Full Time Wound Nurse Practitioner - Batesville, AR

CareMed; Batesville (AR); On-site; USD 105,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on Bonus

Health Insurance

Paid Time Off

Malpractice Insurance

Continuing Education Credits

Mileage Reimbursement

Disability Insurance

Matching 401K

Bonus Pay

Job summary

CareMed Health Solutions is seeking a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to provide wound management for residents in skilled nursing facilities. You will assess, diagnose, and treat chronic wounds, prescribe medications per AR law, and coordinate with facility staff to optimize care plans.

The role requires Arkansas NP licensure, board certification, experience with wound care, and ability to work within an interdisciplinary team using EMR systems in a long-term care setting.

Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted NP license in Arkansas.
• Board Certification.
• DEA licensure (Optional).
• Clinical background in adult, family, or geriatric specialties.
• Clinical background of wound care; including chronic, debilitating, stalled, or infected wounds.
• Comfort diagnosing/treating diabetic, arterial, venous, and mixed wounds or Kennedy Ulcers.
• Ability to stage pressure injuries according to NPIAP.
• Familiar with wound care products; collagens, alginates, foams, silvers, etc.
• Experience with wound VACs and other DME devices.
• Preference for wound certification or openness to getting certified.
• Experience in long-term care setting.
• Ability to work with EMR.
• Ability to operate within an interdisciplinary care team.

Responsibilities

• Provide wound care services for long-term care patients residing in skilled nursing facilities.
• Prescribe medications, including controlled substances in accordance with AR Law.
• Order, review, and follow-up with treatments and diagnostic testing.
• Communicate with nursing home staff regarding changes in condition and care plan.
• Collaborate with the primary care physician.

Skills

Wound care expertise

EMR experience

Team collaboration

Diabetic/vascular wound knowledge

Education

AR NP license

Board Certification

DEA licensure (Optional)

Job description

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 Arkansas.

• 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

• Recertification Reimbursement

• Continuing Education Credits

• Malpractice Insurance

• Bonus Pay

• Disability Insurance

• Paid Time Off

• $5000 Sign On Bonus

• Mileage Reimbursement

• Health Insurance

• Matching 401K