Full Time / PRN Wound Care Nurse Practitioner - Little Rock, AR

CareMed; Little Rock (AR); Vor Ort; USD 120.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

401(k)

401(k) matching

Continuing education credits

Recertification reimbursement

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Malpractice insurance Coverage

Zusammenfassung

CareMed Health Solutions seeks a Wound NP to deliver wound care services to residents in long-term care facilities. You will assess and treat acute and chronic wounds, order tests, and manage medications under AR law.

You will work with an interdisciplinary team, coordinate with nursing home staff, and use EMR systems to ensure comprehensive care plans for residents' wellbeing.

Qualifikationen

• Current, unrestricted NP license in AR.
• Board Certification.
• Experience in wound care, especially in long-term care settings.
• Familiar with wound care products; wound vacs and DME.
• Comfort diagnosing and treating chronic wounds and Kennedy ulcers; staging pressure injuries.

Aufgaben

• Provide wound care services for long-term care patients in skilled nursing facilities.
• Prescribe medications, including controlled substances, per AR law.
• Order, review, and follow up on treatments and diagnostic tests.
• Communicate with nursing home staff regarding changes in condition and care plans.
• Collaborate with the primary care physician and interdisciplinary team.

Kenntnisse

Wound care

Geriatrics

Interdisciplinary team

EMR proficient

Ausbildung

AR NP license

Board Certification

DEA licensure (Optional)

Tools

EMR

Jobbeschreibung

CareMed

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 AR 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 AR.

• 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.

FULL TIME NP BENEFITS

• 401(k)

• 401(k) matching

• Continuing education credits

• Recertification Reimbursement

• Dental insurance

• Health insurance

• Paid time off

• Vision insurance

• Malpractice insurance Coverage ( Part Time or Full Time position)