Nurse Practitioner

About the role

As industry-leading wound care providers, Healing Partners propel standard Skilled Nursing Facility wound care to a completely different level. Our multifaceted approach relieves various burdens - clinical, operational, financial, and practical - from busy owners, administrators, and employees, freeing each staff member to focus optimally on his or her responsibilities and improve overall facility management.

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct and evaluate resident and employee health care in long-term care
• Daily travel to various facilities; regions can vary based on scheduling needs
• Examine and treat chronic and acute episodic wound-related illnesses and accidents, minor injuries, and accidents
• Interpretation of diagnostic tests and recommendation of appropriate follow-up
• Refer to and update physicians, write prescriptions, and perform bedside procedures associated with wound care
• Work with the medical director in the care and treatment of residents and staff
• Debridement of wounds by sharp, enzymatic, autolytic, or surgical methods is able to be safely completed in the place of patient visit and all associated procedures to complete the debridement
• Application and management of topical wound care and associated wound management products
• Direction and recommendation of associated services to improve wound healing outcomes
• Educate patients and Primary Care Physicians on current wound management practices

Requirements

• Proof of Covid vaccination
• Must be currently licensed as a registered nurse in the state
• Current Active, unrestricted state APRN license or ability to obtain prior to hire
• Successful completion of an approved nurse practitioner program
• Current approval by the Board of Nursing to perform medical acts
• Master’s degree of Nursing
• Able to stand and walk for 4+ hours
• Able to lift 100 pounds to assist fallen residents
• Able to lift 10 pounds for routine performance of essential functions
• Pushing/Pulling 70+ pounds when