Wound Care Nurse

Wound Care Nurse (RN/LPN)

The primary purpose of the Wound Care Nurse is to provide each of your residents with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with each resident's assessments and care plan and as may be directed by your supervisors. The distinctive role of a Wound Care Nurse is a nurse who specializes in the care of patients with wounds, ostomies, or continence disorders. Nurses in wound care management work with patients who have gastrointestinal stomas for feeding tubes or colostomy bags, skin ulcers, drains, surgical incisions, or pressure sores.

Wound Care Nurse Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Directs the day-to-day functions of the nursing assistants in accordance with current rules, regulations and guidelines that govern the long-term care facility
• Evaluates the skin surface of at-risk patients such as bed ridden elderly individuals to prevent decubitus ulcers
  Provides treatment protocols to ward off skin irritation and infection for wounds that may not heal well, because of other medical problems, such as diabetes or poor circulation
• Ensures that all nursing personnel assigned to you comply with the written policies and procedures established by this facility
• Cooperates with other resident services when coordinating nursing services to ensure that the resident's total regimen of care is maintained
• Performs administrative duties such as completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, etc., as necessary
• nterprets restorative care policies and procedures to personnel, residents, family members, etc., as necessary
• Assists the Administrator and/or HR Director in the recruitment and selection of competent restorative care personnel
• Provides direct nursing care as necessary and as department needs may dictate.
• Ensures that all restorative care notes are informative and descriptive of the treatment provided and of the resident's response to the care

Wound Care Nurse Education and Experience Requirements:

• Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse in the state of MI
• Previous experience in long-term care is preferred
• Compassionate and empathetic personality
  
  Villa Healthcare provides long and short-term skilled nursing care. At Villa, we are committed to personalized, integrated care that factors in the total well-being of every guest and their family members, and that does not just meet, but exceeds, their expectations. As part of this empathetic, respectful culture of care, we are dedicated to meeting individual preferences and needs in order to help each guest feel at home and achieve an optimal health outcome - our number one goal. We don't just offer care for you - we care about you.

This description has been prepared to assist individual VILLA Facilities in evaluating various classes of responsibilities, skills, and working conditions. Facilities are independent Limited Liability Companies are free to amend or promulgate other guidelines. This job description indicates the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty required of positions given this classification. It is not intended as a complete list of specific duties and responsibilities. Nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under supervision. Nothing contained herein is intended or shall be construed to create or constitute a contract of employment or establish employment at will between any employee or group of employees and the facility. The facility retains and reserves any and all rights to change, modify, amend, add to or delete from any section of this document as it deems, in its judgment, to be proper.

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