Wound Care Nurse Practitioner

Overview

As a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner, you’ll assess patients, develop individualized treatment plans, and coordinate care across clinical settings. You’ll use sound clinical judgment, clear communication, and accurate documentation to support safe, consistent wound care.

Your impact

Timely assessment and coordinated treatment help patients and caregivers understand care plans and support healing.

Duties

• Perform patient assessments and physical examinations; review vital signs, medical records, and diagnostic findings.
• Evaluate wounds, provide treatment, and manage medication needs within your scope and applicable prescribing requirements.
• Coordinate referrals, discharge planning, and follow-up with healthcare professionals across inpatient, outpatient, home care, and post-acute settings.
• Document care in electronic medical record (EMR) or electronic health record (EHR) systems, following privacy requirements and applicable coding practices.
• Educate patients and caregivers on wound care, infection control, nutrition, and when to seek additional care.

Experience

• Required: Nurse practitioner credentials and authorization to practice as an advanced practice provider, as applicable; patient assessment, nursing, medical documentation, and collaborative practice experience.
• Preferred: Wound care, acute care, hospital, nursing home, assisted living, senior care, hospice, or home care experience.
• Helpful clinical skills include suturing, injection administration, intravenous (IV) insertion or infusion, phlebotomy, catheter care, and triage.
• Familiarity with Epic, Athenahealth, Cerner, eClinicalWorks, EMR/EHR systems, ICD-10 coding, CPT coding, HIPAA, and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regulations is beneficial.
• Additional experience in geriatrics, infectious disease care, dialysis, critical care, or telehealth is welcome.

Pay: $127,000.00 - $154,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person