Part-Time Wound Care NP — Flexible Schedule & Sign-On

i4 Search Group Healthcare Recruiting; Fort Smith (AR); On-site; USD 44,000 - 52,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Malpractice insurance

Continuing education credits

Flexible part-time schedule

Job summary

i4 Search Group Healthcare Recruiting is seeking a skilled Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to provide specialized wound care in Fort Smith, AR, across two skilled nursing facilities. This part-time role offers a two-day-per-week schedule with Monday–Friday coverage windows and a focus on high-quality, patient-centered care.

The NP will assess, treat, and manage complex wounds, collaborating with physicians and interdisciplinary teams, with opportunities to use advanced wound care therapies and EMR

Qualifications

• Current national board certification as a Nurse Practitioner.
• DEA registration preferred but not required.
• Clinical background in adult, family, or geriatric medicine.
• Experience assessing and treating chronic, complex, infected, or nonhealing wounds.
• Knowledge of diabetic, arterial, venous, mixed-etiology, and pressure-related wounds, including Kennedy terminal ulcers.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive wound assessments, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management for patients in skilled nursing and long-term care facilities.
• Evaluate and treat acute, chronic, nonhealing, and complex wounds, including diabetic, arterial, venous, pressure-related, and mixed-etiology wounds.
• Develop and implement individualized wound care treatment plans using evidence-based clinical practices.
• Accurately assess and stage pressure injuries according to NPIAP guidelines.
• Select and utilize advanced wound care products and wound VAC systems.
• Manage wound VACs and other wound-related DME.
• Order, review, and follow up on diagnostic testing and prescribed treatments.
• Prescribe appropriate medications in accordance with Arkansas law.
• Collaborate with attending physicians and interdisciplinary teams to coordinate treatment plans.
• Monitor healing progress, adjust treatment strategies, and document outcomes.
• Educate facility staff on wound prevention and wound care techniques.
• Maintain accurate EMR documentation.

Skills

Wound care

Board certified NP

DEA registration

Adult/geriatric medicine

Chronic wound care

EMR familiarity

Travel between facilities

Wound VAC experience

Education

Nurse Practitioner certification

Tools

EMR software

Job description

i4 Search Group Healthcare Recruiting is seeking a skilled Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to provide specialized wound care in Fort Smith, AR, across two skilled nursing facilities. This part-time role offers a two-day-per-week schedule with Monday–Friday coverage windows and a focus on high-quality, patient-centered care.

The NP will assess, treat, and manage complex wounds, collaborating with physicians and interdisciplinary teams, with opportunities to use advanced wound care therapies and EMR