Wound Care Coordinator - RN
Company: Genesis HealthCare
Location: Philadelphia
Posted on: November 16, 2024
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Job Description:
DO YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH? COME JOIN A GROWING
TEAM AND MAKE A DIFFERENCEADVANCE YOUR NURSING CAREER WITH US
TODAY!Chapel Manor Center is hiring a Full-Time Wound Care RN -
-Genesis is one of the leading providers of healthcare services
from short-term to long-term care and a wide variety of living
options and professional clinical services. We are changing how
care is delivered by bringing together people like you --
passionate, highly skilled and motivated to make a
difference.Here's your opportunity Registered Nurses to lead the
change and join a nursing community of skin health professionals.
At Genesis, we strive to achieve world class skin health and wound
care. We believe that skin is the outward measure of our patients'
health and a nursing centers' overall health too. That's why we are
looking for compassionate, motivated RNs with a wound focus to
integrate and lead a patient-centered team approach for skin health
and wound care.In this highly specialized position with a strong
emphasis on education, you will collaborate with nursing center
management and staff along with clinical leadership, Wound
Specialists (NWS), vendors and others to effectively communicate
with patients and their families regarding the prevention and
management of skin and wounds. You will also support central supply
serving as the clinical expert for skin, wound, and incontinent
products and provide oversight for durable medical equipment
related to the prevention and management of wounds.Position
Highlights*Lead and integrate a fully developed Skin Health and
Wound management program.*Use Evidenced Based Guidelines*Own access
to a robust formulary for all skin and wound
interventions/treatment categories.*Possess advanced technology for
wound photography with automated incident/prevalence reporting
available - no additional paperwork! *Obtain immediate skin/wound
training, support and coaching by national wound specialists.
*Ability to actively engage in enhancing the skin and wound
program.*Collaborate, integrate and support nursing center skin and
wound efforts with an interdisciplinary team to include nursing,
therapy, dietitians and others!*Advance your skill set with
advanced internal skin and wound trainings. *Participate in a bonus
program for achieving nursing center skin health and pressure
injury prevention goals and objectives. *Receive reimbursement for
wound certification and annual fees.*Work a desirable Monday-Friday
dayshift schedule (as part of a nursing center team, occasional
evening/weekend hours may be required).Why Genesis? We improve the
lives we touch through the delivery of high-quality healthcare and
everyday compassion!*We Care Deeply about YOU! Guided by our Core
Values, Code of Conduct and Ethics program, we foster a culture of
care and compassion. We focus on improving the quality of care
through creativity and innovation, honesty and integrity in all we
do.*We Develop YOU! We provide career ladders, education and
training opportunities so you can build a long and successful
career with Genesis.*We Appreciate YOU! We value your contributions
to the Genesis mission and vision and instill an environment of
teamwork and enjoyment in working together. We recognize and
celebrate our shared successes.*We are Committed to YOU! We know
you are the vital link between Genesis, our patients and residents!
We inspire you to be your best self.SHARETLSHQualifications:*Must
possess a RN license (MPT/DPT with leadership review/approval)
*Must complete Skin Health Team Lead orientation training and Wound
Basics within 90 days of hire *Commitment to attend monthly support
calls is required. *Must have national accredited wound
certification(CWS, CWCN, WCC, CWON, WOC, AWCC)or be committed to
complete Advanced Wound Training and national accredited Wound
Certification within 1 year of hire (For those hired with wound
certification, completion of a fast-track hybrid program for
regulatory wound care requirements will be provided) *Clinical
experience in a skilled nursing setting is strongly preferred.
*Discharge planning experience is strongly preferred. *Knowledge
and experience with clinical charting, incident reporting and
investigation response is required. *Must have a strong knowledge
base of acceptable standards of care for nurses, providers,
therapists, dietitians, and others on the nursing center team.
*Experience in team building and demonstrating respect for the
interprofessional team in wound management. *Must have knowledge of
national wound guidelines and wound products. *Knowledge of nursing
home regulations and survey process is required. *Strong Microsoft
Word, Excel, Database Management, PowerPoint skills are required. -
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Keywords: Genesis HealthCare, Lower Merion , Wound Care Coordinator - RN, Healthcare , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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