Part Time Wound Care Nurse Practitioner

Caremed; Whitesburg (KY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 95,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

CE credits

Recertification reimbursement

Malpractice insurance

Job summary

CareMed Health Solutions is seeking a Wound NP to deliver wound care services to residents in skilled nursing facilities. You will prescribe medications, order and review treatments, and coordinate with nursing home staff and primary care physicians.

Ideal candidates hold KY NP licensure, board certification, and experience with wound care, wound vacs, and long-term care settings. Knowledge of EMR systems and interdisciplinary teamwork is essential.

Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted NP license in Kentucky.
• Board Certification.
• DEA licensure (Optional)
• Clinical background in adult, family, or geriatric specialties.
• Clinical background of wound care; including chronic, debilitating, stalled, or infected wounds
• Comfort diagnosing/treating diabetic, arterial, venous, and mixed etiology wounds or Kennedy Ulcers.
• Staging pressure injuries according to NPIAP
• Familiar with wound care products; collagens, alginates, foams, silvers, etc.
• Experience with wound vacs and other DME devices
• Wound certification preferred or open to obtaining
• Experience in long-term care setting
• Ability to work with an EMR
• Ability to work within an interdisciplinary care team

Responsibilities

• Provide wound care services for long-term care patients residing in skilled nursing facilities.
• Prescribe 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 basis to discuss changes in condition and the care plan.
• Collaborate with the primary care physician.

Skills

KY NP license

Board Certified

Wound care

Wound vacs

EMR proficiency

Geriatric care

Diabetic/vascular wounds

Kennedy ulcers

Pressure injury staging

DME experience

Wound certification preferred

Long-term care experience

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Education

Nurse Practitioner license KY

Board Certification

Tools

EMR system

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.

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 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 KY.

• 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.

PART TIME NP BENEFITS

• Continuing education credits

• Recertification Reimbursement

• Malpractice insurance Coverage