Treatment Nurse

Overview

Our Wound Care Nurse is also expected to provide staff education and Infection Control.

Job Type: Full-Time

Benefits: Available for Full-Time Employees

• 401(k)
• Dental Insurance
• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Paid-Time Off

We believe that nursing is a work of the heart. To provide the best resident care, we promote a culture that is both employee and patient based. We build on trust, compassion and strong communication. We reward our employees with competitive wages, raises and bonuses. Come for the job but stay for the challenge!

We are establishing a culture that meets the needs of the residents and staff with a great deal of us speaking Navajo and Spanish. We offer a rich cultural menu that is embedded in our fun activities between employees and residents. We take a family approach which makes our facility feel like home. Don’t be a stranger—come apply today! We accept walk-in interviews at 500 Care Ln, Aztec, NM 87410, USA or call us at for on-the-spot interviews.

• Perform resident skin assessments, obtain treatment orders, administer treatments as ordered, and document appropriately to ensure that resident skin integrity is improved and/or maintained.
• Administer treatments as prescribed within standard nursing practice guidelines and in full compliance with established infection control protocols.
• Coordinate and lead weekly wound rounds and processes, including rounds, measurements, interdisciplinary care plan review, treatment recommendations, physician orders, and required documentation.
• Document findings appropriately and contact the physician to make recommendations for new or revised treatment orders; monitor the progress of wound healing and make recommendations for changes as appropriate.
• Receive, transcribe and implement new treatment orders in a timely manner.
• Monitor the progress of wound healing and make recommendations for changes as appropriate.
• 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; perform and record weekly pressure ulcer assessment and measurement documentation; identify and maintain effective methods to gather pressure ulcer and skin alteration related information; calculate weekly/monthly pressure ulcer rates.
• Investigate and identify center practices and risk minimization measures, including accurate completion of Braden risk scales on admission, implementation of preventive interventions.
• Monitor timely implementation of preventive interventions for at risk residents, including new admissions, individuals with skin alterations and individuals at risk for development of skin alterations.
• Coordinate completion of ongoing pressure ulcer and skin alteration tracking activities and implements measures to improve outcomes, including employee education.
• Recommend education for employees and other nursing personnel to minimize and/or prevent center acquired skin alterations and pressure ulcers.
• 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 the health care team on Skin Practice Guide.
• Evaluate availability of needed supplies for wound care and coordinate ordering with central supply.
• 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; keep current with industry trends through ongoing specialized education in the area of skin and wound management.
• Provide monthly, quarterly and annual reports including recommendations for changes in center practice for the Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Committee.
• Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

• 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 settings.
• Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience in a Skilled Nursing Facility preferred.
• Current BLS/CPR certification (All SNFs; ALFs as required by state).

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