Part Time Wound Care Nurse Practitioner - Berea, KY

CareMed; Berea (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Continuing education credits

Recertification Reimbursement

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Malpractice insurance coverage

Job summary

CareMed Health Solutions is seeking a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to provide wound services to patients in long-term care facilities in Kentucky. You will assess wounds, prescribe medications, and coordinate care with facility staff and primary physicians.

Ideal candidates have an unrestricted KY NP license, board certification, and experience in wound care and geriatric settings. Comfortable with EMR systems and interprofessional teamwork is essential. DEA licensure is optional.

Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted NP license in Kentucky.
• Board Certification in appropriate specialty.
• DEA licensure (optional).
• Clinical background in adult, family, or geriatric care.

Responsibilities

• Provide wound care services for long-term care patients in skilled nursing facilities.
• Prescribe medications in accordance with Kentucky law.
• Order, review, and follow up on treatments and diagnostic testing.
• Communicate with nursing home staff about changes in condition and care plans.
• Collaborate with primary care physicians on patient care.

Skills

Wound care

EMR experience

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Diagnose and treat wounds

Education

KY NP license

Board Certification

DEA licensure (Optional)

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 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)