Part Time Wound Nurse Practitioner

CareMed Group; Alcalde (KY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Recertification Reimbursement

Continuing Education Credits

Malpractice Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid Time Off

$5000 Sign On Bonus

Mileage Reimbursement

Job summary

CareMed Health Solutions seeks a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to deliver wound services to residents in long-term care facilities. You will diagnose and treat complex wounds, coordinate with nursing staff, and collaborate with primary care physicians to optimize patient outcomes.

Required: Kentucky NP license, board certification; DEA license optional; experience in geriatric care. Proficiency with EMR systems and wound care products is preferred; competitive benefits offered.

Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted NP license in Kentucky.
• Board Certification as Nurse Practitioner.
• DEA licensure (optional).
• Experience in adult, family, or geriatric care.
• Wound care expertise including chronic and infected wounds.
• Comfort diagnosing/treating diabetic, arterial, venous wounds and Kennedy ulcers.
• Familiar with wound care products and devices.
• Experience with wound VACs and DME.
• Preference for wound certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide wound care services for long-term care residents.
• Prescribe medications in accordance with Kentucky law.
• Order, review and follow up on treatments and diagnostics.
• Communicate with nursing home staff about patient condition.
• Collaborate with primary care physicians.

Skills

Wound care

Interdisciplinary collaboration

EMR proficiency

Education

KY NP license

Board Certification

DEA licensure (Optional)

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.

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 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

• Recertification Reimbursement
• Continuing Education Credits
• Malpractice Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• $5000 Sign On Bonus
• Mileage Reimbursement