Wound Care Nurse RN/ LPN

YAD Management; Williamston (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

New added bonuses and perks!

Employee discounts!

Very High No Frills rates!

Job summary

Windsor Rehab and Healthcare Center in Windsor, NC is hiring a full-time Wound Care Nurse to provide specialized wound care and nursing support for residents. The role includes implementing treatment plans, supervising staff, and coordinating with physicians to optimize resident health outcomes.

The position offers comprehensive benefits and opportunities to contribute to high-quality care in a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited nursing program.
• Current State License as an RN or LPN.
• CPR certification required.

Responsibilities

• Perform wound care and skin treatments per orders.
• Supervise staff and ensure adherence to nursing policies.
• Administer medications within the scope of practice.
• Maintain infection control and patient safety standards.

Skills

Wound care

Patient care

Staff supervision

Education

RN or LPN license

Job description

Windsor Rehab and Healthcare Center, located in Windsor, NC, is a Long Term Care facility that provides quality care to our residents. Join a growing team of successful, happy caregivers who are valued and appreciated. We are under new management and excited to offer an amazing new benefits package!

• New added bonuses and perks!
• Employee discounts!
• Very High No Frills rates!

NOW HIRING:
Wound Care Nurse- Fulltime

Summary/Objective

In keeping with our organization’s goal of improving the lives of the Residents we serve, the Wound/Treatment Nurse plays a critical role in providing superior customer service and nursing care to all Residents. The Wound Nurse is responsible for performing skin treatments for all Residents under their care.This position will obtain treatment orders from attending physicians and assist with modifying the treatment regimen in accordance with established policies and procedures.The Treatment Nurse will provide supervision of staff and will safeguard the health, safety and welfare of all Guests under their care by following applicable laws, regulations, and established nursing policies and procedures.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

DAILY

Complete a Head to Toe body audit on all new admissions and re-admissions to ensure that all open areas have been identified by the admitting nurse. Please ensure that skin sheets, treatment orders written and preventative measures put in place (T&P, specialty mattress, heels up ordered or boots).

• Review residents that have been identified to have new skin alterations and ensure implementation of skin sheet, treatment, specialty mattress, Braden scale updated, T&P orders, heels up orders or boots (if applicable) and initiate care plan (UM).

WEEKLY

• Update skin sheets every 7 days. Please choose a particular day and ensure updated by close of business on that day.
• Unit Managers to update care plans weekly for pressure and non-pressure areas. Care plans to be updated every week by Fridays.
• Wound Report sent to VP of Clinical Services by Thursday will the % of Center Acquired Pressure Ulcers. Remember that our company goal is to have 3% or less.
• Treatments are to be completed by Wound Nurse to: Vascular, Surgical, Pressure of stage 2 or greater Monday-Friday.
• Skin Tears, stage 1 need to be treated by the Charge Nurse Monday-Friday with completion of the skin sheets weekly. It is the Unit Manager and Wound nurse’s responsibility to ensure that these skin sheets are being completed by the charge nurse weekly. UM’s need to remind Charge Nurse of the weekly responsibility that day and check the following day for completeness.

ON-GOING

• Wound Nurses responsibility is to help Prevent wounds. Daily Education to the staff: reminders to T&P residents (in wheelchairs, geri-chairs and in bed), Toileting, incontinent care. This can be done as the Wound Nurse progresses through the day and notices abnormal findings of the resident (dry BM, soaked, wound becoming worse). A Proactive VS Reactive approach to wound care will make the facility successful in wound care management. Holding the Nurses and CNA’s accountable for preventative maintenance. It is a team effort to heal wounds and to not create new wounds.
• When wounds become worsened, the treatment should be changed within a 2-week period with the input from the Wound physician and PCP at facility.

1. Consults with Nursing team concerning assessment evaluations and assist in planning an developing the skin care treatment to be performed.
2. Initiate requests for consultation or referral.
3. Asses the residents and their records on admission and discriminate between normal and abnormal findings in order to recognize when to refer the resident to a physician for evaluation, supervision or directions.
4. May act as a Unit Nurse when directed.
5. Provides supervision to C.N.A’s and all subordinate staff which includes checking their work to ascertain that assignments have been completed.
6. Administer medications within the scope of practice of the R.N. or L.P.N. Licensure.Maintain a current report of narcotics received and used.
7. Carry out direct contemporaneous charting in your shift. Chart detailed monthly evaluations of each resident that reflect his/her condition and progress.
8. Ensure that residents care plans are being followed and asses each Guest’s status in accord with their care plan.
9. Round with Woundphysician weekly and prn with physicians
10. Must be knowledgeable of individual care plans and support the care planning process by reporting specific information and observations of the resident’s needs, preferences and report any behavioral changes.
11. Provide wound care when needed and delegate prn.
12. Completes weekly skin sheets.
13. Assure that established infection control and standard precaution practices are maintained when providing care.Follow established safety precautions when preforming tasks and using equipment and supplies.
14. Maintains the comfort, privacy and dignity of residents and interacts with them in a manner that displays warmth, respect and promotes a caring environment.
15. Answer and respond to call lights promptly and courteously.
16. Assist with new admissions and re-admissions when directed.
17. Communicates and interacts effectively and tactfully with residents, visitors, families, peers and supervisors.
18. Attend and participate in departmental meetings and in-services as directed.

Required Education and Experience

• Graduate from and accredited nursing program.
• Current State License as a Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse
• C.P.R. Certified

Please feel free to learn more about us at:

https://yadhealth.com/