Wound Specialist/Nursing Care Coordinator (RN/LPN)

About the role

Regent Park Rehabilitation & Healthcare is one of Wichita's finest Skilled Nursing and Long-term Care Facilities, rated 5 stars by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services with a much above average quality rating. We provide the latest innovations in environment, amenities and services for after-hospital rehabilitation and long-term skilled nursing care, striving to provide a supportive and restorative environment with loving compassion and personal courtesies for residents.

Schedule

Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm. On-call rotation one weekend every 5 weeks (additional pay provided for taking weekend call).

Pay & benefits

• Excellent starting pay rates (salary role)
• Annual reviews with pay increases based on satisfactory performance
• Competitive wages for the industry
• Sign-on Bonus: RN - $7500, LPN - $5000
• PTO and full benefits package
• Free Starbucks Coffee
• Staff recognition and rewards including frequent staff appreciation events
• Guaranteed hours with stable and consistent scheduling
• Much higher than average staff to resident ratios
• No agency staff in our community
• Locally, family-owned and operated company

Responsibilities

• Complete wound rounds on entire building weekly and upon admission, including updating all orders and spreadsheet
• Email updated wound spreadsheet weekly to the appropriate team members
• Make sure initial wound pictures and assessments are complete for all wounds noted on clinical admission and that treatments are in place
• Review charts to ensure wound list is updated, treatment orders in place, wound pictures on discharge are updated for entire building
• Notify all family members on wounds for the entire building as needed
• Assist nurses with initial skin assessments for all admits
• Assist in entering admit orders as needed if there are multiple admits
• Audit discharges, facility deaths, and hospitalization to ensure proper system updates have been completed
• Send requests to hospitals, doctors' office, etc. for medical records
• Retrieve medical records when requested from appropriate sources
• Monitor certs and re-certs
• LTC insurance requests
• DPOA/resident requests
• Address any needs with staff
• Work the floor if needed as last resort for coverage
• Triple check for the entire building monthly
• Audit admission documents
• Ensure that admission IAT's are signed by appropriate provider for Belmont and Amherst are uploaded in chart
• Ensure DRRs are signed, completed, and uploaded for Belmont and Amherst
• Complete MNA's for Belmont and Amherst (partnership role with CDM)
• Receive monthly physician pharmacy drug regimen review concerns and recommendations; give these to the providers and update PCC with any new orders
• Participate in all required meetings (QAPI, stand up, and others)
• QAPI monthly reporting
• Ensure nursing staff complete all components of the risk management process
• Complete the root cause analysis note and update the intervention in risk management after IDT discussion

Qualifications

• Must have a current RN or LPN license in the State of Kansas
• Previous nursing job experience preferred
• Must have excellent time management skills and be able to work on deadlines
• Must be able to maintain a courteous, friendly, and helpful attitude with residents, visitors, and co-workers at all times
• Must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 50lbs