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CareMed Group

Part Time / PRN Wound Care Nurse Practitioner

CareMed Group, Lewisport, Kentucky, United States, 42351

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Part Time / PRN Wound Care Nurse Practitioner 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.

Description

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 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 or the care plan.

Collaborate with the primary care physician.

WOUND NP QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

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.

PART TIME NP BENEFITS

Continuing education credits

Recertification reimbursement

Paid time off

Malpractice insurance coverage (Part‑time or full‑time position)

$5000 sign‑on bonus

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Part‑time

Job function

Health Care Provider

Hospitals and Health Care (Industry)

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