Part Time Wound Care Nurse Practitioner

CareMed; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuing education credits

Recertification reimbursement

Paid time off

Malpractice insurance

Job summary

CareMed Health Solutions seeks a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to deliver wound care to residents of long-term care facilities in Ohio. You will diagnose, treat, and manage wounds, prescribing meds per state law and coordinating with facility staff to update care plans.

Required are an unrestricted Ohio NP license, board certification, and wound-care experience within geriatric settings; DEA is optional. EMR familiarity is preferred.

Qualifications

• Unrestricted NP license in Ohio.
• Board certification required.
• DEA license optional.
• Clinical wound care background in adult/geriatric populations.
• Experience with chronic and acute wounds, including Kennedy ulcers.
• Comfort diagnosing and treating vascular/diabetic wounds.
• Ability to stage pressure injuries per NPIAP.
• Familiar with wound care products and best practices.
• Experience with EMR and interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Clinical wound care

Geriatric care

Diabetic/vascular wounds

Pressure injury staging

Wound cert preferred

Interdisciplinary teamwork

EMR proficiency

Wound VAC experience

DME familiarity

Education

Ohio NP license (unrestricted)

Board Certification

DEA licensure (optional)

Tools

EMR

Wound VAC equipment

DME devices

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 OH 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 Ohio.
• 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
• Paid time off
• Malpractice insurance Coverage