Part Time Wound Care Nurse Practitioner

CareMed Group; Berea (KY); On-site; USD 105,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

CareMed Health Solutions is seeking a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to serve residents in long-term care facilities. You will diagnose, treat, and manage complex wound care plans, including medications and therapies, while coordinating with facility staff and the primary care physician.

Requires active KY NP license, board certification, and experience with wounds; familiarity with EMR and DME is preferred. Opportunities for certification and advancement are available.

Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted NP license in Kentucky.
• Board certification required.
• DEA license is optional.
• Clinical background in adult, family, or geriatric specialties.
• Clinical background of wound care; including chronic, debility, stalled, or infected wounds.
• Comfort in diagnosing and treating diabetic, arterial, venous, and mixed etiology wounds.
• Ability to stage pressure injuries per NPIAP.
• Familiarity with wound care products; collagens, alginates, foams, silvers, etc.
• Experience with wound VACs and other DME.
• Wound certification preferred or willingness to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Provide wound care services for long-term care patients in skilled nursing facilities.
• Prescribe medications, including controlled substances in accordance with KY law.
• Order, review, and follow up with treatments and diagnostic testing.
• Communicate with nursing home staff regularly to discuss changes in condition and care plans.
• Collaborate with the primary care physician.

Skills

Wound care

EMR experience

Team collaboration

Education

Nurse Practitioner license (KY)

Board Certification

DEA license (Optional)

Geriatric/Adult specialty

Wound care certification

Tools

Wound VAC

DME awareness

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.

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 KY 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 Kentucky.
• 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

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Continuing education credits
• Recertification Reimbursement
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Malpractice insurance Coverage ( Part Time or Full Time position)