Full Time Wound- Nurse Practitioner- Heber Spring, AR

CareMed; Heber Springs (AR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Recertification reimbursement

Continuing education credits

Malpractice insurance

Bonus pay

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Sign-on bonus

Mileage reimbursement

Health insurance

Matching 401K

Job summary

CareMed Health Solutions seeks a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to deliver wound services to residents in long-term care facilities. You will diagnose, treat, and manage wounds, prescribe medications, and coordinate with physicians and nursing staff to optimize patient outcomes.

Arkansas-licensed NP with board certification is required; DEA licensure is optional. Experience with wound care products, wound vacs, and EMR systems is preferred.

Qualifications

• Arkansas NP license required; board certification.
• DEA licensure (optional).
• Clinical background in adult, family, or geriatric care.
• Experience with wound care and chronic wounds.
• Experience with wound care products and wound vacs.
• Comfort diagnosing and treating diabetic, arterial, venous wounds.
• Familiar with staging pressure injuries per NPIAP.
• Experience in long-term care setting; EMR proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Provide wound care for long-term care patients in facilities.
• Prescribe medications, including controlled substances per AR law.
• Order and review treatments and diagnostic tests.
• Communicate with nursing home staff about patient changes.
• Collaborate with the primary care physician and care team.

Skills

Wound care

Geriatric care

EMR

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Diabetic/vascular wounds

Pressure injury staging

Tools

EMR

Job description

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