Part Time Wound Nurse Practitioner

Skilled Nursing Provider of Alliance; Alliance (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuing education credits

Recertification reimbursement

Malpractice insurance coverage

Job summary

CareMed Health Solutions seeks a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to provide wound services for residents in long-term care facilities. You will prescribe medications, order and review treatments, and coordinate with the interdisciplinary team to optimize patient outcomes.

Applicants must hold an Ohio NP license with board certification; DEA licensure is optional. Experience with wound care and EMR systems is preferred to support high-quality resident care.

Qualifications

• Must hold current, unrestricted NP license in Ohio.
• Board Certification required.
• DEA licensure optional.

Responsibilities

• Provide wound care services for long-term care patients in skilled nursing facilities.
• Prescribe appropriate medications in accordance with Ohio law.
• Order, review, and follow up on treatments and diagnostic testing.
• Collaborate with primary care physicians and nursing home staff.

Skills

Wound care

Interdisciplinary teamwork

EMR proficiency

Communication with staff

Education

Ohio NP license

Board Certification

DEA licensure (Optional)

Tools

EMR system

Job description

CareMedCompany 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
• Malpractice insurance Coverage