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Desert Care Network

Wound Treatment Nurse

Desert Care Network, Joshua Tree, California, United States, 92252

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Wound Treatment Nurse Join our dedicated healthcare team where compassion meets innovation! As a Registered Nurse with us, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patients' lives while enjoying a supportive work environment that fosters professional growth and work-life balance. Ready to be a vital part of our mission? Apply today and bring your passion for nursing to a place where it truly matters!

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance

401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match

Generous paid time off

Career development and continuing education opportunities

Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts

Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program

Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance

Primary Duties

Start's IVs and obtains blood samples.

Updates care plans as needed.

Communicates the need for equipment or supplies to Charge RN or Unit Secretary.

Completes assigned admission documentation and assessments.

Compiles and ensures others comply with all resident privacy and HIPAA requirements.

Ensures CNAs complete assigned resident care tasks.

Participates in monthly recapitulation process as requested.

Ensures DPAC/Advance Directive wishes are carried out in accordance with policy and procedure.

Provides resident and family education and training as assigned documentation.

Participates in resident Care Plan meetings and ensures care plans are appropriate and up-to-date.

Participates in Nutrition/Weight/Wound meetings.

Assesses weekly measure of wounds.

Contacts MDs for appropriate treatment orders.

Assesses new admits.

Ensures orders are appropriate for treatment C/P skin problems.

Treatment nurse responsible for the "m" section of the MDS.

Orders specialty beds appropriate to criteria of wounds.

Measures decubitus weekly, preferably on Sunday. Issues treatment if necessary, fills out decubitus reports, and distributes.

Shift Day

Job Type Full time

Position Summary Provides nursing and wound care on the SNF unit.

Physical Demands

Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching

Frequent prolonged standing/walking

Heavy physical effort (lift/carry up to 50 lbs)

Manual dexterity mobility

Lifts, positions, and/or transfers residents.

Working Conditions

Contact with residents/patients/visitors under a wide variety of circumstances

May be exposed to infectious/contagious diseases

Regularly exposed to risk of blood borne diseases

Requires judgment/actions that could result in the death of a resident.

Minimum Education/Certification/Experience

Current California Registered Nurse License (RN) or Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)

BLS Certification

IV/Phlebotomy certification an advantage.

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