Part Time Wound Care Nurse Practitioner

Apploi; Prescott (AR); Sur place; USD 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Recertification Reimbursement

Continuing Education Credits

Malpractice Insurance

Résumé du poste

CareMed Health Solutions seeks a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to deliver wound care services to residents in skilled nursing facilities. You will prescribe medications, order treatments, and communicate with the care team to adjust plans as needed.

Ideal candidates have AR NP licensure, board certification, and experience with wound care, including wound vacs and DME, within an interdisciplinary setting.

Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted NP license in Arkansas.
• Board Certification in nurse practitioner specialty of wound care or geriatrics.
• Clinical background in wound care; chronic or infected wounds.
• Experience with wound VACs and related DME.

Responsabilités

• Provide wound care services for long-term care patients in skilled nursing facilities.
• Prescribe medications in accordance with Arkansas law.
• Order, review, and follow up with treatments and diagnostic testing.
• Collaborate with nursing home staff and primary care physician.
• Coordinate care within an interdisciplinary team and EMR system.

Connaissances

Wound care

Interdisciplinary teamwork

EMR experience

Clinical decision making

Formation

Arkansas NP license

Board Certification

DEA licensure (optional)

Outils

Wound VAC

EMR systems

DME handling

Description du poste

CareMed

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 AR 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 Arkansas.
• 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

• Recertification Reimbursement
• Continuing Education Credits
• Malpractice Insurance