Part Time Wound Care Nurse Practitioner

About the Role

CareMed Health Solutions is a facility‑based team of medical providers delivering services to patients living in long‑term care facilities. The organization emphasizes quality care for residents and collaboration with facilities to achieve optimal outcomes. As a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner, you will provide wound services to patients residing in skilled nursing facilities and positively impact the health and wellbeing of the elderly population.

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 on treatments and diagnostic testing.
• Communicate regularly with nursing home staff to discuss changes in condition and care plans.
• Collaborate with the primary care physician.

Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted Nurse Practitioner license in the state of Arkansas.
• Board certification.
• DEA licensure (optional).
• Clinical background in adult, family, or geriatric specialties.
• Clinical background in wound care, including chronic, debilitating, stalled, or infected wounds.
• Comfort diagnosing and treating diabetic, arterial, venous, mixed‑etiology wounds, or Kennedy ulcers.
• Ability to stage pressure injuries according to the NPIAP.
• Familiarity with wound‑care best practices and advanced products (collagens, alginates, foams, silvers, etc.).
• Experience with wound vacs and other DME such as pressure‑relieving/reducing devices.
• Strong preference for wound‑care certification or willingness to obtain certification.
• Experience working in a long‑term care setting.
• Ability to work with an EMR.
• Ability to function within an interdisciplinary care team to coordinate patient care.

Benefits

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