Wound Care​/IP Nurse

Overview

If you are looking for a career that can make a difference, then Englewood Health and Rehabilitation is the place for you. Our work family is made up of a variety of talented and committed team members who are dedicated to making a difference in the lives they serve. Each employee contributes their unique skills and abilities with the key goal of enabling our residents to reach and maintain their highest functional abilities.

Every job matters at Englewood Health and Rehabilitation Center.

As a Wound/IP nurse in our facility, look at what benefits you can enjoy:

• Competitive starting wage with additional pay for experience
• $1,000 new employee referral program
• Sign-on bonus up to $10,000 dollars FT
• Paid life insurance
• 401k opportunities after your first year
• Daily Pay! Work today, get paid today!
• Monthly Celebrations and recognitions
• Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance

New and Improved Benefits for 2024!

• $5,000 Tuition Reimbursement Per Year
• Quarterly Education Bonus Program

The Wound Care Nurse is responsible for the facilies infection prevention and control program (IPCP), and wound prevention program,which is designed to provide a safe, sanitary, and comfortable environment and to help prevent the development of woundsand transmission of communicable diseases and infections.

• Creating a system for preventing, identifying, reporting, investigating, and controlling infections, skin breakdown, andcommunicable diseases for all residents, staff, volunteers, visitors, and other individuals providing;services under a contractual arrangement based upon the facility assessment... and following acceptednational standards;
• Following standard and transmission-based precautions to be followed to prevent spread of infections such as when and how isolation should be used for a resident.
  
  The type and duration of the isolation, depending upon the infectious agent or organisminvolved, and a requirement that the isolation should be the least restrictive possible for the resident under the circumstances.
• Creating a system for recording incidents identified under the facility’s IPCP and the corrective actions taken by the facility;

• Partnering with facility leaders, physicians, and local, state, and national agencies on activities related to infection prevention

• Conduct outbreak investigations and report possible incidents to local, state or national agencies as required;

• Reviewing new residents and completing initial skins assessments, and assessing treatment plans;
• Participating in a clinical review during morning meeting to identify changes in condition such as mobility, continence, decreases in appetite, weight loss, acute illness, etc. Implementing a new Braden scale with new preventions interventions with a change in condition;
• Obtaining weekly wound measurements and documenting assessment findings including date, location, stage, length, width and depth of the wound, color of the wound, surrounding tissue, drainage and wound healing progress for pressure ulcers and all other ulcers/wounds;
• Making daily rounds to observe and monitor that prevention interventions are implemented;
• Monitoring for good infection control techniques during dressing changes and doing rounds with other nurses to observe;

Infection Preventionist Primary Responsibilities

• The Infection Preventionist (IP) reports to the Director of Clinical Services and partners with the Medical Director, Medical Staff responsible for Antimicrobial Stewardship, and other stakeholders to develop a systemof care that promotes sound and scientific infection prevention principles and practices.
• The Infection Preventionist is responsible for the facility infection prevention and control program (IPCP),which is designed to provide a safe, sanitary, and comfortable environment and to help prevent the development and transmission of communicable diseases and infections.

Infection Preventionist Essential Functions

The essential functions listed below (from the State Operations Manual, Appendix PP) are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all…