Wound Care Nurse

Paradigm at the Prairies•El Campo, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Paradigm at the Prairies is a skilled nursing facility seeking an experienced, compassionate, and dedicated Wound Treatment Nurse to join their team. The facility emphasizes a fundamental and human approach to business, focusing on empowering their team to provide unparalleled care to residents.

Requirements

Current, unencumbered, active license to practice as a Registered Nurse or Licensed Vocational Nurse in the State.
An Associate Degree in Nursing is required.
Six (6) months experience in rehabilitative and restorative nursing practices preferred.
Strong utilization knowledge of Point Click Care preferred.
Computer literacy skills (Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Internet).

Nice To Haves

2 years’ experience in Long-Term Care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide direct nursing care in accordance with the nurse practice act, federal and state regulations, facility policies and procedures, and prudent nursing judgment.
Plan, develop, organize, implement, and evaluate the resident’s plan of care in accordance with physician’s orders, rules, regulations, and guidelines.
Utilize established methods for coordination and communication of nursing services with other resident services to ensure continuity of care.
Participate in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies.
Conduct themselves in a professional manner in compliance with facility policies.
Agree not to disclose assigned user ID code and password for accessing resident/facility information and promptly report suspected or known violations.
Agree not to disclose resident’s protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations.
Report any known or suspected unauthorized attempt to access facility’s information system.
Participate in developing, evaluating, revising, and implementing a plan of care for each resident.
Provide education to residents/families/caregivers when the need arises.
Provide prompt emergency support measures, including CPR, in accordance with physician orders, resident/family wishes, advance directives, and facility policies.
Provide care in a professional/courteous manner, ensuring the resident is approached kindly, gently, and friendly.
Provide care in a manner that respects the resident's dignity and privacy.
Ensure that nursing interventions are performed in a timely manner, providing explanations for delays.
Develop daily work assignments and unit assignments, and/or assist nursing supervisory staff.
Make frequent rounds of the assigned unit to ensure staff are performing assignments correctly.
Provide complaint/grievance reports to the Administrator as required.
Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals.
Report known or suspected incidents of fraud, abuse, neglect, and/or misappropriation to the Administrator.
Ensure that departmental computer workstations left unattended are properly logged off or password protected.