Part Time Wound Nurse Practitioner

CareMed Group; Batesville (AR); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Recertification Reimbursement

Continuing Education Credits

Malpractice Insurance

Job summary

CareMed Group seeks a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to provide wound services in long-term care facilities. The role includes diagnosing and treating wounds, prescribing medications, and coordinating with nursing staff and primary care physicians.

The ideal candidate will have Arkansas NP licensure, board certification, and experience with wound care, EMR systems, and wound VACs, within a multidisciplinary care team.

Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted NP license in Arkansas is required.
• Board Certification in appropriate specialty is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide wound care services for residents in long-term care facilities.
• Prescribe medications, including controlled substances per Arkansas law.
• Order, review, and follow up on treatments and diagnostic tests.
• Communicate with nursing home staff regarding changes in condition.
• Coordinate with primary care physician as part of the care plan.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary care team to coordinate patient care.

Skills

Wound care

Geriatric care

EMR experience

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Diagnose/treat wounds

Pressure injury staging

Wound care products

Education

Current Arkansas NP license

Board Certification

Tools

Wound vacs

DME/Pressure-relieving devices

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.

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 AR 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 Arkansas.
• 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