Part Time Wound- Nurse Practitioner- Yelleville, AR

CareMed Health Solutions is seeking a Part-Time Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to provide wound services to patients living in skilled nursing facilities in Yelleville, Arkansas. You will work with an interdisciplinary care team to deliver quality wound management to the elderly population in long-term care settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide wound care services for long-term care patients residing in skilled nursing facilities
• Prescribe appropriate medications, including controlled substances in accordance with Arkansas law
• Order, review, and follow up with treatments and diagnostic testing
• Communicate regularly with nursing home staff to discuss changes in patient condition and care plan updates
• Collaborate with primary care physicians on patient care coordination

Required Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted Nurse Practitioner license in Arkansas
• Board Certification
• Clinical background in adult, family, or geriatric specialties
• Clinical background in wound care, including chronic, debilitating, stalled, or infected wounds
• Comfort with diagnosing and treating diabetic, arterial, venous, and mixed etiology wounds or Kennedy Ulcers
• Ability to stage pressure injuries according to NPIAP standards
• Familiarity with wound care best practices and advanced wound care products (collagens, alginates, foams, silvers, etc.)
• Experience with wound vacs and other DME such as pressure relieving/reducing devices
• Ability to work with an EMR system
• Ability to work within an interdisciplinary care team to coordinate patient care

Preferred Qualifications

• DEA licensure
• Wound care certification or openness to obtaining certification
• Experience working in a long-term care setting

Benefits

• $5,000 sign-on bonus
• Malpractice insurance coverage
• Health insurance
• Matching 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Disability insurance
• Recertification reimbursement
• Continuing education credits
• Mileage reimbursement
• Bonus pay opportunities