Treatment Nurse (85780)

Regency Integrated Health Services; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Regency Integrated Health Services is hiring a Treatment Nurse at Bastrop, TX to provide high-quality wound care and skin integrity management for residents. The role includes wound dressing, weekly skin assessments, and collaboration with the nursing team and attending physicians to adjust care plans.

Requirements include an active Texas RN/LVN license and a nursing program completion. Wound care certification is preferred; prior skilled nursing experience is valued.

Qualifications

• Must have attended a nursing program at an accredited college, university, or vocational school.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality of care to prevent and promote healing of skin integrity.
• Dresses wounds and ensures dressing changes are done timely as prescribed.
• Monitors wound healing progress and makes recommendations if needed.
• Performs weekly pressure ulcer assessment and documentation.
• Communicates with DON/designee on resident care issues related to skin integrity.
• Document on Weekly Focused Skin Assessment and share results during QA and care plan meetings.
• Participate in rotating nursing on-call schedule.

Skills

Wound care

Skin assessment

Documentation

Patient care

On-call readiness

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

Job Details
Job Location: Bastrop Lost Pines Nursing and Rehabilitation Center - Bastrop, TX 78602
Position Type: Full Time
Travel Percentage: None
Job Category: Nurse

Primary Responsibilities

The Treatment Nurse will provide quality of care to prevent and promote healing of alterations in skin integrity of each resident as determined by resident assessments and individual plans of care.

Essential Functions

• Communicate with DON/designee any alterations in skin integrity of each resident
• Participate in training and in-servicing related to skin care
• Dresses wounds and ensures that dressing changes are done timely as prescribed
• Monitors the progress of wound healing and makes recommendations for changes if needed
• Performs and records weekly pressure ulcer assessment and measurement documentation
• Communicates with responsible party and attending physician on resident care issues related to skin integrity
• Document on Weekly Focused Skin Assessment the results of each resident’s audit and provide copies to appropriate facility personnel during QA and care plan meetings
• May be asked at times by DON or Administrator to help with other nursing functions
• Participate in facilities rotating nursing on-call schedule

Qualifications – Educational/Training Requirements

• Must have attended a nursing program at an accredited college, university, or vocational school

Qualifications – Licensing Requirements

• Must have an active RN/LVN license in the state of Texas
• Preferred to have Wound Care Certification

Qualifications – Experience Requirements

• Previous experience in skilled nursing is preferred

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative but not necessarily exhaustive of those that must be met. While performing the duties, the employee is regularly required to effectively communicate.

• Lifting 1-25 lbs – Rarely
• Lifting 25-50 lbs – Occasionally
• Lifting 50+ lbs – Frequently
• Carrying 1-25 lbs – Rarely
• Carrying 25-50 lbs – Occasionally
• Carrying 50+ lbs – Frequently
• Pushing/Pulling 1-25 lbs – Rarely
• Pushing/Pulling 25-50 lbs – Occasionally
• Pushing/Pulling 50+ lbs – Frequently
• Sliding/Transferring 1-25 lbs – Rarely
• Sliding/Transferring 25-50 lbs – Occasionally
• Sliding/Transferring 50+ lbs – Frequently
• Standing, Sitting, Walking, Speaking, Driving, Balancing/Climbing, Stooping/Kneeling, Crouching/Crawling, Reaching, Hearing/Listening, Seeing, Turning/Twisting/Leaning