Wound Care APRN/PA
About The Position
HealWell of Texas, LLC is seeking a motivated and compassionate APRN or PA to provide specialized wound care across private residences, skilled nursing facilities, long-term care facilities, and outpatient clinics. Providers work independently while collaborating with patients, families, facility staff, and other healthcare professionals to develop individualized treatment plans focused on wound healing, limb preservation, and quality of life. The ideal candidate is clinically confident, dependable, organized, and comfortable practicing with a high degree of autonomy. The role involves care for medically complex patients and may include complex wounds, pressure injuries, diabetic ulcers, arterial and venous ulcers, surgical wounds, debridement, compression therapy, negative pressure wound therapy, and other advanced wound care modalities.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program.
- Current, unrestricted APRN or PA license with prescriptive authority in Texas.
- Current national board certification.
- Valid driver's license and ability to travel within the assigned service area.
- Strong clinical assessment and decision-making skills.
- Ability to work independently and manage a mobile patient schedule.
- Excellent communication, organization, and documentation skills.
- Comfort providing care to medically complex patients in home, facility, and outpatient settings.
Nice To Haves
- Two or more years of experience as an advanced practice provider.
- Previous wound care experience.
- Wound care certification; providers who are not currently certified may be required to obtain an approved wound care certification within six months of hire.
- Experience with complex wounds, pressure injuries, diabetic ulcers, arterial and venous ulcers, surgical wounds, debridement, compression therapy, negative pressure wound therapy, and other advanced wound modalities.
Responsibilities
- Perform comprehensive patient and wound assessments.
- Develop and manage individualized wound care treatment plans.
- Assess, measure, stage, and document wounds and wound characteristics accurately.
- Perform wound care procedures within scope of practice, including selective and excisional debridement as appropriate.
- Use advanced wound care products, therapies, and treatment modalities.
- Assess vascular status and perform or interpret appropriate vascular screening, including ABI/TBI when indicated.
- Identify barriers to wound healing and coordinate referrals, diagnostic testing, and follow-up care.
- Collaborate with physicians, nursing staff, home health agencies, facility staff, patients, families, and other healthcare team members.
- Educate patients, caregivers, and facility staff about wound care, pressure injury prevention, nutrition, offloading, compression, and other factors affecting wound healing.
- Maintain accurate, thorough, and timely clinical documentation.
- Practice in accordance with company policies, HIPAA requirements, applicable state and federal regulations, and professional standards.
- Maintain company-issued equipment and wound care supplies.
- Travel to assigned patient locations as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
