Contract Wound Care Job in Alexandria, Louisiana
This Wound Care opportunity in Alexandria, Louisiana is offered as a contract position, alongside other available structures for this role, including single-specialty and multi-specialty group settings. As a contract arrangement, you would typically be engaged as an independent contractor under a defined agreement covering term, schedule, and rate, working on a 1099 basis and handling your own benefits, retirement, and tax withholding; malpractice terms would be specified in the agreement. This structure can offer scheduling flexibility along with the potential for premium compensation rates in exchange for fewer employer-provided benefits.
The financial offering for this listing is noted as Open, reflecting the range under discussion rather than a fixed or promised figure. There is no patient call and no emergency department call associated with this role.
Candidates considered may include those who are board certified, board eligible, or board ineligible, and both MD and DO training backgrounds are accepted, including American medical graduates and foreign medical graduates. Applicants should hold US citizenship or permanent resident (Green Card) status. This role is based in a community in the 10,000 to 99,999 population range.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Wound Care
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
- Structure of Position: Single-Specialty Group, Multi-Specialty Group, Contract
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: No call
- Expected ER Call Coverage: No call
Wound Care Specialist - Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, MD/DO - Monroe & Alexandria, Louisiana
If the idea of working 24/7 with high-stress or very sick patients in a hospital or office (a high malpractice risk associated with relatively low pay) no longer excites you, this may be the job for you. Our growing nursing home wound care practice is in need of MD/DO/ARNP/PA.
Flexible work hours, no night or weekend calls, great staff to work with, well compensated.
Wound Care Specialist Duties:
- Manage wound care in the nursing home environment
- Staff Physicians supervise Physician Assistants / Nurse Practitioners
- Educate personnel. Experience is helpful but not required
Wound Care Specialist Job Description:
- We expect you to read the materials assigned to study and demonstrate this with documents and conversation.
- It takes about a month to learn the basics, 3 months to start to feel comfortable, 1 year to know wound care.
- This is a day job, Monday through Friday. No nights or weekends. But we do expect you to be available by cell phone 24/7.
- We group the facilities by location and assign them to a physician/ARNP. The physician/ARNP visits these facilities weekly and manages the care of the patient's wounds.
Wound care involves:
- Assessing the patient (complete H&P). Special attention is paid to disorders that increase the risks of wound formation.
- Debridement of wounds
- Order appropriate dressings
- Ordering other appropriate medications and instructions
- Educating the nursing staff
- Communication with PCP, family and clinical team as needed.
To hear more please apply with CV & click on the Calendly link to schedule a call! (Registered Profile Required)
I look forward to talking with you!
- Structure of Financial Support: Employment Agreement with production bonus, Contract
- Financial Offering: Open
- Compensation Range: $211,347 - $473,167 per year
- Relocation Allowance: Negotiable
- Signing Bonus: Negotiable
- Stipends: Negotiable
- Student Loan Assistance: Negotiable
- Practice State: Louisiana
- Practice City: Alexandria
- Community Size: 10,000 - 24,999, 25,000 - 49,999, 50,000 - 99,999
- Community Details: Registered Candidates Only
- Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
- Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
- Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible, Board Ineligible
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card
- Preferred Experience Level: (not specified)
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Managed Services Organization: Robert Marriott Medical Corp
