Wound Care Nurse - Rehab - Full Time

Requirements

• WCC or WOCN
• Duties and Responsibilities:
• Approximately 75% of time spent performing Patient Care Duties and 25% spent performing Education Duties as assigned
• Interpretation of referrals & orders to check for appropriateness, indications and contraindications
• Initial evaluations / re-evaluations/ daily treatments are performed & documented in timely manner, may include but are not limited to:
• Medical diagnosis, medical history, objective physical/cognitive findings, measurable / functional / behavioral based patient goals, treatment plan, discharge plan, education and communication as indicated
• Determination of which tasks require the expertise and decision-making capacity of the Audiologist and must be personally rendered by the Audiologist and which tasks may be delegated
• Delegation and instruction of the services to be rendered by the supportive personnel, including but not limited to specific treatment program with patient goals / plan, precautions, special problems or contraindicated procedures
• Education and instruction as indicated, including, but not limited to: patient, family, other staff, follow up facilities
• Transportation of patients as needed
• Maintain, gather, clean ,set up all equipment per facility policies
• Daily record Keeping, including (but not limited to) assessments, evaluations, treatments, testing and charges, all communication/education provided (per facility / department policy)
• Performing Rehab Department and Facility tasks as requested by manager (i.e., CMS, Quality Data, IRF-PAI, Pre-Admission)
• O ther duties as assigned
• Each employee is responsible for implementing SJRMC's Service Standards into their daily work:
• Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship
• Physical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions:
• Physical Activities:
• All Rehab Department jobs may require lifting / pushing / pulling varying weights, may exceed two hundred (200) pounds
• Activities may include intermittent or prolonged: standing, walking, sitting, talking, hearing, using the hands to finger and feel, pushing, pulling, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching with arms, and smelling
• Repetitive motions may also be required, such as: wrist / hand movements, grasping, and finger dexterity (as in typing, writing, faxing, filing papers, etc.)
• Work Environment:
• The job requires exposure to the following environmental conditions: wet, humid conditions (not the weather), working near moving or mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock, risk of vibration
• The noise level will vary from very quiet to very loud
• Sensory Requirements:
• The employee will need to be able to hear:
• alarms on equipment / fire alarms / overhead announcements
• patients / families verbal discussions
• instructions / feedback from other healthcare providers
• The employee will need to be able to:
• See and focus on close-up and distant objects
• Distinguish colors
• Have intact: peripheral vision and depth perception

Benefits

Additional Information

Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider-we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community. Wound Nurse - RNs are dynamic, fun, patient focused professionals who use their knowledge, skills and energy to carry out the sacred task of helping others to heal - thereby bettering lives. Operating at San Juan Regional Medical Center. Required Behaviors: As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization: Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability, and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission. Required Qualifications: Current New Mexico RN License Sufficient previous experience to perform duties Physical demands - refer to Rehab Department description of physical demands

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