Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA): Wound Care I

ccf; Port Saint Lucie (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cleveland Clinic Health System is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA) in Wound Care I for Tradition Hospital located in Port St Lucie. This full-time position features a day shift from 8:00am to 5:00pm and supports the Wound Care and Cleveland Clinic Martin Health teams.

You will conduct comprehensive patient evaluations, develop individualized treatment plans, perform wound care procedures, order tests, educate patients, and participate in multidisciplinary rounds with physicians

Qualifications

• PA or NP license required for wound care practice.
• Experience in wound assessment and care planning preferred.
• Ability to order and interpret tests and coordinate care.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive assessments of patients with wounds, including history and examinations.
• Develop and implement evidence-based wound care plans.
• Perform wound care procedures such as debridement and dressing changes.
• Collaborate with physicians, nurses and other health professionals.
• Educate patients and families on wound care and prevention.
• Order and interpret diagnostic tests to guide decisions.

Skills

Wound care

Patient assessment

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Medical documentation

Education

Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner license

Job description

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives - beginning with our own. That's the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

Job Title

Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA): Wound Care I

Location

Port St Lucie

Facility

Tradition Hospital

Department

Wound Care-Cleveland Clinic Martin Health

Job Code

001134

Shift

Days

Schedule

8:00am-5:00pm

Job Details

Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner - Wound Care

Location: Cleveland Clinic Martin

Department: Vascular Surgery

Employment Type: Full-Time

Duties Include:

• Conduct comprehensive assessments of patients with acute and chronic wounds, including medical history, physical examination, and diagnostic testing.
• Develop and implement evidence-based treatment plans tailored to each patient's unique needs.
• Perform wound care procedures, such as debridement, dressing changes, compression therapy, and application of advanced wound care products.
• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate multidisciplinary care.
• Monitor and document wound healing progress, adjusting treatment plans as needed.
• Educate patients and their families on wound care management, prevention, and lifestyle modifications to support healing.
• Order and interpret diagnostic tests, including imaging and laboratory studies, to guide clinical decision-making.
• Prescribe medications, including antibiotics, pain management, and other treatments, in accordance with state regulations and hospital policies.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and stay current with advancements in wound care through continuing education and professional development.
• Ensure compliance with all hospital policies, procedures, and regulatory guidelines.

Additional Responsibilities:

Conducts thorough medical histories, performs complete physical examinations (where indicated), initiates appropriate lab, radiology tests or other special tests required for evaluation of illness, and scrutinizes lab data on new and former clinic patients and hospital admissions to establish a record of the patient's current health status and to develop a working diagnosis and treatment plan.

Must be able to work with collaborating physician.

Performs and interprets, at least to the point of recognizing deviations from normal, common laboratory, radiologic, cardiographic and other routine diagnostic procedures used to identify pathophysiologic processes as privileged by CCF Credentialing Board.

Performs routine procedures such as injections, immunizations, suturing and wound care, managing simple conditions produced by infection or trauma, assisting in the management of more complex illness and injury which may include assisting surgeons in conducting operations and taking initiative in performing evaluation and therapeutic procedures in response to life- threatening situations, as privileged by CCF Credentialing Board.

May prescribe and monitor medications as allowed by prescriptive authority through applicable state Board of Nursing/Medicine and CCF policy.

Performs specialized procedures, including bone marrow aspirations, biopsies and harvest, blood draws, designated IV starts, spinal taps, thoracentesis and paracentesis as well as other specific procedures as directed by the physician, following approval by CCF Credentialing Board.

Provides information and answers routine questions of patients regarding their disease, including preventive health maintenance topics such as diet, weight, smoking and topics related to medical specialty, with basic recommendations.

Educates patients regarding their disease, treatments, related drug and treatment side effects and hazards.

Participates in medical team rounds; collaborates with nursing, medical and other healthcare team members regularly to ensure quality patient care

Refers patients to specialists as appropriate for consultation or for specialized health resources and treatment.

Ensures continuity of care by serving as a liaison between patient and other members of the multi-disciplinary care team or with other specialty areas as necessary.

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