Wound Care Nurse

Millsnr; Mayfield (KY); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Mills Nursing and Rehabilitation is seeking a Wound Care/Treatment Nurse (LPN or RN) to join our care team in Kentucky. This full-time role offers shift options from 7am–3pm or 10am–6pm and focuses on specialized wound care to promote healing with dignity and comfort.

You'll collaborate with an interdisciplinary team, document care plans, educate residents and families, and help reduce skin breakdown while ensuring compliance with policies and regulations. Equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• Current valid LPN or RN license.
• Previous wound care experience.
• Wound care certification is preferred.
• At least one year of LPN or RN experience in a long-term care setting is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage wounds from disease, injury, surgery, or medical treatments.
• Provide skilled wound care to promote healing.
• Assess wound type, severity, and stage, including surgical and pressure injuries.
• Develop and update individualized wound treatment plans with the care team.
• Perform wound cleaning, dressing changes, and treatments per orders.
• Monitor wounds for infection or complications and report changes.
• Document wound assessments and progress accurately.
• Educate staff, residents, and families on wound care and prevention.
• Support prevention programs to reduce pressure injuries.
• Ensure compliance with policies and regulations.
• Participate in care planning and quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Wound care experience

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Resident-centered care

Education

LPN or RN license

Job description

Shift type: Full-Time, 7am-3pm or 10am- 6pm available!

Mills Nursing and Rehabilitation is seeking an LPN or RN for our Wound Care/Treatment Nurse position!

At Mills Nursing & Rehabilitation, exceptional healing starts with exceptional caregivers. We're seeking a compassionate and detail-oriented Wound Care/Treatment Nurse to join our team and help our residents heal with dignity and comfort.

In this role, you'll provide specialized wound care, collaborate with our interdisciplinary team, and make a lasting impact on resident outcomes. At Mills, you'll be supported by hands-on leadership, a family-oriented culture, and a team that values your expertise.

If you're passionate about delivering high-quality, resident-centered care, we'd love to welcome you to the Mills Nursing & Rehabilitation family.

Wound Care/Treatment Nurse responsibilities:

• Specializes in the assessment, treatment, and ongoing management of wounds resulting from disease, injury, surgical procedures, or medical treatments

• Provides skilled wound care services to promote safe, timely, and effective healing

• Assesses wounds to determine type, severity, and stage, including surgical sites, pressure injuries, ulcers, feeding tube sites, abscesses, and other skin integrity issues

• Develops, implements, and updates individualized wound treatment plans in collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team

• Performs wound cleaning, dressing changes, and treatments according to physician orders and evidence-based practices

• Monitors wounds for signs of infection, deterioration, or complications and reports changes promptly to the appropriate provider

• Documents wound assessments, treatments, progress, and outcomes accurately and in a timely manner

• Educates nursing staff, residents, and families on wound prevention, treatment plans, and proper skin care techniques

• Assists with prevention programs to reduce the risk of pressure injuries and skin breakdown

• Ensures compliance with facility policies, infection control standards, and state and federal regulations

• Participates in care plan meetings and quality improvement initiatives related to wound care

Wound Care Nurse Licenses/Certification

• Current valid LPN or RN license

• Previous wound care experience

• Wound care certification is preferred

• At least one year of LPN or RN experience in a long-term care setting is preferred

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The Facility is an equal opportunity employer. The Facility does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran status, or any other characteristic(s) protected by federal, state, and local laws. The Facility will also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities should a request for an accommodation be made. A key part of this policy is to provide equal employment opportunity regarding all terms and conditions of employment and in all aspects of a person's relationship with the Facility including recruitment, hiring, promotions, upgrading positions, conditions of employment, compensation, training, benefits, transfers, discipline, and termination of employment.