Licensed Practical Nurse Wound Care Assistant Team Lead

Genesis is one of the nation's leading providers of healthcare services from short-term to long-term care and a wide variety of living options and professional clinical services. We are changing how care is delivered by bringing together people like you -- passionate, highly skilled and motivated to make a difference. \n\n \n\nWhy Genesis?

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We provide career ladders, education and training opportunities so you can build a long and successful career with Genesis.\n*We Appreciate YOU! We value your contributions to the Genesis mission and vision and instill an environment of teamwork and enjoyment in working together. We recognize and celebrate our shared successes.\n*We are Committed to YOU!

We know you are the vital link between Genesis, our patients and residents! We inspire you to be your best self.\n*We Protect YOU! We take great pride in meeting or exceeding CDC and CMS standards.

\n\n \n\nThe Assistant Skin Health Team Lead, the Genesis title for a Wound Care Assistant, assists to develop and facilitate a person-centered team approach to patient/resident care related to the prevention and management of wounds within the nursing center. \n\n \n\nPosition Highlights\n*Report directly to a designated Skin Health Team Lead (SHTL) and the Director of Nursing (DON) with dotted line to the Nursing Home Administrator. \n*Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to effectively communicate with family members/responsible parties/authorized representatives and patients/residents regarding the prevention and management of skin and wounds as well as the change in patient/resident condition and overall residency experience.\n*Coordinate and lead weekly team wound rounds and post-meet-ups for follow up discussions.\n*Train staff in all areas related to skin and wound; such as aseptic technique, measuring and evaluating, recognizing wound types, skin checks, turning and positioning, treatments and interventions.\n*Along with the designated SHTL and DON communicate with appropriate staff and coordinate readiness for any potential patient/resident admissions with skin/wound needs.\n*Serve as 'Surface Specialist' (bed/chair), negative pressure wound therapy, and the incontinence and ostomy resource\n*Act as a clinical expert for skin, wound, and incontinent products and provide oversight for Durable Medical Equipment related to the prevention and management of wounds; such as surfaces, negative pressure.

\n\n*LPN *Completion of Skin Health Team Lead orientation training within 90 days of hire is required. *Must complete of Wound Basics within 90 days of hire. *Commitment to complete Advanced Wound Training and completion of a national accredited Wound Certification within 1 year of hire is a must.

For those hired with wound certification, completion of a fast-track hybrid program for regulatory wound care requirements will be provided\n\nEqual Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled