Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant Wound Care - Inpatient

                    

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Job Title

Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant Wound Care - Inpatient

                        

Location

Port St Lucie

                    

Facility

Tradition Hospital

                     

Department

Wound Care-Cleveland Clinic Martin Health

                      

Job Code

001134

                     

Shift

Days

                       

Schedule

8:00am-5:00pm

                       

Job Summary

Nationally certified Advanced Practice Provider who provides primary and/or specialty care in a variety of healthcare settings. Functions in collaboration with the health care team in accordance with certification and licensure. Practice emphasizes health promotion, disease prevention and the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic health problems. Responsible for dissemination of knowledge through instructing, leading and developing educational programs.

                         

Job Details

Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner – Wound Care

Location: Cleveland Clinic Martin

Department: Vascular Surgery

Employment Type: Full-Time

Position Summary: Cleveland Clinic Martin is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) to join our Wound Care Center team. The successful candidate will provide high-quality, patient-centered care to individuals with acute and chronic wounds, including diabetic ulcers, pressure injuries, venous ulcers, surgical wounds, and other complex wounds. As part of a multidisciplinary team, the PA/NP will play a critical role in developing and implementing individualized treatment plans to promote optimal healing and improve patient outcomes. 

Duties Include:

-Conduct comprehensive assessments of patients with acute and chronic wounds, including medical history, physical examination, and diagnostic testing.

- Develop and implement evidence-based treatment plans tailored to each patient’s unique needs.

- Perform wound care procedures, such as debridement, dressing changes, compression therapy, and application of advanced wound care products.

- Collaborate with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate multidisciplinary care.

- Monitor and document wound healing progress, adjusting treatment plans as needed.

- Educate patients and their families on wound care management, prevention, and lifestyle modifications to support healing.

- Order and interpret diagnostic tests, including imaging and laboratory studies, to guide clinical decision-making.

- Prescribe medications, including antibiotics, pain management, and other treatments, in accordance with state regulations and hospital policies.

- Participate in quality improvement initiatives and stay current with advancements in wound care through continuing education and professional development.

- Ensure compliance with all hospital policies, procedures, and regulatory guidelines.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Conducts thorough medical histories, performs complete physical examinations (where indicated), initiates appropriate lab, radiology tests or other special tests required for evaluation of illness, and scrutinizes lab data on new and former clinic patients and hospital admissions to establish a record of the patient's current health status and to develop a working diagnosis and treatment plan.
• Must be able to work with collaborating physician.
• Performs and interprets, at least to the point of recognizing deviations from normal, common laboratory, radiologic, cardiographic and other routine diagnostic procedures used to identify pathophysiologic processes as privileged by CCF Credentialing Board.
• Performs routine procedures such as injections, immunizations, suturing and wound care, managing simple conditions produced by infection or trauma, assisting in the management of more complex illness and injury which may include assisting surgeons in conducting operations and taking initiative in performing evaluation and therapeutic procedures in response to life- threatening situations, as privileged by CCF Credentialing Board.
• May prescribe and monitor medications as allowed by prescriptive authority through applicable state Board of