Treatment Nurse - Licensed Vocational Nurse
Listed on 2026-05-30
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Nursing
Healthcare Nursing
Job Details
Job Location:
Kingsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center - Kingsville, TX 78363
Position Type:
Full Time
Travel Percentage:
None
Job Category:
Nurse
The Treatment Nurse will provide quality of care to prevent and promote healing of alterations in skin integrity of each resident as determined by resident assessments and individual plans of care.
Essential Functions- Communicate with the DON/designee any alterations in skin integrity of each resident.
- Participate in training and in‑servicing related to skin care.
- Dress wounds and ensure that dressing changes are done timely as prescribed.
- Monitor the progress of wound healing and make recommendations for changes if needed.
- Perform and record weekly pressure ulcer assessment and measurement documentation.
- Communicate with the responsible party and attending physician on resident care issues related to skin integrity.
- Document on Weekly Focused Skin Assessment the results of each resident’s audit and provide copies to appropriate facility personnel during QA and care plan meetings.
- May be asked at times by the DON or Administrator to help with other nursing functions.
- Participate in the facility’s rotating nursing on‑call schedule.
- Must have attended a nursing program at an accredited college, university, or vocational school.
- Must have an active RN/LVN license in the state of Texas.
- Preferred to have Wound Care Certification.
- Previous experience in skilled nursing is preferred.
The physical demands described here are representative but not necessarily all-inclusive of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to effectively communicate.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Lifting – 1‑25 lbs
- Lifting – 25‑50 lbs
- Lifting – 50+ lbs
- Carrying – 1‑25 lbs
- Carrying – 25‑50 lbs
- Carrying – 50+ lbs
- Pushing/Pulling – 1‑25 lbs
- Pushing/Pulling – 25‑50 lbs
- Pushing/Pulling – 50+ lbs
- Sliding/Transferring – 1‑25 lbs
- Sliding/Transferring – 25‑50 lbs
- Sliding/Transferring – 50+ lbs
- Standing
- Sitting
- Walking
- Speaking
- Driving
- Balancing/Climbing
- Stooping/Kneeling
- Crouching/Crawling
- Reaching
- Hearing/Listening
- Seeing
- Turning/Twisting/Leaning
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