Wound Care Nurse (RN)

About the role

Care Pavilion is a 396-bed acute and long-term care facility, located in the heart of Philadelphia and easily accessible via public transportation from all areas of the Philadelphia and the western suburbs. At Care Pavilion we provide quality compassionate care to our Residents. We have made it our mission to provide our Residents with a superior experience. This translates to the consistent delivery of safe, high quality clinical care in the absence of preventable harm. The Would Care Nurse, R.N. communicates and collaborates closely with the Director of Nursing, physicians, Unit Managers, and other members of the interdisciplinary team to provide consistent quality care to those patients and residents with wounds. They also work closely with the Director of Staff Development, Infection Prevention and Control Officer as well as the Quality Improvement team to ensure that all nursing staff is educated in the principles of wound prevention and treatment. The Wound Care Nurse implements treatment modalities as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Assess skin condition of new admissions and readmissions using the standardized assessment tool
• Uses the Braden Scales to predict pressure sore risk as needed
• Implements treatment plan for patients and residents as appropriate and administers treatments
• Implements and evaluates the plan of care reflecting appropriate nursing and medical diagnosis, goal development, outcome, criteria and target dates.
• Keeps patient and resident plans of care updated reflecting changes in condition and responses to treatment or education
• Appropriately documents on patients and residents receiving treatments, reviewing previous documentation.
• Completes initial and Weekly skin Impairment forms
• Participates as an active member of the Interdisciplinary team, including the Wound Care Team for Weekly Wound Rounds and is part of the Wound Committee; completes the weekly wound report.

Qualifications

• Current, active license as a Registered Nurse in Pennsylvania
• BLS Certification
• Wound Care Certification
• Three years of experience providing wound care to patients and residents in long-term care setting