Part Time Wound- Nurse Practitioner- Waldron, AR

CareMed Group; Waldron (AR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Recertification

Reimbursement

Job summary

CareMed Health Solutions seeks a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to provide wound care services to residents in long-term care facilities, including assessment, treatment, documentation, and coordinated care with the interdisciplinary team to improve outcomes.

The ideal candidate holds an Arkansas NP license, board certification, and optionally DEA licensure; experience with chronic wounds, wound vacs, and advanced wound care products is preferred, along with proficiency in EMR and collaboration

Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted NP license in Arkansas.
• Board Certification in NP or relevant specialty.
• DEA licensure (optional).
• Clinical wound care experience with chronic wounds and related etiologies.

Responsibilities

• Provide wound care services for long-term care patients in skilled nursing facilities.
• Prescribe medications per Arkansas law and treatment plans.
• Order, review, and follow up with treatments and diagnostics.
• Communicate with nursing staff and collaborate with primary care physicians.

Skills

Wound care expertise

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Diagnostic skills

Communication with staff

Education

Arkansas NP license

Board Certification

DEA licensure (Optional)

Tools

EMR system experience

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