Wound Care Nurse Practitioner Location: Fort Myers, FL, US
TOLEDO, OH
Job Description:
Put your education to great use while having the work-life balance you deserve at this stage of your career. Nurse Practitioners fulfill a vital role as partners to our clinical and operational teams. This is an opportunity to serve the health and educational needs of our staff, patients and residents. As part of Client facility, you'll perform comprehensive initial assessments, sick/urgent visits, preventive care follow-ups, wound treatments, and hospice and palliative care. You'll be a key component in improving our quality of care, in decreasing preventable and unnecessary re-hospitalizations, and in avoiding a gap in the continuum of medical care provided when a patient transitions from a hospital to a post-hospital care setting. If you are ready for a career in which your clinical competences afford peace of mind to our patients and families when they are in need of professional skill, knowledge and compassion, then this is the position for you.
Client specializes in post-acute care and rehabilitation. As leaders in the industry, we have been able to evolve with the changes to standards of care and deliver new and exciting programs to improve the quality of care given to our patients. Their Nurse Practitioners are vital to our success and have found the clinical challenges to be engaging and promote continual professional and personal growth opportunities.
Job Description:
- We are searching for Nurse Practitioners who will provide on-going medical management for acute/episodic, rehabilitation patients.
- The Nurse Practitioner will provide on-going medical management and acute interventions for patients in the post acute care setting.
- The NP will work as a member of the interdisciplinary team to effectively designate processes for meeting the medical, psychosocial and spiritual care needs of the resident.
- The NP will develop updates and evaluate medical treatment plans, medications, and other necessary care.
Qualifications:
- At least one year in long-term health care
- Prior Nurse Practitioner experience, preferred
- 5+ Years of Wound Care Experience and Wound Care Certification Preferred
Educational Requirements:
- Currently licensed as RN in state;
- Masters Degree in Nursing and certification through a national Nurse Practitioner licensing board.