Description

The Center at Tucson is looking for a full time LPN or RN/Wound Care Nurse to join their team

This is a salaried position typically scheduled Monday-Friday; however, must be flexible at times to work on the weekends as needed.

Wound care experience is required.

Salary starts at $66,500 dependent on experience.

About Us:

The Center at Tucson is a skilled nursing facility that serves patients needing physical rehabilitation and/or complex nursing care. Our highly qualified, caring staff provides care in a beautiful, hotel like atmosphere to help our patients achieve strength and functionality. Skilled-nursing care, family involvement, psychological care and discharge planning complement a well-rounded, individualized program and encourages each patient’s transition to their highest functional level. With state of the art equipment and unparalleled comfort and amenities, our physician-driven care plan is designed to maximize the quality of our care.

Why Join Our Team?

• We offer beautiful, new, state of the art facilities
• Physician driven care plans designed to maximize the quality of care
• We offer an environment that encourages team involvement and fosters new ideas
• PTO
• 401k matching
• Medical, dental, vision, along with the other ancillary benefits

Job Summary: The Wound Nurse is responsible for providing wound care to the residents. Such care must be delivered in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern our facility, and as may be required by the Director of Nursing Services designee.

Essential Job Functions:

• Evaluates, measures, and stages all pressure/vascular ulcers and wounds upon or within 24 hours of development, admission/readmission or the next schedule work day
• Coordinates and conducts wound rounds. Completes documentation in the medical record and provides a summary report to the Director of Nursing.
• Communicates the status of wounds when treatment measures require re-evaluation due to non-healing, deterioration and/or improvement.
• Performs wound treatments/surgical dressings as needed evaluate current status or as necessary to provide continuity with resident wound management.
• Makes resident rounds, observes and monitors care rendered by nursing assistants and Licensed Staff; provide staff with orientation training and on-going guidance and support related to wound and skin breakdown prevention and management and infection prevention and control measures.
• Provides ongoing and periodic individual and group staff education regarding the prevention of skin breakdown, wound treatment measures and infection control, in concert with the Nursing Management and Staff Development.
• Review MDS documentation, care plans and nursing documenting for accuracy as assigned.
• Works as part of health care team to evaluate resident needs, plan and modify care in conjunction with the Interdisciplinary Team, participates in the implementation of interventions and assists other licensed nurses and nursing assistants in an effort to provide optimal and quality care and services.

Qualifications

Education:

• Must possess, as a minimum, a Nursing Degree from an accredited college or university

Specific Requirements

• Must possess a current, unencumbered, active license to practice as an RN or LPN/LVN in this state
• Wound care certification is required
• Must possess a current and valid CPR certification and fingerprint clearance card
• Must pass a pre-employment background check and drug test