Nurse Practitioner - Benton County, WA and Franklin County, WA
Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: Pasco
Posted on: June 15, 2022
Job Description:
$20,000 Sign On Bonus for External Candidates!!ORStudent Loan
Repayment Available for External Candidates and Eligible Employees
-How about an added bonus or help with paying down your student
loans? -Eligibility to receive a sign on bonus OR three years of
student loan repayment assistance through our Student Loan
Repayment (SLR) program. - This could mean up to an additional $40K
in benefits to you as well as the opportunity to pay down your
student loan faster! -Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on
the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and
opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an
industry that's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation
isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data
available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and
reliably. There's no room for error. Join us and start doing -your
life's best work.(sm) -Serving millions of Medicare and Medicaid
patients, Optum is the nation's largest health and wellness
business and a vibrant, growing member of the UnitedHealth Group
family. We're also the career home for Nurse Practitioners who
bring compassion and passion, energy and focus to their work every
day. -As a Home Visit Nurse Practitioner with Optum, you'll provide
primary care home visits for patients in collaboration with the
physician of record and patient care team. - -The Optum Dual
Special Needs Plan (DSNP) at Home program is a longitudinal,
integrated care delivery program that coordinates the delivery and
provision of clinical care of members in their place of residence.
The DSNP program combines Optum trained clinicians providing
intensive interventions customized to the needs of each individual,
in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Care Team, which
includes the Optum clinician, the member's Primary Care Provider
and other providers, and other professionals. -After conducting an
initial comprehensive patient assessment, you will communicate and
manage the patients' plan of care across all care providers,
family, and caregivers to ensure that timely, patient-centered,
appropriate evidence - based medicine is provided. By building
solid -relationships, you'll have a meaningful impact on the
patient's health as you collaborate with the care team to provide
direct patient care and develop a plan of care to achieve patient's
goal and clinical outcomes. -Primary Responsibilities:
- Effectively manage medical and behavioral conditions, acute and
chronic, in collaboration with the member's team of care providers
(e.g., PCP, specialists
- Obtain and review medical history, conduct physical and
psychosocial assessments, analyze and diagnose conditions and
develop appropriate plan of care
- Identify gaps in care, interpret diagnostic test and reports
and refer appropriately
- Identify risk factors and help mitigate barriers to access care
and reduce risk
- Develop interventions to assist members in attaining
established goals of care
- Evaluate member's progress in completion of goals of care and
re - assess and assist in care management with members
- Serves as a key resource on complex and / or critical
issues
- Solves complex problems and develops innovative solutions
- Establishes and maintains communication and a trusting
relationship with the member, family/authorized representative and
primary caregiver and specialists
- Discuss medical options / interventions with members/families
to promote understanding and assist them in making informed
decisions
- Clarify member's cultural values that may impact health
management / decisions
- Identify prognosis/trajectory of chronic disease that may
impact future member health decisions and conduct advanced care
planning discussions
- 100% travel in local market area to patient's homes for in home
visits - -You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in
an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction
on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide
development for other roles you may be interested in.Required
Qualifications:
- Active, unencumbered license to practice nursing in the state
of assignment or ability to obtain
- Nurse practitioner Certification from either the ANCC or AANP
or ability to obtain
- DEA License or the ability to obtain
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certification
- Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential job function of this
role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID-19 booster
doses must also comply with those state requirements. UnitedHealth
Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as
well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of
vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to employment to
ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential
job functions with or without reasonable accommodation -Preferred
Qualifications:
- Geriatric or adult medicine specialty
- 1+ years of experience with hands on, post grad Nurse
Practitioner work
- Bilingual or multilingual
- Understanding of Medicare, Medicaid and Health Plan benefit
structures beneficial
- Comfortable working independently in a home - visit
setting
- Basic knowledge of computers and cell phones
- Experience working with complex patient populations including
multiple chronic diseases with diverse psychosocial
backgrounds
- Experience working in home health or in home setting
- Effectively communicate with elderly and chronically ill
patients and families
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multi -
task and manage schedule
- Excellent Collaboration skills and ability to communicate with
care team and physicians
- Expectation for high quality focus on the clinical model for
DSNP which includes Stars and accurate coding and
documentation
- Access to reliable transportation that will enable you to
travel to client and / or patient sites within a designated area
-To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and
communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate
companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination
status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and
locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as
an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all
federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well
as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the
necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure
compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job
functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet
the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an
employment offer or termination of employment -Careers at
OptumCare. -We're on a mission to change the face of health care.
As the largest health and wellness business in the US, we help 58
million people navigate the health care system, finance their
health care needs and achieve their health and well-being goals.
Fortunately, we have a team of the best and brightest minds on the
planet to make it happen. Together we're creating the most
innovative ideas and comprehensive strategies to help heal the
health care system and create a brighter future for us all. Join us
and learn why there is no better place to do -your life's best
work.(sm) -**PLEASE NOTE** -The sign on bonus is only available to
external candidates. Candidates who are currently working for a
UnitedHealth Group, UnitedHealthcare or a related entity in a full
time, part time, or per diem basis ("Internal Candidates") are not
eligible to receive a sign on bonus. - -Diversity creates a
healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment
Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected
veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender
identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any
other characteristic protected by law. -UnitedHealth Group is a
drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test
before beginning employment.
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