Part-Time Wound Care Nurse Practitioner

Job overview

The Part-Time Wound Care Nurse Practitioner role is onsite in Fairfield Bay, AR, providing services to patients in long-term care facilities. Compensation is not specified. CareMed Health Solutions provides medical services to residents of long-term care facilities and works with facility teams to support quality care. The nurse practitioner provides wound assessment and treatment, manages related medications and testing, and communicates with facility staff and primary care physicians. The role contributes to coordinated care for long-term care residents, including older adults with complex wound needs.

What you'll do

• Provide wound care services to long-term care patients 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 with nursing-home staff about changes in condition and care plans
• collaborate with primary care physicians
• diagnose and treat diabetic, arterial, venous, mixed-etiology, and Kennedy ulcer wounds
• stage pressure injuries according to NPIAP guidance
• use wound-care products, wound vacs, and other durable medical equipment
• coordinate care within an interdisciplinary team.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

part-time

wound care nurse practitioner

fairfield bay ar

caremed

long-term care

skilled nursing facilities

wound treatment

pressure injury staging

arkansas np license

board certification

interdisciplinary care

wound vac

continuing education

malpractice coverage

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Continuing education credits, recertification reimbursement, and malpractice insurance coverage.

Why this role

Requires a current, unrestricted Arkansas nurse practitioner license and board certification. DEA licensure is optional. Wound certification is preferred, or the candidate may be open to obtaining it. Part-time benefits include continuing education credits, recertification reimbursement, and malpractice insurance coverage.

About the employer

CareMed is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services. Sector: 62.