Wound Care Nurse - Rehab - Full Time

Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider—we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community.Wound Nurse – RNs are dynamic, fun, patient focused professionals who use their knowledge, skills and energy tocarry out the sacred task of helping others to heal – thereby bettering lives. Operating at San Juan Regional Medical Center.RequiredBehaviors:As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization:Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability, and Creative Vitalityask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.RequiredQualifications:Current New Mexico RN LicenseSufficient previous experience to perform dutiesPhysical demands – refer to Rehab Department description of physical demandsPreferredQualifications:WCC or WOCNDuties and Responsibilities:Approximately 75% of time spent performing Patient Care Duties and 25% spent performing Education Duties as assignedInterpretation of referrals & orders to check for appropriateness, indications and contraindicationsInitial evaluations / re-evaluations/ daily treatments are performed & documented in timely manner, may include but are not limited to:Medical diagnosis, medical history, objective physical/cognitive findings, measurable / functional / behavioral based patient goals, treatment plan, discharge plan, education and communication as indicatedDetermination of which tasks require the expertise and decision-making capacity of the Audiologist and must be personally rendered by the Audiologist and which tasks may be delegatedDelegation and instruction of the services to be rendered by the supportive personnel, including but not limited to specific treatment program with patient goals / plan, precautions, special problems or contraindicated proceduresEducation and instruction as indicated, including, but not limited to: patient, family, other staff, follow up facilitiesTransportation of patients as neededMaintain, gather, clean ,set up all equipment per facility policiesDaily record Keeping, including (but not limited to) assessments, evaluations, treatments, testing and charges, all communication/education provided (per facility / department policy)Performing Rehab Department and Facility tasks as requested by manager (i.e., CMS, Quality Data, IRF-PAI, Pre-Admission)Other duties as assignedEach employee is responsible for implementing SJRMC’s Service Standards into their daily work:Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and StewardshipPhysical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions:ALL Rehab Department jobs may place heavy physical demands on the employee. The amount of time that the employee is exposed to these demands will fluctuate, as there are uncontrollable variables inherent in healthcare: patient’s height and weight, patient’s level of cooperation and strength, specific clinical needs, etc.Physical Activities:All Rehab Department jobs may require lifting / pushing / pulling varying weights, may exceed two hundred (200) poundsActivities may include intermittent or prolonged: standing, walking, sitting, talking, hearing, using the hands to finger and feel, pushing, pulling, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching with arms, and smellingRepetitive motions may also be required, such as: wrist / hand movements, grasping, and finger dexterity (as in typing, writing, faxing, filing papers, etc.)Work Environment:The job requires exposure to the following environmental conditions: wet, humid conditions (not the weather), working near moving or mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock, risk of vibrationThe noise level will vary from very quiet to very loudSensory Requirements:The employee will need to be able to hear:alarms on equipment / fire alarms / overhead announcementspatients / families verbal discussionsinstructions / feedback from other healthcare providersThe employee will need to be able to:See and focus on close-up and distant objectsDistinguish colorsHave intact: peripheral vision and depth perception