Wound Nurse

POSITION SUMMARY: Responsible for overall care of assigned residents and supervision of direct care staff in the community.MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:Current, valid RN or LPN license.Experience in long-term healthcare preferred.Strong communication and interpersonal skills needed, both verbal and written documentation.POSITION DUTIES:Help implement and evaluate care plans for individual care of each resident.Maintains appropriate nursing service objectives, goals, and standards of nursing practices.Receive, transcribe, and implement physician’s orders in a timely manner.Reports required condition changes, events to appropriate parties.Administers medication/treatments as prescribed.Monitors infection control compliance.Investigates/documents accidents/incidents.