Wound Care Nurse- Weekend
Company: Westmoreland Health and Rehab Center
Location: Knoxville
Posted on: March 6, 2025
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Job Description:
Westmoreland Health and Rehabilitation Center is seeking a Wound
Care Nurse to join our family!All Your Needs. All Our
Hearts.Westmoreland located in beautiful Knoxville, Tennessee is
the second largest facility of its kind in the city. This
healthcare center offers care for our residents and patients who
rely on us for life enrichment and quality of care.We offer an
array of employment opportunities for all types of professional
interests. We offer competitive wages and benefits, tuition
assistance and professional advancement programs.The Healthcare
Center offers Respite Care, continuing Long-term Care, Memory Care,
and Rehabilitation. Westmoreland has been a valuable part of the
community for the past 40 years.Location: 5837 Lyons View Pike,
Knoxville TN 37919Compensation: $35-$40 per hour (RN) / $26-$29
(LPN)Your Role in the CompanyYou will understand the anatomy and
physiology associated with the body's ability to compensate and
heal. Science will drive our therapeutic treatments. Skin integrity
will occur because your scientific mind will lead to practical
solutions for our patient's recovery. Your skin technique assures
patient comfort.Assessing is critical to proper intervention. Our
nursing team will rely on you to understand and treat skin in the
most effective ways. You are familiar with the latest innovation
surrounding wound management, and you are a natural teacher to our
nurses who are introduced only to the basics in their professional
education.In your role, you will take the complexity of wound
prevention and healing and apply it to patient care. Your
experience in wound care brings added value to the
interdisciplinary team who pride themselves on exemplary quality
care. The team will rely on your documentation, not only as it
relates to treatment, but also, to educate families. Your presence
in quality assurance and risk prevention programs is
critical.Healing is bound to the basics. Positioning, diet, and
bowel and bladder functions influence the likelihood of healthy
skin. So does compliance. Your ability to intervene with proven
solutions will be revealed in patient outcomes.Sometimes there is
pain in recovery only minimized by our patients trust and reliance
on you. Comfort care is uniquely associated with progressive
degenerative diagnosis. Defining comfort care comes from your
wisdom and heart.Care and compassion will embody your healing
hands.Apply Now! We are looking for the perfect you.Elements of the
PositionAbility to perform wound assessment, reassessment and
management for all patients and per policy. This includes neonate,
pediatric, geriatric, and the general population.Knowledge of the
anatomy and physiology and disorders of the gastrointestinal,
genitourinary and dermal systems.Utilizes principles of current
wound management theory when providing care to patients with acute
andchronic wounds.Demonstrates thorough knowledge of staging system
of wounds.Develops skin care programs to prevent skin breakdown of
patients.QualificationsGraduate of an accredited school of nursing
with current state licensure as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or
Registered Nurse (RN).Minimum of two (2) years' experience in
medical/surgical, rehabilitation nursing. Certified Wound, Ostomy
and Continence Nurse (CWOCN) or Certified Wound Care Nurse (CWCN)
essential.Must be well motivated, organized, and able to prioritize
multiple tasks.Must be able to interact effectively with a wide
variety of people.Excellent communication skills. Able to serve as
an example to other employees.Ability to learn & train.C ourage and
Commitment to Exceed ExpectationsO ptimistic about our FutureM
otivate Yourself and OthersP atient Hearts Giving Passionate CareA
chieve Success with IntegrityS ervant Leadership, Valued EmployeesS
trength Through PerseveranceI nspired ExcellenceO neness with
TeamworkN urture with Loving KindnessWe are an Equal Employment
Opportunity Employer. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform
pre-employment substance abuse testing. All your information will
be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. WES-CMP
Keywords: Westmoreland Health and Rehab Center, Knoxville , Wound Care Nurse- Weekend, Other , Knoxville, Tennessee
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