PT Wound Care Nurse Practitioner

CareMed; McArthur Township (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Continuing education credits

Recertification Reimbursement

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Malpractice insurance Coverage ( Part:

Full Time position

Job summary

CareMed Health Solutions seeks a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to deliver wound services to residents in long-term care facilities in Ohio. The role involves prescribing medications, ordering tests, and coordinating with nursing home staff and PCPs to optimize patient outcomes.

Ideal candidates have a current OH NP license, board certification, and wound care experience in geriatric settings, with EMR proficiency and a collaborative approach.

Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted NP license in Ohio is required.
• Board certification as a Nurse Practitioner is required.
• DEA licensure is optional but beneficial.
• Clinical background in adult, family, or geriatric care is required.
• Experience with wound care of chronic, stalled, or infected wounds is needed.
• Ability to diagnose and treat diabetic, arterial, venous, and mixed wounds, Kennedy ulcers.
• Competence in staging pressure injuries per NPIAP.
• Familiarity with advanced wound care products (collagens, alginates, foams, silvers).
• Experience with wound VACs and DME is preferred.
• Wound certification is strongly preferred or candidate open to obtaining it.
• Experience in a long-term care setting and EMR use is required.
• Ability to work within an interdisciplinary care team.

Responsibilities

• Provide wound care services for long-term care patients in skilled facilities.
• Prescribe medications, including controlled substances per OH law.
• Order, review, and follow up treatments and diagnostics.
• Communicate with nursing home staff about changes in condition or plan.
• Collaborate with the primary care physician on care plans.

Skills

Wound care

Geriatric care

Wound diagnosis & treatment

EMR proficiency

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Pressure injury staging

DME / wound VAC experience

Wound certification willingness

Education

OH NP license (unrestricted)

Board Certification in NP

DEA licensure (Optional)

Wound care certification preferred

Job description

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 OH 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 Ohio.

• 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

• 401(k)

• 401(k) matching

• Continuing education credits

• Recertification Reimbursement

• Dental insurance

• Health insurance

• Paid time off

• Vision insurance

• Malpractice insurance Coverage ( Part Time or Full Time position)