Nurse - RN - Skin Integrity Nurse

Description

$36.00 - $43.00 base pay!!

Come join the family of our State of the Art Long Term Care Nursing Facility!

• Director of Nursing

• The Skin Integrity Nurse has a current RN license for the state in which she is working.
• The nurse is flexible with her working schedule.
• The position requires an understanding of the integumentary system and a willingness to continue to learn.

• Must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing with a current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state where the facility is located.
• Will complete weekly head‑to‑toe skin assessments and document in the EHR.
• Will ensure that appropriate treatments and/or interventions are in place for skin issues identified during the skin rounds.
• Will collaborate with the Clinician or Wound NP to obtain new orders or discontinue orders as needed.
• Will update the ADON and DON if any new or worsened ulcers are identified.
• Will update the ADON and DON with any non‑healing wounds.
• Will verify/update resident care plans and update documentation for identified skin impairments.
• Will monitor skin integrity practices and procedures to ensure that personnel are implementing the facility’s SIT program.
• Will demonstrate proper infection control practices.
• Will assist in evaluating and implementing recommendations from the Quarterly QA meeting.
• Will ensure that residents with known non‑compliance behaviors or are at high risk for pressure ulcers are provided with interventions as appropriate.
• Attends and participates in weekly SIT meetings.
• Will ensure residents’ responsible parties are updated on wound progress.
• Proactively develops positive employee relations and promotes teamwork, mutual respect and effective communication.
• Educates new and inexperienced nurse aides in proper methods of patient care.
• Performs other duties as requested by the DON or ADON.
• Possesses and demonstrates a high degree of leadership, organizational ability and communication skills.
• Must be able to utilize excellent communication skills to relate to patients, families and staff members.
• Continuously updates knowledge through ongoing education.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations that do not cause an undue hardship on the company may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, as long as that would not hinder or prevent performance of duties, or be of a safety concern.

Job Type: Full‑time

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