Wound Care Physician Assistant

Responsibilities

• Collaborates on-site with the Center Leadership Team for center specific goals and priorities.
• Collaborates with the Medical Director and/or Attending Physician for patient specific medical care.
• Provides acute and chronic wound care services to nursing center residents in collaboration with the other medical providers in the center.
• Works collaboratively with Center Leadership to achieve the Center's mission of improving the lives we touch through the delivery of high quality health care and everyday compassion.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing program, licensed as a registered nurse.
• Certified as a Nurse Practitioner by being a nursing graduate from an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program with a Master's Degree in Nursing and having a concentration and specialty track of Older Adult and/or Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP).
• Will consider other concentrations/specialty tracks based on experience and business need.
• Graduate from a program accredited by the ARC-PA and take the PA National Certifying Exam (PANCE) to use the PAC designation.
• PA state licensure required. NCCPA certification required.
• Wound Certification: CWS, WOCN, or appropriate wound certification, or actively pursuing wound certification with APN wound experience.
• A minimum of two years experience in wound care, working with the adult or geriatric population is preferred.
• In states where practice allows; APRN with an unrestricted professional license and DEA, for each state in which they practice.