Wound Care Coordinator

City/State:

New Rochelle, New York

Grant Funded:

No

Department:

SEC Nursing Administration

Work Shift:

Day

Work Days:

MON-FRI

Scheduled Hours:

7:30 AM-3:30 PM

Scheduled Daily Hours:

7.5 HOURS

Pay Range:

The Wound Care Nurse Coordinator will have the primary responsibility for supervising areas of Nursing Services which are related to wound care and nursing.

Job Profile Name: Wound Care Coordinator

Salary Range: $96,000- $140,000

Job Group & Family: Nursing\Nursing Management

QUALIFICATIONS: Previous experience in a Long Term Care Facility. Knowledge of Wound Care practices. New York State Licensed. Professional Nurse, minimum of Bachelor’s Degree, MDS Knowledge, Wound and Infection Control knowledge, Care Planning and Assessment knowledge.

GENERAL OBJECTIVES: To ensure residents receive wound care services in order to meet their highest practicable level of physical functioning.

RESPONSIBILITIES RELATED TO WOUND CARE:

-Assesses residents to determine their risk factors for contractures, skin breakdown and deterioration in ADL’s in order to develop a nursing rehab plan of care.

-Monitors the effectiveness of the plan of care through direct observations of care rendered and through weekly wound rounds/ reassessment.

-Develops a plan of care for each resident with a current pressure sore, or evaluated as high risk for the development of pressure sores.

-Provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary nursing and the interdisciplinary team in maintaining standards for professional nursing practice in the clinical setting.

- Coordinates and performs physician-ordered patient wound care following the wound care guidelines.

-Active role in identifying and addressing quality issues pertaining to development, prevention of wounds, and implementing corrective action and plans as necessary.

-Supports and maintains Nursing Services objectives and standards pertaining to Wound Care

-Completes Wound care, positioning audits, analysis of trends, etc. as assigned by the Quality Assessment and Assurance Coordinator.

-Maintains current list of residents with wounds and their treatments.

-Monitors EMR dashboard’s “Alerts” pertaining to Wound Assessments.

-Completes audits as assigned by the Quality Assessment and Assurance Coordinator.

-Participates in all conferences and meetings.

-Performs any and such duties related to the effective and efficient operation of the institution as may be assigned by the Nursing Services Administration Staff.

Schaffer Extended Care Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. Schaffer Extended Care Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.