Part Time Wound- Nurse Practitioner- Heber Springs, AR

CareMed; Heber Springs (AR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuing education credits

Recertification Reimbursement

Malpractice insurance Coverage

Job summary

CareMed Health Solutions is seeking a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to provide wound services to residents in long-term care facilities. You will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team and coordinate with primary care physicians to manage complex wounds and treatment plans.

The role requires an AR NP license, Board Certification, and experience with wound care in geriatric populations, including wound vacs and DME.

Qualifications

• Active, unrestricted NP license in Arkansas and board certification.
• Experience with wound care including chronic, debilitating, stalled or infected wounds.
• Familiar with wound care products such as collagens, alginates, foams, silvers.
• Comfort diagnosing and treating diabetic, arterial, venous, and mixed etiology wounds; Kennedy ulcers.
• Ability to stage pressure injuries per NPIAP guidelines.
• Experience with wound vacs and DME; comfortable with EMR usage.

Responsibilities

• Provide wound care services for long-term care patients in skilled nursing facilities.
• Prescribe medications, including controlled substances, per Arkansas law.
• Order, review, and follow up on treatments and diagnostic testing.
• Communicate with nursing home staff regularly about changes in condition and care plan.
• Collaborate with the primary care physician to coordinate patient care.

Skills

Wound care

EMR experience

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Geriatric care

Education

Current AR NP license

Board Certification

DEA licensure (Optional)

Geriatric clinical background

Long-term care experience

Wound care certification

Job description

CareMed

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 AR.
• 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 TIME NP BENEFITS

• Continuing education credits
• Recertification Reimbursement
• Malpractice insurance Coverage