Part Time / PRN Wound Care Nurse Practitioner - Lewisport, KY
Job at a glance
Job 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.
We are currently seeking a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to provide wound services to patients living in a long-term care facility in Lewisport, KY.
PART TIME NP BENEFITS
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Continuing education credits
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Recertification Reimbursement
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Paid time off
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Malpractice insurance Coverage ( Part Time or Full Time position)
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$5000 Sign On Bonus
Job Responsibilities
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 basis to discuss changes in condition and/or the care plan.
Collaborate with the primary care physician.
Qualifications
Board Certification.
DEA licensure (Optional).
Clinical background in adult, family, or geriatric specialties.
Clinical background of wound care, including chronic, debilitating, stalled, or infected wounds.
Comfortable diagnosing and treating diabetic, arterial, venous, and mixed-etiology wounds or Kennedy Ulcers.
Comfortable staging pressure injuries according to the NPIAP.
Familiar 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.
Strong preference for wound certification, or willingness to get 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.