Restorative Care Nurse Weekend (Wound Nurse)

Responsibilities

• Perform resident skin assessments, obtain treatment orders, administer treatment as ordered, and document appropriately.
• Administer treatments as prescribed within standard nursing practice guidelines and in full compliance with established infection control protocols.
• Cooky/wound rounds and processes, including rounds, measurements, interdisciplinary care plan review, treatment recommendations, physician orders, and required documentation.
• Monitor the progress of wound healing and make recommendations for changes as appropriate.
• Receive, transcribe and implement new treatment orders in a timely manner.
• Collect, analyze and provide pressure ulcer information to nursing staff and other nursing personnel.
• Maintain records of pressure ulcers and skin alterations including risk assessment, prevention and minimizing activities.
• Investigate and identify center practices and risk minimizing measures, including accurate completion of Braden risk scales on admission, implementation of preventive interventions.
• Coordinate completion of ongoing pressure ulcer and skin alteration tracking activities and implements measures to improve outcomes, including employee education.
• Educate newly hired nursing staff on Skin Practice Guide requirements and Skin Resource Library including wound assessments, preventive interventions, care planning, treatment selection options, documentation requirements and education resources available.
• Collaborate with administrator, medical director or his/her designee, Director of Nursing and other members of health care team on Skin Practice Guide.
• Recommend education for employees and other nursing personnel to minimize and, or prevent center acquired skin alterations and pressure ulcers.
• Assist the Director of Nursing and medical director with case review for center acquired pressure ulcers.
• Monitor changes in state and federal regulations and current industry-standard practices.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an approved Registered Nurse program and licensed in the state of practice, required.
• One-year experience providing specialized treatments in long term care setting.
• Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience in a Skilled Nursing Facility preferred.
• Current BLS/CPR certification (All SNFs; ALFs as required by state).