Full Time Wound Care Nurse Practitioner - Little Rock, AR

CareMed; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Continuing education credits

Recertification Reimbursement

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Malpractice insurance Coverage ( Part

Part Time or Full Time position)

Job summary

CareMed Health Solutions is seeking a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to provide wound care services for residents in long-term care facilities in Arkansas. You will diagnose and treat wounds, prescribe medications, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team.

This full-time role requires AR NP license, board certification, and experience in wound care and elderly populations. Benefits include 401(k), health and dental insurance, paid time off, and education reimbursements.

Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted NP license in AR.
• Board Certification required.
• DEA licensure (Optional).
• Clinical background in adult, family, or geriatric care.
• Wound care experience with chronic, infected, or stalled wounds.
• Ability to diagnose and treat vascular/diabetic wounds.
• Staging pressure injuries per NPIAP standards.
• Familiar with wound care products and wound VACs/DMEs.
• Willingness to obtain wound certification.
• Experience in a long-term care setting and EMR use.
• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide wound care services for long-term care patients in SNFs.
• Prescribe medications, including controlled substances per AR law.
• Order and follow up on treatments and diagnostics.
• Communicate with nursing home staff regarding patient changes.
• Coordinate with the care plan and primary care physician.

Skills

Wound care

Interdisciplinary teamwork

EMR proficiency

Education

NP license AR

Board Certification

DEA license (Optional)

Tools

EMR

Job description

CareMed

Company 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 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)