Senior Living Wound Care NP: Geriatric Impact
CareMed
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Job summary
CareMed Health Solutions is seeking a Wound Nurse Practitioner to deliver advanced wound care services for residents of long-term care facilities in Kentucky. The role requires state-licensed NP, board certification, and experience with wound management and interdisciplinary care teams.
You will prescribe therapies, order and review treatments, collaborate with primary care physicians, and work with EMR to coordinate patient plans.
Qualifications
- Current, unrestricted NP license in Kentucky.
- Board certification required.
- DEA licensure optional.
- Clinical background in adult, family, or geriatric specialties.
- Wound care experience with chronic or infected wounds.
- Comfort diagnosing and treating diabetic, arterial, venous, and Kennedy ulcers.
- Comfort staging pressure injuries per NPIAP.
- Familiar with advanced wound care products.
- Experience with wound VACs and DME.
- Wound care certification preferred.
- Experience in long-term care setting.
- Ability to work with an EMR.
- Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team.
Responsibilities
- Provide wound care services for long-term care patients.
- Prescribe medications, including controlled substances per KY law.
- Order, review, and follow up with treatments and diagnostic testing.
- Communicate with nursing home staff regarding changes in condition.
- Collaborate with the primary care physician.
- Care plan coordination.
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CareMed Health Solutions is seeking a Wound Nurse Practitioner to deliver advanced wound care services for residents of long-term care facilities in Kentucky. The role requires state-licensed NP, board certification, and experience with wound management and interdisciplinary care teams.
You will prescribe therapies, order and review treatments, collaborate with primary care physicians, and work with EMR to coordinate patient plans.
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