Part Time / PRN Wound Care Nurse Practitioner - Williamson, WV

CareMed; Williamson (WV); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

CareMed Health Solutions in West Virginia seeks a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to provide wound services to residents in long-term care facilities.

The role requires an active West Virginia NP license and board certification, with experience in wound care, including chronic and infected wounds. You will diagnose, treat, and manage wound therapies, collaborate with an interdisciplinary team, and coordinate with primary care physicians to optimize patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted NP license in West Virginia.
• Board certification in family, adult, or geriatric practitioner.
• DEA licensure (preferred/optional).
• Clinical wound care background with chronic/ infected wounds.
• Comfort diagnosing and treating diabetic, arterial, venous, and Kennedy ulcers.
• Ability to stage pressure injuries per NPIAP.
• Familiar with wound care products and wound VACs; DME knowledge.
• Experience in long-term care settings and EMR use.
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary care team.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Wound care experience

Interdisciplinary teamwork

EMR proficiency

Diagnostics and assessment

Pressure injury staging

Education

West Virginia NP license

Board Certification

DEA licensure (Optional)

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 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