Full Time Primary Nurse Practitioner

CareMed Health Solutions is a facility-based team of medical providers who deliver 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.

About the role

We are seeking a Primary and Wound Care Nurse Practitioner to provide wound services to patients living in long-term care facilities.

• Provide wound care and primary 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 basis to discuss changes in condition and/or the care plan.
• Collaborate with the primary care physician.

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 in wound care, including but not limited to chronic, debilitating, stalled, or infected wounds.
• Comfort diagnosing and treating diabetic, arterial, venous, and mixed etiology wounds or Kennedy Ulcers.
• Comfort staging pressure injuries according to the NPIAP.
• 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.
• Strong preference for wound certification or willingness to obtain certification.
• 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.
• Basic coding knowledge preferred, not required.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Continuing education credits
• Recertification reimbursement
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Malpractice insurance coverage (available for both part-time and full-time positions)

Pay

$5,000 sign-on bonus.