Part Time Wound Care Nurse Practitioner - Akron, OH

CareMed; Akron (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuing education credits

Recertification Reimbursement

Paid time off

Malpractice insurance Coverage

Job summary

CareMed Health Solutions is a facility-based team of medical providers delivering wound care services to residents in long-term care facilities in Ohio.

The Wound NP will assess and treat chronic wounds, prescribe medications, order and review treatments, coordinate with primary care physicians, and collaborate with nursing home staff to implement care plans.

Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted NP license in Ohio.
• Board Certification is required.
• DEA licensure is optional.
• Clinical background in adult, family, or geriatric specialties.
• Clinical background in wound care, including chronic or infected wounds.
• Comfort diagnosing and treating diabetic, arterial, venous, and mixed wounds.

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 diagnostic testing.
• Communicate with nursing home staff about changes in condition and care plans.
• Collaborate with the primary care physician to coordinate care.

Skills

Wound care

EMR proficiency

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Diabetic/vascular wounds

Kennedy ulcers knowledge

Pressure injury staging

Wound VAC devices

Education

Nurse Practitioner license (Ohio)

Board Certification

DEA licensure (Optional)

Tools

Wound VAC equipment

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