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West Coast Wound
Baytown, Texas

Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant

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Job 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 SNFs.

This position is looking for candidates living in Baytown/ East Houston, TX and be willing to drive to see patients in this area in their homes. The territory for this role will service patients in throughout Houston area.

Must be licensed as an NP or PA in TX.

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, 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

Please Note

  • West Coast Wound does NOT request any personal information via Indeed or Google Forms.
  • Job Types: Full-time, Part-time,1099

Benefits

  • Malpractice Insurance
  • Work Location: On the road

Key Skills

Patient assessmentClinical documentationInterpersonal skillsTreatment planning

Wound Care — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 50 active Wound Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 14% are remote, 58% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Salary Distribution50 jobs · 40 employers

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$160k-180k
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$180k-200k
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$200k-220k
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$225k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks43 jobs · 40 employers

401k / retirement match
81%
CME allowance
65% this job
Sign-on bonus
37%
Loan repayment
9%
Relocation assistance
9%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 4.5
Better work-life than 30% of Wound Care (PA) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 39 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site

Living in Baytown

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$223k
Typical market rent
$1,549/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About West Coast Wound

Hospitals and Health Care
Burbank, California
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Malpractice Insurance
Extensive Training
24/7 Support