We are seeking a dedicated Wound Care Physician Assistant for an urgent 1-day assignment in California, 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 for home visits. The Physician Assistant will conduct comprehensive wound assessments, including staging, measurements, and photographic documentation, while managing a diverse patient population with conditions such as diabetes, immobility, and chronic wounds.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Operate within a mobile provider model, traveling between skilled nursing facilities, long-term care facilities, and post-acute rehab centers
• Engage in independent clinical practice with collaborative support
• Work closely with Directors of Nursing, facility nurses, attending physicians, interdisciplinary care teams, and rehab staff
• Perform comprehensive wound assessments
• Conduct wound staging for pressure injuries stages 1–4, unstageable, and deep tissue injuries
• Take wound measurements including length, width, and depth
• Identify wound etiology
• Provide photographic documentation to track wound progression
• Evaluate skin integrity
• Identify signs of infection, necrosis, or delayed healing
• Manage patients presenting with diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, immobility, neuropathy, malnutrition, chronic illness, post-surgical wounds, and pressure injuries
• Treat various 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

Additional Information

• Minimum 4 hours/day pay guaranteed

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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