CareMed Group
Part Time Wound Care Nurse Practitioner
CareMed Group, Williamson, West Virginia, United States, 25661
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.
Role Overview We are currently seeking Wound Care Nurse Practitioners to provide wound services to patients living in long-term care facilities.
Responsibilities
Provide wound care services for long-term care patients residing in skilled nursing facilities.
Prescribe appropriate medications, including controlled substances in accordance with WV 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.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
Current, unrestricted NP license in the state of West Virginia.
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.
Benefits
Continuing education credits.
Recertification Reimbursement.
Malpractice insurance Coverage.
Seniority Level
Entry level
Employment type
Part‑time
Job Function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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Role Overview We are currently seeking Wound Care Nurse Practitioners to provide wound services to patients living in long-term care facilities.
Responsibilities
Provide wound care services for long-term care patients residing in skilled nursing facilities.
Prescribe appropriate medications, including controlled substances in accordance with WV 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.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
Current, unrestricted NP license in the state of West Virginia.
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.
Benefits
Continuing education credits.
Recertification Reimbursement.
Malpractice insurance Coverage.
Seniority Level
Entry level
Employment type
Part‑time
Job Function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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