Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant

West Coast Wound & Skin Care

🏠 Remote
📍Chicago, IL
Posted May 19, 2026
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Job Overview

Position

Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant

Company

West Coast Wound & Skin Care

Location

Chicago, IL

Work Type

Remote

Job ID

li-4415969420

Job Description

Company Description

Are you a Nurse Practitioner or PA looking to join a fast-growing team making a difference in the way patients' wounds are being healed? If so, West Coast Wound is the right place to be!

West Coast Wound & Skin Care is a full-service mobile wound care company that delivers quality services/treatments to patients in the comfort of their own home. We are a fast-growing organization and our mission is to provide high-quality care, treating the whole patient's health, not just the wound. We have high and excellent standards for communication with the agencies we work with, are available and responsive to meet the treatment needs of our patients, and prioritize training/continuing education to our medical team.

We are seeking Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants to perform mobile advanced wound care services for our patients. You will travel locally within your designated region to see our patients in their homes or ALFs.

This position is looking for candidates living in Chicago, IL and must be willing to drive to see patients in this area in their homes.

Must be licensed as an NP or PA in IL.

This is not a remote position. Must be willing and able to drive to patient homes to provide wound care.

No experience is needed. We provide extensive training, 24/7 support, and offer competitive compensation.

Responsibilities:

  • Select, order, and perform tests and procedures to best treat the patient

  • Perform wound care procedures as deemed necessary and appropriate for plan of care

  • Define and document patient diagnoses

  • Assure all patients are completely satisfied

  • Patient education and management

  • Debridement of wounds by various methods completed safely during the patient visit

  • Application of topical wound care and other wound management products

  • Notate findings and treatment course in patient chart, including follow-up notes

Qualifications:

  • Current state license as an NP or PA

  • CPR Certified

  • Effective communication skills

  • Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills

  • Must have a valid driver’s license and minimum state required liability auto insurance; local travel is required

Why Work With Us:

  • Build a rewarding career helping patients heal and improve their overall well-being

  • Competitive pay starting at $140,000/year

  • Part or full-time positions available (no nights or weekends required)

  • Comprehensive benefits package

  • Paid vacation time and holidays

  • 401k with contribution matching

  • Paid certification in wound care covered by the company

PLEASE NOTE: West Coast Wound does NOT request any personal information via Indeed or Google Forms.

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.While this role requires no prior wound care experience, how would you approach learning and safely performing wound debridement and applying topical treatments during a patient's home visit?
  • 2.How do you approach defining and documenting patient diagnoses, specifically ensuring your clinical notes and follow-up plans are thorough and accurate for a mobile care setting?
  • 3.When selecting and ordering tests or procedures for a homebound patient, what factors do you consider to ensure you are treating the whole patient's health, not just the wound?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you had to adapt your clinical communication style to ensure a patient was completely satisfied and understood their care plan.
  • 2.Describe a situation where you had to work autonomously without immediate onsite support from a physician or supervising team. How did you ensure patient safety and quality care?
  • 3.Give an example of a time you had to manage your schedule efficiently while traveling between patient locations. How did you handle unexpected delays?
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You arrive at a patient's home for a wound care visit, but the patient is reluctant to let you in, expressing frustration about the scheduling time. How do you handle this while maintaining high customer service standards?
  • 2.You are performing debridement on a patient in an Assisted Living Facility and notice unexpected, significant bleeding that you were not anticipating. You are miles away from your support team. What is your immediate course of action?

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Nurse PractitionerPhysician AssistantWound CareDebridementMobile HealthHome CarePatient EducationClinical DocumentationAutonomous PracticeCPR Certified

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