Wound Care RN: Geriatric Subacute Specialist

Nursing Healthcare Services in Palm Beach Gardens; Florida; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nursing Healthcare Services in Palm Beach Gardens is seeking a full-time Wound Care Nurse to provide comprehensive wound care, develop treatment plans, and monitor healing across various wound types. You will coordinate with rehab teams, educate families, and conduct weekly wound rounds to maintain skin integrity in residents.

The ideal candidate holds a BSN, is a licensed RN in Florida, and has at least two years of clinical nursing experience with geriatrics/subacute populations; CPR/BLS

Qualifications

• BSN or equivalent.
• Must be a graduate of an RN nursing program.
• Current registration and license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state employed in.
• Peripheral IV certification.
• Two years of clinical nursing experience.
• One-year experience in a management position preferred.
• One-year experience in geriatrics and subacute population.
• CPR/BLS certified.
• The ability to read, write, speak and understand the English language required, knowledge of other language helpful.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a Comprehensive care plan for skin impairments- updating as needed to include any change in treatment, improvement and/or decline
• Weekly wound rounds with wound consultant
• Weekly wound measurements documented
• Review investigation for all new skin opening related to pressure
• Monitoring vascular/arterial/surgical wounds and document appropriately -treatment, comprehensive care plan, coordinating follow-up when indicated & maintain weekly measurements
• Educate and counsel patients and their families on wound care processes and issues
• Demonstrate wound care procedures to other care givers
• Attend morning report, identify any new opening and document accordingly
• Supervising the Rehab CNA
• Work with rehab to evaluate residents who present with a decline
• Attend CMI meeting when appropriate
• Correspond with rehab to determine residents need for positioning devices
• Maintain facility wound tracking report
• Monitor residents with devices to ensure skin maintenance
• Maintain a list of all residents with devices including but not limited to splints or braces.
• Ensure devices are identified on plan of care and worn appropriately via audit tool/rounds
• Attend weight meeting, ensure appropriate interventions to maintain skin integrity
• Provide in-service to floor nurses to ensure awareness related to skin integrity maintenance, documentation and care
• Maintain skin care policy
• Assist in the Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) process

Skills

Clinical nursing experience

Management experience

Geriatrics/subacute experience

English language

CPR/BLS certified

Education

BSN or equivalent

RN nursing program graduate

Tools

Peripheral IV certification

CPR/BLS certification

Job description

Nursing Healthcare Services in Palm Beach Gardens is seeking a full-time Wound Care Nurse to provide comprehensive wound care, develop treatment plans, and monitor healing across various wound types. You will coordinate with rehab teams, educate families, and conduct weekly wound rounds to maintain skin integrity in residents.

The ideal candidate holds a BSN, is a licensed RN in Florida, and has at least two years of clinical nursing experience with geriatrics/subacute populations; CPR/BLS