Treatment/Wound Nurse

Avir Health Group; Pharr (TX); Sur place; USD 65 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Avir at Pharr is seeking a Treatment/Wound Nurse to perform resident skin assessments, obtain treatment orders, administer treatments, and document care to help ensure skin integrity is improved and/or maintained.

You will collaborate with the clinical team to provide the patient with high-quality wound care, educate residents, families, and staff on prevention and therapy, and help maintain infection control standards.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program with TX licensure.
• Knowledge of wound care treatment plans and dressings.
• Understanding of infection prevention and wound data collection.

Responsabilités

• Educate patients, families and staff on pressure ulcer prevention and wound care.
• Collaborate with clinicians to deliver high-quality wound management.
• Serve as a resource for the treatment team and assist with staffing as needed.
• Train and manage Wound Care Team members, including orientation.
• Organize and direct the interdisciplinary Wound Care Committee.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Connaissances

Professional image

Regulatory knowledge

Wound care

Infection control

Data collection

Computer skills

Formation

RN/LVN license (TX)

Description du poste

Treatment/Wound Nurse

As a Treatment/Wound Nurse at Avir at Pharr , you will be responsible for performing resident skin assessments, obtaining treatment orders, administering treatments as ordered, and documenting appropriately to help ensure that resident skin integrity is improved and/or maintained. Other duties and job details to be discussed at interview.

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The Wound Care Nurse duties at Avir at Pharr include:

• Provides patient, family and staff education regarding prevention of pressure ulcers and therapeutic support services, dressing selection and adjunctive therapy.
• Collaborates with clinical staff, physicians and other members of the treatment team to provide the patient with the highest quality and most appropriate wound care.
• Acts as a resource for the treatment team and clinical staff and assists with staffing as assigned.
• Trains and manages the Wound Care Team Members to include orientation, competency validation and in-service training.
• Organizes and directs the interdisciplinary Wound Care Committee
• Perform additional duties assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Projects a professional image.
• Knowledge of regulatory standards and compliance requirements.
• Knowledge of wound care related products and procedures preferred.
• Identification and utilization of industry evidence base standards related to wound care.
• Knowledge of comprehensive wound management including wound assessment, formulation of treatment plan, recommendation of appropriate wound dressing, documentation, evaluation, education, data collection, surveillance and outcome data preferred.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Working knowledge of personal computer and software applications used in job functions (Order entry, data input etc.)

Education and/or Experience:

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing.
• Active/Valid RN/LVN nursing license in the state of Texas.(Required)
• Minimum of (1) year of comprehensive wound management including wound assessment, formulation of treatment plan, recommendation of appropriate wound dressing, documentation, evaluation, education, data collection, surveillance and outcome data.
• Knowledge of principals of infection control.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Current professional nursing license for the state of Texas.
• Must maintain current BLS certification and CPR certification throughout employment.
• Wound Care Nursing Certification and Wound Debridement Certification preferred.

An Equal Opportunity Employer.