Wound Care Nurse (RN or LPN)

At Florissant Valley Health & Rehab, we deliver the highest quality of care for every resident through our most valuable asset: you. We seek compassionate and thoughtful individuals who share our passion for exceptional care in senior living. Florissant Valley Health & Rehab partners with a vast network of skilled nursing centers across 3 states to support our small team environment of caring professionals with the resources and benefits of a large enterprise. Your legacy of excellence begins when you join us at Florissant Valley Health & Rehab.

Pay, Benefits and Perks:

• Competitive Pay Based on Experience
• $8,000 Sign on Bonus for Qualified Applicants!
• Shift Differential Pay Available (at participating locations)
• Paid Time Off (PTO) + One Floating Holiday Per Year
• 401(k) plus Company Match
• Medical (Teledoc Included), Dental, Vision, and Life Insurances offered including other voluntary benefits
• Earned Wage Advances/Daily Pay - Get early access to earned wages anytime, anywhere. Access up to 50% of your earned net wages at any time during your pay period; small fees apply.
  
  
  

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Provide personal care to residents in a manner conductive to their safety and comfort consistent with Company Clinical Policies and Procedures as well as state/federal guidelines and regulations.
• Assesses, treats, and cares for patients with wounds such as pressure ulcers, ostomies, skin breakdowns or other wounds. Treatment tasks include wound debridement, cleaning, bandaging, and working with the care team to determine if other treatments are necessary or creating a plan to boost healing opportunity or preventing wound re-emergence.
• Assess residents on admission and document appropriately as condition changes.
• Ability to adequately assess and reassess residents’ pain, utilize appropriate pain management techniques, and education resident and family on pain management.
• Interpret test results and take appropriate action on results.
• Promote and support the greatest possible degree of independence for residents.
• Advise oncoming staff of resident’s status at beginning and end of shifts and properly documenting.
• Contribute knowledge of residents’ conditions and document observations as required.
• Promote a safe and clean hazard-free environment for residents, family members, and staff members.
• Assure equipment is clean and functional. Report any malfunctions to supervisor.
• Ability to function as a team leader and role model.
• Abide by the Company Clinical policies and procedures for Abuse Prevention.
• Notify physician of changes in resident’s condition and follow through until appropriate action is taken.
• Accurately and promptly implement physician orders.
• Follow through, as needed, on information given by shift report, resident or family regarding resident concerns.
• Implement plan of care for the resident based on assessments and goals as established by the interdisciplinary care team.
• Ability to react decisively and quickly in emergency situations.
• Perform other task and duties as assigned.
  
  
  

Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively with residents and
  
  
  

their family members, and at all levels of the organization

• Ability to react decisively and quickly in emergency situations
• Ethical practice
• Ability to communicate clearly
• Strong Professionalism
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
  
  
  

Requirements:

• Current LPN or RN State issued License
• WOCN certification in good standing
• Ability to read, write, and speak the English Language.
• Valid CPR Certification
• 1 year nursing experience in a Long-Term Care Facility
  
  
  

AAP/EEO Statement

Our facility provides equal employment opportunities. We are committed to complying with all state, federal, and local laws that prohibit discrimination in employment, including recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfers, compensation, benefits, training, programs, reductions in workforce, termination, and recall. Our facility strives to provide equal opportunity for employment to all individuals who are properly qualified and able to perform the duties of their employment, without regard to employees’ legally-protected characteristics (“protected class”) including: age, sex, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex stereotyping, or genetic information.

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