Wound Nurse (LPN​/RN

WOUND CARE AND INFECTION PREVENTION NURSE (RN/LPN)

Full-Time

Help residents heal, prevent complications, and experience a better quality of life.

Avalon View Health and Wellness is seeking an experienced and compassionate Wound Care and Infection Prevention Nurse to join our clinical team in Liberty, Missouri.

This full-time position is responsible for assessing, treating, monitoring, and documenting acute and chronic wounds while helping coordinate the community’s Infection Prevention and Control Program. The nurse will work closely with residents, families, nursing personnel, physicians, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team to support healing, reduce infection risks, and promote positive clinical outcomes.

Avalon View works with a wound care physician who visits the community weekly, providing an opportunity for ongoing clinical collaboration and coordinated treatment planning.

At Avalon View, our mission is grounded in honesty, transparency, integrity, and unwavering compassion. We believe every resident deserves to be informed, respected, and valued. If you are a detail-oriented nurse with wound care and infection prevention experience, we would like to meet you.

• Full-time position, 12 hour shift, rotating weekends
• RN or LPN candidates will be considered
• Pay based on licensure, qualifications, and relevant experience
• Schedule details will be discussed during the interview

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• $100 monthly company contribution to a Health Savings Account
• Daily Pay option
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Employer-paid life insurance equal to one times annual salary, up to $100,000
• Generous paid time off
• Personal Day benefit
• Guidance and assistance from a dedicated regional team

The Wound Care and Infection Prevention Nurse is responsible for coordinating resident wound care services and supporting facility-wide infection prevention practices.

This position conducts resident assessments, develops and updates individualized treatment recommendations, performs wound care procedures within the nurse’s authorized scope of practice, monitors healing, and communicates changes to physicians and other members of the clinical team.

The nurse also helps develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate infection prevention practices throughout the community in accordance with applicable federal and Missouri requirements, evidence-based guidance, and facility policies.

• Conduct comprehensive skin and wound assessments to identify wound type, location, measurements, stage, severity, drainage, surrounding skin condition, and signs of infection
• Develop and update individualized wound care recommendations based on resident needs, physician orders, and evidence-based practices
• Perform dressing changes, topical treatments, and other wound care procedures within the nurse’s authorized scope of practice
• Complete debridement only when authorized by licensure, training, physician orders, and facility policy
• Monitor residents for changes in wound condition, pain, skin integrity, and overall health status
• Promptly communicate significant changes or concerns to the attending physician, Director of Nursing, responsible party, and other appropriate members of the care team
• Collaborate with the visiting wound care physician and interdisciplinary team to coordinate treatment and support positive outcomes
• Monitor pressure injury prevention interventions, including positioning, pressure redistribution, nutrition, hydration, and incontinence-related skin care
• Review treatment supplies and help ensure necessary wound care products are available
• Educate residents, families, and nursing personnel about wound care, skin protection, pressure…