Wound Care Nurse RN​/LPN

Amelia Rehab and Healthcare Center, located in Amelia Court House, VA, is a Long Term Care facility that provides quality care to our residents. Join a growing team of successful, happy caregivers who are valued and appreciated. We are under new management and excited to offer an amazing new benefits package!

Benefits:

• New added bonuses and perks

• U earned it bonus

• PTO

• Paid orientation

• Very supportive management

• Health insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• 401 (k)

• Employee discounts

• Monthly gift cards (nursing staff, not management)

• Very High No Frills rates

• Same day pay option

• Employee Engagement program

• Staff appreciation lunches and give outs

• Company Swag

• Annual raises

• Opportunities for advancement

• Birthday pay ( nursing staff, not management)

• University partner, offering tuition assistance to staff and dependents

Now Hiring:

Wound care Nurse F/T

Summary/Objective:

In this role, you will develop and ensure the wound care plan specific for each patient in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team.

• Preserving the integrity of the skin by implementing and monitoring skin preservation strategies.

• Ensuring all wound and skin care protocols are approved by the medical staff.

• Participating multidisciplinary wound and skin rounds on a weekly basis for high risk patients and patients with current pressure ulcers and other significant wounds.

• Providing hands-on wound care for all difficult and non-healing wounds.

• Organize and implement the restorative program.

• Ensuring all regulatory requirements are met.

Qualifications:

• Current State License as an RN/LPN

• LTC/SNF experience preferred

NOW HIRING:
Full Time Wound Care Nurse

Summary/Objective
In keeping with our organization’s goal of improving the lives of the Residents we serve, the Wound/Treatment Nurse plays a critical role in providing superior customer service and nursing care to all Residents. The Wound Nurse is responsible for performing skin treatments for all Residents under their care. This position will obtain treatment orders from attending physicians and assist with modifying the treatment regimen in accordance with established policies and procedures.

The Treatment Nurse will provide supervision of staff and will safeguard the health, safety and welfare of all Guests under their care by following applicable laws, regulations, and established nursing policies and procedures.

Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

DAILY

Complete a Head to Toe body audit on all new admissions and re-admissions to ensure that all open areas have been identified by the admitting nurse. Please ensure that skin sheets, treatment orders written and preventative measures put in place (T&P, specialty mattress, heels up ordered or boots).

-Review residents that have been identified to have new skin alterations and ensure implementation of skin sheet, treatment, specialty mattress, Braden scale updated, T&P orders, heels up orders or boots (if applicable) and initiate care plan (UM).

WEEKLY

-Update skin sheets every 7 days. Please choose a particular day and ensure updated by close of business on that day.

-Unit Managers to update care plans weekly for pressure and non-pressure areas. Care plans to be updated every week by Fridays.

-Wound Report sent to VP of Clinical Services by Thursday will the % of Center Acquired Pressure Ulcers. Remember that our company goal is to have 3% or less.

-Treatments are to be completed by Wound Nurse to:
Vascular, Surgical, Pressure of stage 2 or greater Monday-Friday.

-Skin Tears, stage 1 need to be treated by the Charge Nurse Monday-Friday with completion of the skin sheets weekly. It is the Unit Manager and Wound nurse’s responsibility to ensure that these skin sheets are being completed by the charge nurse weekly. UM’s need to remind Charge Nurse of the weekly responsibility that day and check the following day for completeness.

ON-GOING

-Wound Nurses responsibility is to help Prevent wounds. Daily Education to the staff: reminders to T&P residents (in wheelchairs, geri-chairs and in bed),…