Wound Care NP — Long-Term Care (Sign-On Bonus)

CareMed; Somerset (KY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

CareMed Health Solutions is seeking a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to deliver specialized wound services to residents of long-term care facilities in Kentucky. The role requires clinical expertise in wound assessment, treatment planning, and collaboration with an interdisciplinary team to optimize patient outcomes.

The successful candidate will hold an unrestricted Kentucky NP license, board certification, and experience with wound care products and devices such as wound vacs; familiarity with

Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted NP license in the state of Kentucky.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide wound care services for long-term care patients residing in skilled nursing facilities.
• Prescribe appropriate medications, including controlled substances in accordance with KY 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.

Skills

Wound care

Geriatric care

EMR experience

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Education

KY NP license

Board Certification

DEA license (Optional)

Tools

Wound VACs

DME devices

EMR system

Job description

CareMed Health Solutions is seeking a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to deliver specialized wound services to residents of long-term care facilities in Kentucky. The role requires clinical expertise in wound assessment, treatment planning, and collaboration with an interdisciplinary team to optimize patient outcomes.

The successful candidate will hold an unrestricted Kentucky NP license, board certification, and experience with wound care products and devices such as wound vacs; familiarity with