Registered Nurse Clinical Supervisor - Wound Care

Overview

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion, and community! Knapp Medical Center, a member of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

Knapp Medical Center is an award-winning, not-for-profit hospital in Weslaco, Texas. With 227 beds, the community hospital specializes in emergency care, orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecology, wound care, surgery, cardiology, gastroenterology, critical care, and interventional radiology. Knapp serves as the only acute care hospital in the Mid-Valley area, as well as Weslaco's only Level III Trauma Center, Advanced Primary Stroke Center, and Level II Newborn Nursery. Knapp has been providing quality and compassionate healthcare to Mid-Valley residents for 60 years. More than 300 physicians serve on the hospital's medical staff. Knapp also serves as one of the largest employers in the Mid-Valley, employing more than 450 people. For more information, please call 956-968-8567 or visit

Responsibilities

The Registered Nurse/Clinical Supervisor provides direct care in the outpatient wound care clinic as well as manages the clinical program from a staffing, PI and HR perspective and may also provide direct care in the acute inpatient setting. Communicates with providers, supervises clinical and hyperbaric staff, as appropriate regarding changes in the patient’s treatment, clinical condition including results of diagnostic studies. Has the ability to respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

1. Must have current and valid license as a Registered Nurse issued by the state.

2. BCLS (AHA) upon hire and maintain current.

3. Previous acute care hospital experience preferred.

4. Previous wound care/hyperbaric knowledge and or experience preferred (1 Year).

5. Wound Care certification within first two years of hire.

6. Wound, Ostomy, Continence (WOC) Certification preferred

Employment Status

Full Time

Shift

Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

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