The Pavilion Rehabilitation and Nursing Center -
Wound Care Nurse is seeking a compassionate and professional Wound Care Nurse to work in coordination with the DON to support the nursing department functions of our rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility.
As a Wound Nurse, you can take advantage of a unique opportunity to help us reach our goal of becoming a premier facility.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE WOUND CARE NURSE :
- Ensure that all nursing personnel in our facility comply with established standards, practices, and regulatory requirements for the highest quality of resident care.
- Support the development and implementation of nursing department budgets in coordination with the facility administration.
- Implementing compliance and quality improvement policies, programs and procedures.
- Is responsible for surveillance, rounding, analyzing, interpreting and the reporting of healthcare-associated infections
- Supports the development of evidence-based organizational infection prevention policies / standards that meet state, federal, regulatory and accrediting agencies standard
- Leads in infection prevention and serves as a resource, educator, researcher and proponent of change in order to influence infection prevention improvement to provide quality health care within the organization
REQUIREMENTS OF WOUND CARE NURSE :
- As the Wound Nurse, you must possess strong interpersonal communication skills and the ability to deal effectively with patients, families, physicians, community resources, and the general public.
- Associate degree in Nursing or higher from an accredited school of nursing.
- Must have a valid OH Nursing license
- Minimum 3 years’ experience as a Wound Nurse preferred, Unit Manager / Nursing Supervisor in Long Term Care experience may be considered
3 days ago