Treatment Nurse

Riverwalk Care Center in Porterville California is seeking energetic team members to join our family of healthcare providers. We are a recently acquired 99 bed building on a beautiful campus. We are located in the Central Valley in a small, rural, close-knit community. We strive to provide quality care to our short term and long term residents.

If you are compassionate and love to take care of people, then we invite you to consider us as your new employer. We are currently recruiting a Treatment Nurse, with an LVN licensure in the state of California, to join our team of professionals that pride themselves in quality care for our elderly residents. We are currently hiring qualified candidates for fulltime position for a 8 hour shift, Monday through Friday.

The ideal candidate would possess two years’ experience within the skilled nursing demographic, who is willing to and evaluate and extend treatment and at times total care, to designated residents, working alongside all nursing management to ensure best practice and optimal resident outcomes are achieved. This staff member will guide the skin program, seek interventions for improvement, collaborate with team members and practitioners, care plan, order supplies specific to treatment, and abide the needs and asks of the team.

The ability to work as floor nurse on occasion, if needed, is a must. POSITION DESCRIPTION Responsible for building referral source relationships in a variety of settings, such as hospitals, clinics, and senior-service related organization within the community. To build and grow census and quality mix by developing the market, working with acute care and other referral sources and providing prospective residents and/or responsible parties with appropriate information and assistance to choosing the nursing center QUALIFICATIONS

• Graduate of an approved Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse program and licensed in the state of practice, required.
• One-year experience providing specialized treatments in long term care setting.
• Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience in a Skilled Nursing Facility preferred.
• Current BLS/CPR certification (All SNFs; ALFs as required by state) RESPONSIBILITIES .
• Perform resident skin assessments, obtain treatment orders, administer treatment as ordered, and document appropriately to ensure that resident skin integrity is improved and/or maintained.
• Documents findings appropriately and contacts physician to make recommendations for new or revised treatment orders; Monitors the progress of wound healing and makes recommendations for changes as appropriate.
• Monitors the progress of wound healing and makes recommendations for changes as appropriate.
• Maintain records of pressure ulcers and skin alterations including risk assessment, prevention and minimizing activities; Performs and records weekly pressure ulcer assessment and measurement documentation; Identify and maintain effective methods to gather pressure ulcer and skin alteration related information; Calculates weekly / monthly pressure ulcer rates.
• Investigate and identify center practices and risk minimizing measures, including accurate completion of Braden risk scales on admission, implementation of preventive interventions.
• Monitor timely implementation of preventive interventions for at risk residents, including new admissions, individuals with skin alterations and individuals at risk for development of skin alterations.
• Educate newly hired nursing staff on Skin Practice Guide requirements and Skin Resource Library including wound assessments, preventive interventions, care planning, treatment selection options, documentation requirements and education resources available.
• Evaluate availability of needed supplies for wound care and coordinate ordering with central supply.
• Assist the Director of Nursing and medical director with case review for center acquired pressure ulcers.
• Monitor changes in state and federal regulations and current industry-standard practices; Keeps current with industry trends through ongoing specialized education in the area of skin and wound management
• Provide monthly, quarterly and annual reports including recommendations for changes in center practice for the Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Committee.
• Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or assigned at any time with or without notice.