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NATIONAL HEALTH- WHITE OAK GROUP•North Charleston, SC

3d•$33 - $35•Onsite

About The Position

We’re looking for a RN wound care nurse to join our team who is flexible, dependable, and passionate about quality care. You’ll assess resident needs, support care plan implementation, and provide compassionate clinical care. Why You’ll Love Working With Us: 💲Competitive Pay💲 Wage scale based on YOUR years of experience with: ♦ Paid Time Off – Available after just 90 days! ♦ Holiday Premium Pay ♦ One-on-One Training – We make sure you're set up for success ♦ Opportunities for Career Growth ♦ Annual Merit Reviews ♦ Supportive Work Culture

Requirements

Current South Carolina RN license in good standing.
Compassionate, patient, and empathetic personality.
Strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work professionally with residents, families, partners, and physicians.
Graduate of a state approved school of Nursing.
Must be in good physical and mental health and must be kind, considerate, understanding and enjoy working with elderly people.
Must possess skills necessary for acting as charge nurse or Supervisor on a given unit, when assigned.
Must be able to work well with all levels of personnel.

Nice To Haves

Wound care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

The wound nurse communicates daily with CNAs, charge nurses, and supervisors related to resident skin condition, change in treatment orders and preventive skin care need.
Follows physicians orders to carry out all treatments as ordered for assigned residents (ointments, dressing changes, etc.) and documents completed treatments.
Assures that treatment orders are written and entered in EMR per physicians orders.
Initiates/assures initiation of appropriate skin sheet for all skin areas in a timely manner.
Required to participate in licensed employee on-call rotation.
Obtains and processes physicians orders as needed.
Maintains the treatment carts, supplies, and all solutions, ointments, etc.
Assures that all containers are properly labeled, dated when opened, and removed after treatment is discontinued.
Responsible for performing daily body checks of residents with actual pressure areas and weekly checks for residents with no actual pressure areas, as indicated per skin risk score.
Participates as a team member to develop resident care plans as assigned, and assists in implementing the plan on the units.
Assists in providing direct resident care (i.e., personal care, bath, elimination needs, OOB regime, etc.), if needed.
May be required to perform tube feedings, ROM exercises, and administer medications if needed.
Attends in-service programs, daily morning meetings, QI and staff meetings when scheduled.
Establishes a good rapport with residents, families and co-workers.
Encourages both licensed and non-licensed staff in constantly improving quality of nursing care.
Assists in admissions and discharges of residents, if needed.
Enters nurses notes in EMR as necessary.