Wound Care Nurse

Memorial Medical Nursing and Rehabilitation is searching for a Wound Care Nurse to join our team!

We deliver outstanding care as well as foster strong employee bonds. We offer short-term to long-term care and a variety of living options and professional clinical services. We are changing how care is delivered by bringing together people like you: compassionate, highly skilled, and motivated to make a difference!

The primary purpose of the position is to ensure the highest quality of resident care available, support staff and establish a positive reputation in the community while delivering on the Values of wellness, compassion, customer experience and company results.

Responsibilities:

• Observation of each patient and immediately reporting noted changes in their condition to the Program/Health Director
• Monitoring and recording routine vital signs and weights
• Provision of restorative or rehabilitative nursing services including bowel and bladder routines management and follow through of restorative programs developed by physical, occupational and/or speech therapies
• Provision of direction and assistance to program aides assisting with personal care; incontinency care and maintenance of supplies related to same
• Provision of prophylactic skin care to avoid impaired skin integrity
• Provision of nail care
• Use of infection control/prevention techniques in the rendering of care
• Observance of participant diets/diet restrictions as prescribed by physician
• Direct daily meal service to ensure participants receive meals accurately and timely, with assistance provided as needed
• Report inadequacies in dietary or fluid intake to the Program/Health Director;
• Assist in the provision of emergency care
• Check participant clothing, incontinency and personal care supplies and obtain same to ensure adequacy of amounts on hand
• Passing of medications as assigned with the guidelines as assigned under state regulations

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Must be a RN/ LVN in good standing in state employed, or able to become state certified in the state you are employed in.
• Successful completion of a training and competency evaluation program required
• Completion of orientation required by company policy.
• Health screening and TB test (if required) within two weeks of employment.
• Mandatory drug test within 90 days of hire.
• Must be free of criminal activity proven by a criminal background check.
• Show within three (3) days of hire satisfactory evidence of identity and eligibility for employment.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance