Wound Care Nurse

Ossian Health and Rehabilitation Center; Ossian (IN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Ossian Health and Rehabilitation Center seeks a dedicated Wound Care Nurse to manage infection control and wound prevention programs. Candidates must be a licensed RN or LPN, providing safe nursing practices in a supportive environment. Attractive benefits include a competitive salary, sign-on bonus, tuition reimbursement, and comprehensive insurance plans.

Benefits

Sign-on bonus up to $10,000

401k opportunities after your first year

$1,000 new employee referral program

DailyPay - Work today, get paid today!

Monthly Celebrations and recognitions

Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance

$5,000 Tuition Reimbursement Per Year

Quarterly Education Bonus Program

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited nursing school and possess a valid RN or LPN license.
• Ability to perform safe effective nursing practices according to State and Federal requirements.
• Knowledge of personal computers and basic office equipment.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the facility's infection prevention and control program.
• Create systems for preventing and controlling infections and skin breakdown.
• Conduct outbreak investigations and document wound assessments.

Skills

Safe nursing practices

Infection control

Communication

Computer skills

Personal integrity

Education

Registered Nurse (RN) license

Graduate of accredited nursing school

Job description

Overview

If you are looking for a career that can make a difference, then Ossian Health and Rehabilitation Center is the place for you. Our work family is made up of a variety of talented and committed team members who are dedicated to making a difference in the lives they serve. Each employee contributes their unique skills and abilities with the key goal of enabling our residents to reach and maintain their highest functional abilities. Every job matters at Ossian Health and Rehabilitation Center.

As a Registered Nurse in our facility, look at what benefits you can enjoy:

• Competitive starting wage with additional pay for experience
• $1,000 new employee referral program
• Sign-on bonus up to $10,000 dollars FT
• Paid life insurance
• 401k opportunities after your first year
• DailyPay! Work today, get paid today!
• Monthly Celebrations and recognitions
• Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance

New and Improved Benefits for 2025!

• $5,000 Tuition Reimbursement Per Year
• Quarterly Education Bonus Program

Responsibilities

The Wound Care Nurse is responsible for the facility's infection prevention and control program (IPCP), and wound prevention program, which is designed to provide a safe, sanitary, and comfortable environment and to help prevent the development of wounds and transmission of communicable diseases and infections.

• Creating a system for preventing, identifying, reporting, investigating, and controlling infections, skin breakdown, and communicable diseases for all residents, staff, volunteers, visitors, and other individuals providing services under a contractual arrangement based upon the facility assessment... and following accepted national standards;
• Following standard and transmission-based precautions to be followed to prevent spread of infections such as when and how isolation should be used for a resident. The type and duration of the isolation, depending upon the infectious agent or organism involved, and a requirement that the isolation should be the least restrictive possible for the resident under the circumstances.
• Creating a system for recording incidents identified under the facility’s IPCP and the corrective actions taken by the facility;
• Partnering with facility leaders, physicians, and local, state, and national agencies on activities related to infection prevention
• Conduct outbreak investigations and report possible incidents to local, state or national agencies as required;
• Reviewing new residents and completing initial skin assessments, and assessing treatment plans;
• Participating in a clinical review during morning meetings to identify changes in condition such as mobility, continence, decreases in appetite, weight loss, acute illness, etc. Implementing a new Braden scale with new prevention interventions with a change in condition;
• Obtaining weekly wound measurements and documenting assessment findings including date, location, stage, length, width and depth of the wound, color of the wound, surrounding tissue, drainage and wound healing progress for pressure ulcers and all other ulcers/wounds;
• Making daily rounds to observe and monitor that prevention interventions are implemented;
• Monitoring for good infection control techniques during dressing changes and doing rounds with other nurses to observe;

Qualifications

Registered Nurse (RN/LPN) Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and possess a valid RN or LPN license in good standing according to State and Federal requirements.
• Have a thorough understanding of the principles of safe effective nursing practices within the State of Indiana.
• Basic Computer knowledge and skills.
• A passion for caring for people.
• Personal integrity and the ability to deal tactfully with residents, family members, visitors, government agencies and other personnel.
• The ability to be discrete and protect the integrity of confidential information and stay within Compliance and HIPAA.
• Knowledge on the use of personal computers, Word and Excel, and working with office machines such as fax and copying machines.