Wound Care Nurse

Overview

Ready to make a real impact? Join Blue Heron Senior Living, where your career directly transforms lives every day. Our close-knit team of passionate professionals is united by a shared commitment to enhancing the lives of those we 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 role is valued here- because we know that your contribution directly shapes the quality of life for our residents.

As a member of our nursing team, you'll enjoy these exceptional benefits:

• Competitive starting wage with additional pay for experience
• $1,000 new employee referral program
• Daily Pay! Get paid on your schedule-daily access to your earnings whenever you need it.
• Monthly Celebrations and recognitions

The Wound Care Nurse 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 system of care that promotes sound, scientific infection prevention principles and practices. The Infection Preventionist is responsible for the facility's infection prevention and control program (IPCP), which is designed to provide a safe, sanitary, and comfortable environment and help prevent the development and transmission of communicable diseases and infections.

The Wound Care Nurse is a collaborative leader who partners with the Director of Clinical Services, Medical Director, and key stakeholders to establish evidence-based infection prevention practices and drive clinical excellence across the facility.
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.

The essential functions below represent the core responsibilities that define this role. You'll also have opportunities to contribute in additional ways based on facility needs.

Oversight of the IPCP, which includes, at a minimum, the following elements: A system for preventing, identifying, reporting, investigating, and controlling infections and communicable diseases for all residents, staff, volunteers, visitors, and other individuals providing services under a contractual arrangement based upon facility assessments and following accepted national standards.

Written standards, policies, and procedures for the program, which must include, but are not limited to:

• A system of surveillance designed to identify possible communicable diseases or infections before they can spread to other persons in the facility
• When and to whom possible incidents of communicable disease or infections should be reported;
• Standard and transmission-based precautions to be followed to prevent spread of infections;
• When and how isolation should be used for a resident; including but not limited to:
  • The type and duration of the isolation, depending upon the infectious agent or organism involved, and a requirement that the isolation should be the least restrictive possible for the resident under the circumstances.
• Oversight of clinical education for internal and external employees.
• The circumstances under which the facility must prohibit employees with a communicable disease or infected skin lesions from direct contact with residents or their food, if direct contact will transmit the disease; and the hand hygiene procedures to be followed by staff involved in direct resident contact.
• A system for recording incidents identified under the facility's IPCP and the corrective actions taken by the facility.
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