Part Time / PRN Wound Care Nurse Practitioner

CareMed Group; Williamson (WV); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuing education credits

Recertification Reimbursement

Malpractice insurance Coverage

Job summary

CareMed Health Solutions is seeking Wound Care Nurse Practitioners to provide wound services to patients living in long-term care facilities in West Virginia. You will assess, diagnose, and treat complex wounds and collaborate with an interdisciplinary care team.

Requirements include current WV NP license, board certification, optional DEA, and experience with wound care; the role includes prescribing medications, ordering tests, and coordinating with facility staff to ensure optimal patient

Qualifications

• Active NP license in West Virginia.
• Board certification in a relevant specialty.
• DEA licensure (optional).
• Experience with wound care in long-term care.
• Comfort diagnosing and treating diabetic, arterial, venous, and Kennedy ulcers.
• Experience with wound vacs and advanced wound care products.
• Familiar with EMR and interdisciplinary care teams.

Responsibilities

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

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.

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 WV 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 West Virginia.
• 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

• Continuing education credits
• Recertification Reimbursement
• Malpractice insurance Coverage