WOUND CARE REGISTERED NURSE, Per Diem

Responsibilities When it comes to choosing a hospital, one thing is clear : quality and convenience count. Northern Nevada Medical Center's tradition of providing quality healthcare in a comfortable, accessible environment means peace of mind for the thousands of patients served by the hospital each year.

Northern Nevada Medical Center is a -bed acute care hospital located on 23 hillside acres at E. Prater Way in Sparks, Nevada.

What we at Northern Nevada Medical Center value :

• Compassion : We treat everyone with kindness and warmth because we genuinely care about every patient, employee and physician like they are family.
• Empathy : We put ourselves in our patient’s shoes and deliver clinical care with a personalized touch.
• Teamwork : We foster a caring and friendly work environment to bring the best possible outcomes in our patient’s lives.
• Quality : We strive to provide excellence in clinical care.
• Ethics : We conduct our business with the highest ethical and moral standards.
• Respect : We promise to honor the dignity, individuality and rights of everyone.
• Service Excellence : We provide personalized and professional service that exceeds the expectations of those we serve.
• Innovation : We continually invest in technology and process improvements to develop new and better ways of delivering clinical care.

Website : This Wound Care Registered Nurse opportunity is per diem and offers a convenient varied shift schedule. This dynamic Wound Care Nurse will coordinate treatment to provide comprehensive wound assessments and plan of care including goals, implementation of treatment, evaluation and outcomes for patients throughout the organization.

Provides patient, family and staff education regarding wound management, prevention of pressure ulcers, support surfaces, dressing selections and other therapies.

Is a resource person for physicians, wound team and clinical staff? Additionally is able to perform general nursing duties in all departments with adequate supervision.

Participates in performance improvement plan of the organization. Job Duties / Responsibilities : Perform wound assessment, reassessment and management for all patients and per policy.

This includes neonate, pediatric, geriatric and the general population. Develops skin care programs to prevent skin breakdown of patients Develop and implement policies and procedures to manage patients with draining wounds, fistulae and / or tubes;

wound prevention, wound care, ostomy care and incontinence Adequately assess and reassess pain. Utilizes appropriate pain management techniques.

Educates the patient and family regarding pain management. Benefits for full and part time employees : Challenging and rewarding work environment Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans (K) with company match and discounted stock plan Career development opportunities within UHS and its + Subsidiaries! More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website : benefits.

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