Wound Care Nurse RN

Plaza West Healthcare & Rehab; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

Annual evaluations

Dental insurance

Disability insurance

Electronic documentation

Employee appreciation events

Health insurance

Life insurance

Modified Comp

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Vision insurance

Job summary

Plaza West Healthcare & Rehab in Topeka, KS seeks a Wound Care Nurse to act as the coordinator of the center’s wound team, overseeing the skin management program. You will lead rounds, review interdisciplinary care plans, and ensure documentation and physician orders are completed.

Ideal candidates are licensed RNs or LPNs in Kansas, with preferred wound nurse certification and infection preventionist certification, and at least one year of nursing management experience.

Qualifications

• Must hold RN or LPN license in the state.
• Wound nurse certification and infection preventionist certification preferred.
• One year of nursing management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify and gather pressure ulcer and skin alteration data.
• Coordinate and lead weekly wound team rounds; review interdisciplinary care plans and treatments.
• Provide data analysis of pressure ulcers to nursing staff and clinicians; ensure documentation and orders are completed.

Skills

RN license

LPN license

Wound nurse certification

Infection preventionist certification

Nursing management experience

Job description

As the wound care nurse you are designated to act as the coordinator of the center’s wound team to oversee the general application of the skin management program. The following activities are performed as directed or clinically indicated.

GENERAL DUTIES

• Identify and maintain effective methods to gather pressure ulcer and skin alteration related information
• Coordinate and lead weekly wound team rounds and processes, including rounds, measurements, interdisciplinary care plan review, treatment recommendations, physician orders, and required documentation
• Collect, analyze and provide pressure ulcer information to nursing staff and other healthcare practitioners

QUALIFICATIONS

• Currently licensed as RN or LPN in state
• Prefer wound nurse certified and infection preventionist certified
• One-year prior nursing management experience preferred.

BENEFITS

• 401K
• Annual evaluations
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Electronic documentation
• Employee appreciation events
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Modified Comp
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance