American Medical Associates -
Currently seeking an Infection Control/Wound Care Nurse for a skilled nursing facility located in Piketon, OH
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Salary: $75K (Based on Experience)
Qualifications
- Must have prior experience as a Wound Care Nurse
- Must have an Ohio RN License
- Must have Infection Control experience
- Must have experience in long-term care/ skilled nursing experience
- Must have excellent communication and leadership skills
Responsibilities
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- Works in conjunction with the DNS in supervising the restorative nursing, and wound care programs.
- Monitor and assess any new skin observation alerts.
- Performs resident assessments for appropriateness of resident's care with regard to infection control and adherence to isolation policies and procedures.
- Performs clinical rounds for surveillance to verify the status of residents, treatment, and necessary follow-up for care needs and staff development.
- Surveillance rounds to examine the environmental factors that may impact infection control issues.
- Review lab reports and follow-up procedures.
- Performs surveillance rounds to ensure that nursing personnel is performing in accordance with infection control procedures and standards.
- Investigates outbreaks of infection and assesses presence/absence of cross-contamination, and related data.
- Evaluate data for indicators of cause of infection.
- Interacts with nursing and laboratory personnel to coordinate and facilitate services.
- Ensures the exchange of essential information necessary for quality resident care in the area of infection control.
- Acts as a liaison with the local public health department in reporting infectious disease/infections as defined in the Infection Control Manual.
- Maintains all documentation as required by Federal and State regulations, and Company policy.
- Attends Infection Control Committee meetings as a part of QAA meetings and gives a summary of infections as to type and number of infections acquired by residents and/or employees