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)
