Registered Nurse; RN; Wound Care

Registered Nurse (RN, Outpatient Wound Care

Fulltime:
Days

Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm

No nights, weekends or Holidays

Frye Regional Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health , a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Registered Nurse (RN) joining our team, you are embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier . Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

• Perform patient care within the scope of practice as an RN, keeping complete and accurate patient records related to assessment, treatments, and documentation of care in a timely manner.
• Assist in the coordination of wound care patients.
• Assist in the day-to-day operation of the wound care program.
• Maintain competencies, continuing education, and certifications appropriate to the position.
• Participate in quality assurance programs as requested by the Clinical Manager and/or Director.
• Participate in the safety program.
• Participate in the discussion and review of articles in the field of wound care.
• Assessment:
• Assess wound care patients within the guidelines of institutional policy.
• Assess the patient’s level of functioning on admission, transfer, and discharge, differentiating findings from defined limits of normal.
• Use professional judgment in day-to-day problem-solving and decision-making, seeking assistance from the Nurse Manager/Clinical Coordinator and peers as needed.
• Assist others.
• Assess a patient's educational needs and develop a plan to meet these needs.
• Assess discharge needs and communicate to team members.

• Follow the plan of care in collaboration with the patient care team.
• Review discharge care with patient/family/physician and other team members.
• Intervention:
• Administer medications and treatments according to patient needs, physician orders, and policies, consistent with the scope of care for an RN.
• Participate in patient/family conferences as a member of the patient care team.
• Utilize patient teaching to provide new information to the patient/family according to policy.
• Collaborate with the Nurse Manager, Clinical Coordinator, physician, and other caregivers to provide effective patient care.
• Document care in appropriate forms and the EHR in a timely manner.
• Ensure patients and their families are aware of team members’ roles and introduce the care team on admission.
• Delegate tasks appropriately to team members.
• Evaluation:
• Evaluate the patient’s response to treatment using knowledge of disease process and the patient’s story.
• Evaluate the patient’s progress on the plan of care. o Evaluate patients continued learning needs and provide feedback to the Nurse Manager
• Other Responsibilities:
• Demonstrate flexibility in meeting the staffing needs of the program.
• Utilize staffing and scheduling guidelines to identify staffing needs.
• Participate in new employee orientation.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Maintain clinical expertise in the area of specialty.
• Participate in performance improvement activities.

A Registered Nurse (RN) who excels in this role:

• Accurately performs patient assessments and identifies patient needs
• Identifies and initiates appropriate nursing interventions
• Provides care appropriate to condition and age of the patient
• Performs timely and appropriate documentation relating to medical necessity in the medical record
• Responsible for completion and revision of the Interdisciplinary Care Plan for each patient
• Performs timely and accurate QI assessments

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