Part Time Wound- Nurse Practitioner- Waldron, AR

CareMed Group; Waldron (AR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Recertification

Reimbursement

Continuing Education Credits

Malpractice Insurance

Bonus Pay

Disability Insurance

Paid Time Off

Sign-on Bonus

Mileage Reimbursement

Health Insurance

Matching 401K

Job summary

CareMed Health Solutions is seeking Wound Care Nurse Practitioners to provide wound services to residents in long-term care facilities. You will diagnose and treat wounds, order tests, prescribe medications, and coordinate with facility staff.

AR licensed NP with board certification; DEA optional. Experience with wound care and wound vacs preferred. Join a facility-based interdisciplinary team focused on quality elder care.

Qualifications

• Active NP license in Arkansas with board certification.
• DEA licensure is optional.
• Clinical background in adult, family, or geriatric specialties.
• Experience with wound care including chronic, stalled, or infected wounds.
• Comfort diagnosing and treating diabetic, arterial, venous, and mixed wounds.
• Familiar with wound care best practices and advanced wound care products.
• Experience working in long-term care settings.
• Proficient use of EMR and interdisciplinary teamwork.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Wound care

EMR experience

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Patient assessment

Communication

Education

NP license Arkansas

Board Certification

DEA license (Optional)

Tools

Wound care products

Wound VACs

Job description

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
• Bonus Pay
• Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off $5000 Sign On Bonus
• Mileage Reimbursement
• Health Insurance
• Matching 401K