Part Time Wound Care Nurse Practitioner - Middlesboro, KY

CareMed; Middlesborough (KY); On-site; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuing education credits

Recertification Reimbursement

Malpractice insurance Coverage ( Part 

Time or Full Time

Job summary

The CareMed Health Solutions team is seeking a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to deliver wound care services to residents in skilled nursing facilities in Kentucky. You will assess wounds, prescribe appropriate treatments, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to optimize patient outcomes.

This part-time role requires KY NP licensure, board certification, and experience with wound care and EMR systems.

Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted NP license in Kentucky.
• Board certification required.
• DEA licensure (Optional).
• Wound care experience required.
• Knowledge of chronic, arterial, venous, or mixed wounds.
• Ability to stage pressure injuries per NPIAP.
• Familiar with wound care products and dressings.
• Experience with wound VAC and DME devices.
• EMR proficiency and team-based care.

Responsibilities

• Provide wound care services for long-term care residents.
• Prescribe medications in line with Kentucky law.
• Order and follow up on treatments and diagnostics.
• Communicate with nursing home staff about patient changes.
• Collaborate with the primary care physician and care plan.

Skills

Wound care experience

EMR proficiency

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Diagnosing chronic wounds

Education

NP license in Kentucky

Board Certification

DEA licensure (Optional)

Tools

Wound vacs

DME knowledge

Job description

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 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.

PART TIME NP BENEFITS

• Continuing education credits
• Recertification Reimbursement
• Malpractice insurance Coverage ( Part Time or Full Time position)