WOUND NURSE - RN - CRITICAL CARE

WOUND NURSE - RN - CRITICAL CARE at ScionHealth summary:

The Wound Nurse - RN in Critical Care provides specialized nursing care for patients with complex wounds in a transitional care hospital setting. This role involves direct patient care, implementation of wound care policies, and consultation with clinical staff to enhance patient recovery. The Wound Nurse plays a crucial role in delivering high-quality critical care while ensuring a supportive and collaborative environment for healthcare professionals.

Description

What makes Kindred Healthcare a great place to work? Our people, of course! Our clinicians answer this special calling because they have a fundamental, internal drive to directly help people. In return, we serve, develop and respect our employees in environments created to optimize their job effectiveness, experience, and satisfaction. This is who we are.

Who are you? To succeed in our high-energy, high-reward environment, our clinicians provide compassionate critical care and deliver exceptional patient experiences , meaningful outcomes, and bonds for life.

As our most acute level of care, Kindred's transitional care hospitals offer the same critical care patients receive in a traditional hospital or intensive care unit , but for an extended recovery period. Our clinicians play a vital role in the recovery process for chronic, critically ill and medically complex patients .


As a Wound Care Clinician you will:

• Implement policies and procedures, along with standards of care and practice related to patient care needs involving various types of wounds.
• Provides direct patient care and assistance to staff nurses, and acts as consultative service regarding wound care to clinical staff.
• Performs wound care functions under the oversight of a Wound Care Coordinator.

Qualifications

As a Wound Care Clinician you will have:

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program leading to licensure as an Licensed Practical Nurse/Vocational Nurse (LPN/LVN) or Registered Nurse (RN).
• Current state Licensed Practical Nurse/Vocational Nurse (LPN/LVN) or Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• BCLS certification.
• Three (3) years nursing experience with experience as an acute care nurse.

Keywords:

Wound Care, Critical Care Nurse, Registered Nurse, Patient Care, Healthcare, Transitional Care, Nursing, Medical Complex Patients, BCLS Certification, Acute Care Nursing