime Healthcare: https://www.primehealthcare.com/careers/benefits/

Employment Status

Full Time

Shift

Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf