Our client in California is seeking a dedicated Wound Care Nurse Practitioner for a 30-day assignment starting Jun 12, 2026. This role involves a mobile provider model, requiring travel between skilled nursing facilities, long-term care facilities, and post-acute rehab centers, with a minimum of 4 hours/day pay guaranteed. The successful candidate will perform comprehensive wound assessments, including staging, measurements, and photographic documentation, while working collaboratively with facility care teams to manage various chronic and acute wound types.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Provide comprehensive wound care services in skilled nursing facilities, long-term care facilities, and post-acute rehab centers.
• Operate within a mobile provider model, requiring travel between various facilities.
• Perform comprehensive wound assessments, including accurate staging (pressure injuries stages 1–4, unstageable, deep tissue injuries), measurements (length, width, depth), and etiology identification.
• Utilize photographic documentation to effectively track wound progression and healing.
• Evaluate skin integrity and identify signs of infection, necrosis, or delayed healing.
• Manage a diverse patient population presenting with complex co-morbidities such as diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, immobility, neuropathy, malnutrition, and chronic illness.
• Treat a wide range of wound types, including pressure ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, venous stasis ulcers, arterial ulcers, surgical wounds, traumatic wounds, skin tears, infected wounds, and non-healing chronic wounds.
• Collaborate closely with Directors of Nursing (DONs), facility nurses, attending physicians, interdisciplinary care teams, and rehab staff to ensure coordinated patient care.

Benefits

• Strong compensation
• Travel-related expenses covered
• A-rated medical malpractice insurance provided
• Dedicated recruiter for future travel opportunities

What are Locum Tenens Jobs?

Locum tenens jobs, sometimes referred to as travel assignments, are contract positions that help meet patient care needs at various healthcare facilities and hospitals for a defined period. These roles can vary in length from a single week to over a year, often with options for extension.

Medical professionals who undertake locum or travel work possess the same qualifications as permanent staff and frequently opt for these roles due to benefits such as competitive remuneration and greater scheduling flexibility.

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