Nurse - RN - Skin Integrity Nurse

Carespring Health Care Management•Springboro, OH

3d•$36 - $43

About The Position

The Skin Integrity Nurse is a Registered Nurse responsible for assessing residents’ skin, coordinating appropriate interventions and treatments, maintaining documentation and care plans, and monitoring the facility’s skin integrity practices. The role requires understanding of the integumentary system, flexibility with the working schedule, continued learning, and strong leadership, organization, and communication skills. The nurse works with clinical staff and residents’ responsible parties to support wound care and resident safety, and helps educate nurse aides in proper patient-care methods.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Current Registered Nurse license in the state where the facility is located.
Understanding of the integumentary system and willingness to continue learning.
Flexible working schedule.
Strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

Complete weekly head-to-toe skin assessments and document findings in the EHR.
Ensure appropriate treatments or interventions are in place for skin issues identified during skin rounds.
Collaborate with the Clinician or Wound NP to obtain new orders or discontinue orders as needed.
Update the ADON and DON about newly identified or worsened ulcers and non-healing wounds.
Verify and update resident care plans and documentation for identified skin impairments.
Monitor skin integrity practices and procedures to ensure personnel implement the facility’s SIT program.
Demonstrate proper infection control practices.
Assist in evaluating and implementing recommendations from quarterly QA meetings.
Ensure residents who are non-compliant or at high risk for pressure ulcers receive appropriate interventions.
Attend and participate in weekly SIT meetings.
Keep residents’ responsible parties updated on wound progress.
Promote positive employee relations, teamwork, mutual respect, and effective communication.
Educate new and inexperienced nurse aides in proper methods of patient care.
Perform other duties as requested by the DON or ADON.
Maintain and demonstrate leadership, organizational, and communication skills when interacting with patients, families, and staff.
Keep knowledge current through ongoing education.