Wound Care Nurse RN or LPN Herculaneum, MO

Kaizen Lab Inc.; Missouri; On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a dedicated Wound Care Nurse (RN or LPN) to join their compassionate team. This role involves providing comprehensive wound assessments and implementing effective care plans for patients of all ages. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in wound management, patient education, and collaboration with clinical staff. The company values work-life balance and offers generous benefits, ensuring that employees can rejuvenate while providing the highest quality of care. Join a team committed to making a difference in the lives of residents and their families.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Two Weeks Vacation

Sick Days

Personal Days Off

Cafeteria Plan

Work-Life Balance

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in wound management and assessment.
• Knowledge of infection control principles and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate comprehensive wound assessments and care plans.
• Educate patients and staff on pressure ulcer prevention.
• Collaborate with treatment team for optimal patient care.

Skills

Wound Management

Patient Education

Infection Control

Collaboration with Clinical Staff

Education

Licensed Professional Nurse (LPN)

Registered Nurse (RN)

Graduate of an accredited nursing program

Job description

Wound Care Nurse (RN or LPN)

Scenic Nursing and Rehabilitation Centerin Herculaneum, MO is actively seeking an efficientfull-time WOUND CARE NURSE (RN / LPN)to assist residents with their daily routine and encourage them to live their highest quality life.

This Wound Care Nurse earnscompetitive paybased on experience. We providegenerous benefits and perks, includingmedical, dental, vision, life, a health savings account (HSA), two-week vacation, sick days, eight personal days off, a cafeteria plan, and more.

ABOUT SCENIC NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER

We provide the highest quality of care for the Herculaneum MO senior community with a commitment to proudly serve our community's long-term care and rehabilitation needs. We offer services such as speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and dementia/Alzheimer's care. Our goal is to provide this dignified care to all of our residents in a well-maintained, home-like environment. This level of care would not be possible without our compassionate and focused staff working with residents, families, and physicians to create individualized and effective care and treatment plans.

Our company recognizes the amazing efforts of our staff and values their downtime with awork-life balancethat includes two weeks ofvacation and sick daysfor a healthy rejuvenation that all employees supply to our patients.

Responsibilities:

TheWound Care Nurse (RN / LPN)coordinates treatment to provide comprehensive wound assessments and plan of care including goals, implementation, evaluation of outcomes for patients ranging in age from 18 years to geriatric experiencing medically complex conditions, general medical-surgical conditions, with rehabilitation and/or wound care needs.

TheWound Care Nurseduties include:

• Provides patient, family and staff education regarding prevention of pressure ulcers and therapeutic support services, dressing selection and adjunctive therapy.
• Collaborates with clinical staff, physicians and other members of the treatment team to provide the patient with the highest quality and most appropriate wound care.
• Acts as a resource for the treatment team and clinical staff and assists with staffing as assigned.
• Trains and manages the Wound Care Team Members to include orientation, competency validation and in-service training.
• Organizes and directs the interdisciplinary Wound Care Committee
• Perform additional duties assigned.

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience:

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing. Licensed Professional Nurse or Registered Nurse.
• Minimum of (3) years of comprehensive wound management including wound assessment, formulation of treatment plan, recommendation of appropriate wound dressing, documentation, evaluation, education, data collection, surveillance and outcome data.
• Knowledge of principals of infection control.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Current professional nursing license for state of employment.
Wound Care Nursing Certification and Wound Debridement Certification preferred.