Nurse Practitioner Wound Care Certified

Nurse Practitioner Wound Care Certified at Goodwin Recruiting summary:

The Nurse Practitioner - Wound Care Certified provides specialized care for patients with acute and chronic wounds in home health, hospice, and skilled nursing environments. Responsibilities include patient evaluation, wound management, medically necessary procedures, documentation, and prescribing treatments following CMS guidelines. Candidates must hold relevant certifications, a master's degree, and have significant wound care experience, with excellent pay and benefits offered.

Nurse Practitioner - Wound Care -Certified

We are a wound care provider in the Detroit, MI area, seeking a Licensed/Board Certified Nurse Practitioner to provide care in the home for patients.

If you have wound care in a home health or hospice at home environment, as a Nurse Practitioner, we want to hear from you. Please apply!!!!

Nurse Practitioner Responsibilities:

• Provide in-person evaluation and management visits for patients with acute and chronic wounds and related skin disorders within a defined geographic area in home setting, assisted living and/or skilled nursing facilities. Perform medically necessary debridement and procedures within CMS guidelines to promote healing. Estimated time spent on in-person care, 80%
• Follows appropriate level of infection prevention protocols and handling of contaminated equipment.
• EMR - Documentation of services to support appropriate level of billing consistent with CMS guidelines.
• Uses judgment and critical thinking skills to assess, diagnose and identify outcomes to promote safe patient engagement.
• Prescribes care including treatments and medications.

Nurse Practitioner requirements:

• Education: Master’s Degree
• Licensed as a Registered Nurse by the State Board of Nursing (SBON) in Illinois. Board Certified as Nurse Practitioner in Illinois.
• Certification : WOCN certification by the WOCNCB in wound care. CWCN (Certified Wound Care Nurse). or receive in the first 90days.
• Minimum of 3 years working as a wound specialist.
• Minimum 3 years full-time experience in Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Facility, Home Health, or Outpatient clinic practicing as a certified wound specialist and a minimum of 1 year practicing as a Nurse Practitioner in a wound related role.
• Valid driver's license and transportation.

Nurse Practitioner Benefits:

• Excellent pay
• Excellent health benefits including dental, vision, DI and life
• Paid Time Off 4 weeks first year plus sick pay
• Paid holidays (8)
• Floating holidays (4)

Keywords:

Wound care, Nurse Practitioner, Home health care, Certified Wound Care Nurse, Patient evaluation, Debridement, Chronic wounds, CMS guidelines, Acute care, Medical documentation