Wound Care Nurse
Listed on 2026-01-12
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Nursing
Healthcare Nursing
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We are seeking dedicated and compassionate Wound Care Nurses (LPN or RN) to join our growing healthcare team. This is a traveling position in the Decatur, Georgia area, focused on providing expert wound care in a home health setting. Prior wound care experience, strong clinical judgment, and a passion for patient-centered care are essential. Compensation is $45/hr for LPNs and $60/hr for RNs.
Key Responsibilities- Conduct thorough assessments of wounds and patients’ overall health status.
- Develop and implement individualized care plans.
- Perform wound care treatments including dressing changes and application of topical agents.
- Monitor healing progress, watching for infection or complications.
- Educate patients and families on wound care, prevention, and self-management.
- Collaborate with other healthcare professionals to coordinate care and optimize outcomes.
- Accurately document assessments, treatments, and patient progress.
- Provide care for all home health patients within scope of practice.
- Stay current with best practices and advancements in wound care.
- Active Georgia nursing license (LPN or RN).
- Wound care experience required (home health experience strongly preferred).
- Strong understanding of wound healing principles and infection prevention.
- Familiarity with DME (Durable Medical Equipment) related to wound care.
- Ability to travel between patient homes with reliable transportation.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
- Compassion, flexibility, and a commitment to high-quality patient care.
- Additional experience with pediatric patients, tube feeding, or medical-surgical nursing is a plus.
- Willingness to drive through a designated territory.
- Flexible schedule and work/life balance.
- Inclusive, supportive, thriving culture.
- Opportunity to work with a highly patient-centered organization with high satisfaction scores.
Ascend Medical is a rapidly expanding healthcare organization on a mission to elevate body, mind and soul. Our model blends virtual, in-clinic, in-home, and senior living spaces to provide accessible, relationship-based primary and behavioral healthcare across all life stages.
Values- Patients before Profits
- Empathy before Expedience
- Progress before Stagnation
- Team before Individual
- Safety before Everything
Ascend Medical is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a team as diverse as the patients we serve.
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