Wound Care Nurse (RN) - Full Time

Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital; Bowling Green (KY); On-site; USD 56,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Orientation program

Tuition reimbursement

Continuing education

Clinical ladder

Debt relief

PTO

Paid sick time

Medical insurance

Dental plan

Vision coverage

EAP program

401(k) matching

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Job summary

Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital in Bowling Green, KY seeks a Wound Care Nurse (Registered Nurse) for full-time, on-site work. Compensation: Up to $49.44/hour with a $15,000 sign-on bonus based on experience.

The role leads the wound care program, develops protocols, and collaborates with wound care experts to improve patient outcomes. The ideal candidate will hold a valid RN license, have hospital nursing experience, and certification in BLS.

Qualifications

• Valid State RN License required.
• Previous hospital nursing experience required.
• Certified BLS required.

Responsibilities

• Establishes a leadership role in the wound care program, establishing standards of care across the hospitals and programs in collaboration with Select Medical wound care experts.
• Develops and deploys evidence-based clinical protocols and algorithms to support the best clinical outcomes for wound management.
• Establishes competencies for clinicians regarding wound care.
• Collaborates with Medical leadership on wound care initiatives, research questions, and outcome measures to support program innovation and excellence.
• Develops educational modules for wound care to be used for internal and external education.

Job description

Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital
Joint venture with Vibra and Select Medical
Position: Wound Care Nurse (Registered Nurse)
Location: Bowling Green, KY
Schedule: Full-time
Compensation: Up to $49.44 per hour based on experience
Sign-On Bonus: $15,000

Our inpatient rehabilitation hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas.

We Support Your Career Growth And Personal Well-being

• Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
• Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities
• Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.
• Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program
• Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, employee assistance program (EAP) and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
• Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
• Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care
• Establishes a leadership role in the wound care program, establishing standards of care across the hospitals and programs in collaboration with Select Medical wound care experts.
• Develops and deploys evidence-based clinical protocols and algorithms to support the best clinical outcomes for wound management, including development and updating product formulary.
• Establishes competencies for clinicians regarding wound care.
• Collaborates with Medical leadership on wound care initiatives, research questions, and outcome measures to support program innovation and excellence.
• Develops educational modules for wound care to be used for internal and external education, including teaching tools for patients and families.
• Analyzes patterns of wounds across programs and hospitals, and identifies targeted PI activities to improve wound outcomes and mitigate pressure sore development.
• Establishes individual programs and courses directed at increasing staff knowledge, competency, and credentials in support of individual job objectives and the overall goals and mission of the organization.
• Coordinates competency evaluation and testing for professional staff in collaboration with clinical departments.
• Works in collaboration with Education department to assure coordination of all educational initiatives and activities to support the overall objectives and goals of the department and the organization.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of nursing and other clinical education programs.
• Maintains the database to track staff education, competency and credentials and utilizes the database to evaluate and plan for future educational activities and programs.
• Works under the direction of the Director of Education on nursing education projects and initiatives related to skin, wound and ostomy management.
• Collaborates with other members of the Education Department on joint educational initiatives.
• Performs other duties as requested.

Minimum Qualifications

• Valid State RN License required
• Previous hospital nursing experience required
• Certified BLS required
• Excellent presentation and organizational skills required

Preferred Qualifications

• BSN preferred
• WCC, CWCN, CWOCN or CWS preferred

*Post offer employment testing (POETs) are completed as part of the onboarding process and are to be completed before an employee's first day of work.*