FT Wound Care Nurse Practitioner - Shawnee, KS

CareMed Health Solutions; Shawnee (KS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to deliver specialized wound care services to patients in long-term care facilities. This role involves prescribing medications, collaborating with healthcare teams, and ensuring the highest quality of care for elderly patients. Candidates should hold a current NP license in Kansas and have a strong background in wound care.

Benefits

401(k)

401(k) matching

Continuing education credits

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Malpractice insurance coverage

Sign on bonus

Qualifications

• Experience in wound care and long-term care settings is essential.
• Comfortable with advanced wound care products and EMR systems.
• Ability to diagnose and treat various wound types.

Responsibilities

• Provide wound care services for long-term care patients.
• Prescribe medications and order diagnostic tests.
• Collaborate with nursing home staff and primary care physicians.

Skills

Wound care

Patient communication

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Education

Current NP license in Kansas

Board Certification

Wound certification (preferred)

Job description

CareMed Health Solutions is a facility-based team of medical providers who provide medical services to patients living in long-term care facilities. We strive to give quality care to residents while working together with the facility to carry out the best care possible. While an interdisciplinary care team provides medical care to patients in long-term care facilities, you will have the opportunity to impact in a positive way the life and wellbeing of the elderly population.

We are currently seeking Wound Care Nurse Practitioners to provide wound services to patients living in long-term care facilities.

WOUND NP ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Provide wound care services for long-term care patients residing in skilled nursing facilities.
• Prescribe appropriate medications, including controlled substances in accordance with KS Law.
• Order, review, and / or follow-up with treatments and diagnostic testing.
• Communicate with the nursing home staff on a regular and as needed to discuss changes in condition.
• and / or the care plan.
• Collaborate with the primary care physician.

WOUND NP QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Current, unrestricted NP license in the state of Kansas.
• Board Certification.
• DEA licensure (Optional)
• Clinical background in adult, family, or geriatric specialties.
• Clinical background of wound care; including but not limited to chronic, debilitating, stalled, or infected wounds
• Must be comfortable with diagnosing and treating diabetic, arterial, venous, and mixed etiology wounds or Kennedy Ulcers.
• Must be comfortable staging pressure injuries according to the NPIAP
• Must be familiar with wound care best practice and advanced wound care products; collagens, alginates, foams, silvers, etc.
• Must have experience with wound vacs and other DME, such as pressure relieving / reducing devices
• Strong preference to having wound certification or be open to getting certified
• Experience working in a long-term care setting.
• Ability to work with an EMR.
• Ability to work within an interdisciplinary care team to coordinate patient care
• NP BENEFITS
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Continuing education credits
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Malpractice insurance Coverage ( Part Time or Full Time position)
• Sign on bonus

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Nurse Practitioner Wound Care • Shawnee, KS, US