Advanced Practice Nurse II - Wound Care

Our dedicated Inpatient Wound Care Center is seeking a skilled and compassionate Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) to join our collaborative team. This role offers the opportunity to work directly alongside Dr. Kevin Schrand, supporting patient care through triage, treatment, and discharge planning.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate clinical excellence, strong communication skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, hospital-based environment. Acute Care Nurse Practitioner certification is preferred, as this role involves complex wound management and coordination of inpatient care.

If you're driven by patient outcomes and eager to contribute to a specialized team making a difference every day, we’d love to hear from you.

 

 

Location:

• 375 Dixmyth Ave – Good Samaritan Hospital
• Coverage for Bethesda North Hospital, Butler Hospital, or McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital may be needed

Work Hours:

• Full-time position: 80 hours bi-weekly

 

Job Overview:

The APRN II is a nurse prepared with graduate level nursing education and authorized to practice and prescribe as a Clinical Nurse Specialist or Certified Nurse Practitioner in collaboration with one or more physicians or podiatrists. Advanced clinical practice in nursing includes the following components: assessment of patient health status, diagnostic testing, diagnoses, development of treatment plans, implementation of treatment plans, follow-up and evaluation of the patient’s response to treatment, accurate documentation of the patient’s status, and patient advocacy. APRNs are clinical experts who design, implement and evaluate patient-specific and population-based programs of care and promote care through a variety of methods. 

APRNs function at all levels of the healthcare system within three spheres of influence: client, personnel, and organization. APRNs must have a collaborating physician(s) in an associated Standard Care Arrangement. The APRN II must spend 50% of hours worked utilizing prescriptive authority in their advanced clinical practice role.

Job Requirements:

 

• Master’s degree in nursing 
• Graduate from NP, CNS or midwife program 
• Specialty certification in area of expertise 
• Registered Nurse with APRN Licensure
• Demonstrated expertise in area of clinical specialization
• Professional membership in specialty nursing organization required within one year of start date
• 3-4 years’ experience Clinical in Nursing practice in geriatric, occupational health, or other applicable setting.

Job Responsibilities:
 

• Collaborates and consults with the interdisciplinary healthcare team, the patient and family when diagnosing, prioritizing problems, and implementing interventions. Provides consultation and initiates referrals to other healthcare team members and promotes collaboration among other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team. Assists interdisciplinary team members, patients, and families in selecting therapies that integrate perspectives of cost and quality of benefits. Collaborates with other disciplines in teaching, consultation, management, and research activities to improve outcomes in nursing practice and enhance the healthcare environment.
• Provides effective leadership. Integrates analysis of cost and benefits in care decisions. Designs/Develops innovative solutions for patient care problems that utilize resource efficiency while maintaining or improving quality and advancing best practices. Provides leadership in the development and application of consensus derived protocols or evidence-based practice (EBP) guidelines in the clinical setting. Participates, as opportunities arise, in healthcare-related decision-making at the system, local, state, and national levels with an emphasis on improving patient outcomes. Serves in key roles by participating in/leading committees, councils, and administrative teams. 
• Utilizes, participates in, and disseminates research, evidence-based practice, or quality improvement projects to enhance clinical practice and patient outcomes. May serve as primary or co-investigator, or member of the investigative team in conducting nursing or collaborative research. Critically evaluates existing practice based on current research findings and integrates chang