Part Time Wound Nurse Practitioner

Apploi; Flatwoods (KY); On-site; USD 83,000 - 110,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuing education credits

Recertification Reimbursement

Paid time off

Malpractice insurance Coverage

$5000 Sign On Bonus

Job summary

CareMed Health Solutions seeks a Nurse Practitioner to provide wound care services for residents in long-term care facilities. You will prescribe medications in line with Kentucky law and coordinate with the facility staff and primary care physicians.

Ideal candidates have a KY NP license, board certification, and experience with wound care management, including chronic wounds and pressure injuries. ADEA licensure is optional and EMR experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Licensed NP in Kentucky (unrestricted).
• Board-certified NP with wound care background preferred.
• DEA licensure optional.

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 treatments and tests.
• Communicate with nursing home staff regarding patient condition changes.
• Collaborate with primary care physician within interdisciplinary team.

Skills

Wound care

EMR

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Keen diagnostic skills

Education

Nurse Practitioner license (KY)

Board Certification

DEA licensure (Optional)

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

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.

Company Description

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
• Paid time off
• Malpractice insurance Coverage ( Part Time or Full Time position)
• $5000 Sign On Bonus