Wound Care Nurse - Tomball, United States - Willow Creek Lodge

Description

Position Summary

Shift: 8a-5p M-F and On- Call Rotation

Responsible for establishing the standards of nursing care and clinical competencies to meet patient needs and prepares and delivers training programs to ensure clinical expertise

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

· Provides consultation for complex wound, ostomy, and incontinence patients according to referral needs

· Takes leadership role in development, coordination, and monitoring of agency's wound care program and monitors and works to improve clinical outcomes

· Adheres to wound care policies and procedures to include patient care protocols, documentation tools, and wound care formulary and facility referral criteria

· Provides basic wound care services, keeps other licensed clinical personnel informed on items related to wound care, ostomies, and incontinence

· Makes recommendation to the physician for changes to wound care orders and provides evidence based research support as needed

· Completes/updates the Electronic documentation as required

· Maintains and updates Nursing license in compliance with state regulations

· Performs other related duties as required or requested

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

· College degree or the equivalent in work related experience

· Must be graduate of an accredited school of Licensed Vocational Nursing

· Must have active state LVN license

· Must be listed in good standing as confirmed on Nurse Registry

· Strong knowledge of state, federal, and local regulations as they pertain to long term care is strongly preferred

· Must be able to communicate verbally and in writing in English

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

Physical Demands – Office

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms and pull/push; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds without assistance and pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus

Work Environment – Office

This job operates in a professional office environment with minimal exposure to dust, chemicals or noise. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.