Elevate Care Chicago North Hiring for Wound Care Nurse RN LPN at Chicago, Illinois Full Time

Join the Elevate Care family ! We are seeking a Wound Care Nurse with competitive wages, flexible scheduling, medical benefits, and a Sign-on Bonus available, we invite you to join our dedicated team!

Are you a Registered Nurse or a Licensed Practical Nurse looking for a meaningful opportunity? Good news! You came to the right place.

At Elevate Care, YOU are our greatest asset! We offer these competitive benefits:

• Sign-on Bonus

• Competitive wage

• OT Available

• Affordable Health Plan (Medical, Dental and Life insurance available)

• We provide your PPE.

• 24/7 on-call clinical and scheduling support

• Meaningful and rewarding work environment

  Description:

  The Wound Care Nurse is responsible for providing primary skin care to residents under the medical direction and supervisor of the residents’ attending physician, the Director of Nursing, or the Medical Director of the facility, with an emphasis on treatment and therapy of skin disorders.

  Responsibilities for Wound Care Nurse:

• Confer with the Director of Nursing and/or other licensed nursing personnel regarding the dermatologic disorders of residents in the facility

• Examine the resident and his/her records and charts, and discriminate between normal and abnormal findings, in order to recognize when to refer the resident to a physician for evaluation, supervision, or directions

• Provide assessment and diagnostic services to residents. Perform an assessment evaluation using techniques including observation, inspection, and palpation

• Initiate requests for consultation or referral. Respond to requests from the resident, physician, or nursing staff

• Identify, manage, and treat specific skin disorders and primary and secondary lesions, such as skin abrasions, foot problems such as corns and callouses, decubitus ulcers, bacterial, parasitic and viral skin infections, scaling popular diseases, and benign tumors

• Assist in resident rehabilitation activities. Where require, perform range of motion, assist in ambulation, provide emotional support. Monitor the results of physical therapy activities.

• Provide preventative health care services. Make recommendations to the resident concerning nutrition, prevention of common skin disorders, etc.,

• Make written and oral reports/recommendations to the attending physician, Medical Director, or the DON concerning the status and care of the residents

• Implement and maintain established policies and procedures relative to skin care treatments. Interpret these to the physician, resident family members, and public as appropriate

• Performs other duties as assigned

  Qualifications for Wound Care Nurse:

• LPN/RN with current unencumbered state licensure.

• Wound Certification from accredited institution preferred.

• Must have, as a minimum, two (2) years of experience as an LPN/RN

• Must have proof of Covid-19 vaccination ( Religious and/or Health Exemptions May be Available for Qualifying Employees)

  Elevate Care is a fully integrated post-acute care consortium offering 24-hour skilled nursing care, short-term rehabilitation, post-hospital recovery and many more clinical specialized programs. We not only provide the highest quality of care, we take it to the next level. Elevate Care is well known for our commitment to our employees, offering outstanding ongoing training and development, career advancement opportunities, competitive pay rates, generous compensation packages and much more.

  Elevate Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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