Wound Care Nurse

Veritas Skilled Nursing Management•Pueblo, CO

3d•$30 - $37•Onsite

About The Position

The Center at Park West is looking for a new Wound Care Nurse. The ideal candidate is someone who thrives in a fast pace environment and who has the care, compassion and skill set to make a world of difference in the lives of the patients we serve. In this position you will have the autonomy to bring in new ideas and creativity to the fore front. We all have to work we might as well have some fun doing it. The Wound Nurse is responsible for providing wound care to the residents. Such care must be delivered in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern our facility, and as may be required by the Director of Nursing Services designee.

Requirements

Must be Wound Care Certified!

Responsibilities

Evaluates, measures, and stages all pressure/vascular ulcers and wounds upon or within 24 hours of development, admission/readmission or the next schedule work day
Coordinates and conducts wound rounds
Completes documentation in the medical record and provides a summary report to the Director of Nursing.
Communicates the status of wounds when treatment measures require re-evaluation due to non-healing, deterioration and/or improvement.
Performs wound treatments/surgical dressings as needed evaluate current status or as necessary to provide continuity with resident wound management.
Makes resident rounds, observes and monitors care rendered by nursing assistants and Licensed Staff; provide staff with orientation training and on-going guidance and support related to wound and skin breakdown prevention and management and infection prevention and control measures.
Provides ongoing and periodic individual and group staff education regarding the prevention of skin breakdown, wound treatment measures and infection control, in concert with the Nursing Management and Staff Development.
Review MDS documentation, care plans and nursing documenting for accuracy as assigned.
Works as part of health care team to evaluate resident needs, plan and modify care in conjunction with the Interdisciplinary Team, participates in the implementation of interventions and assists other licensed nurses and nursing assistants in an effort to provide optimal and quality care and services.
Make written and oral reports/recommendations
Cooperate with other resident services when coordinating services to ensure that the resident’s total regimen of care is maintained.
Periodically review the resident’s written discharge plan.
Participate in the updating of the resident’s discharge plan as appropriate.
Assist in the resident’s discharge plan as appropriate.
Maintains a liaison with the residents, their families, support departments, etc., to adequately plan for the residents’ needs.