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Nurse Practitioner Physician Assistant Long Term Care 5000 Sign On Bonus External Candidates
Optum
Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

Job Summary

Occupation Physician Assistant
Specialty Geriatrics
Degree Required MPAS/MHS/MMSc/MPH
Position Type Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment Hospital Clinic/Private Practice
Location Cranston, Rhode Island, United States
Visa Sponsorship Yes
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Job Description

Last Update: 6/18/19
We’re fast becoming the nation’s largest employer of Nurse Practitioners; offering a superior professional environment and incredible opportunities to make a difference in the lives of patients. This growth is not only a testament to our model’s success but the efforts, care, and commitment of our Nurse Practitioners.
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.
This role is within our Transition To SNF (TTS) program. Optum Complex Care Management provides the Transitions Model of Care for United Healthcare members in a short stay/transitional setting with focus on reduction in 30-day hospital readmissions, reduced ER visits, optimized SNF length of stay, improved completeness and coding accuracy of diagnosis and medical record documentation, increased closure of STAR / HEDIS quality measures, improved completion rates of Advanced Care Planning Directives, and improved patient and family satisfaction. The Optum practitioner will follow the member until the member is discharged from the TTS program and will conduct a focused visit within 24 business hours of notification, provide a comprehensive visit within 7 days, conduct telephonic or in-person care coordination clinical rounds days 2 through 14 and then every 5 days thereafter. This is a flexible, autonomous role that creates enormous satisfaction for the NP as you impact the care and comfort of our aging population. All the while, you’ll be building meaningful relationships with the residents and their families and the health care providers who are responsible for their care
If you want more meaning in your career - as a clinician or a business professional - take this opportunity and apply. It’s the first step in a new career that will enable you to do your life’s best work.(sm)

Primary Responsibilities:
  • Provide preventative and primary care for patients in assigned in short term rehab facilities and potentially long term care facilities
  • Work with primary care physicians to provide the best care possible
  • Collaborate with the nursing staff and the patients' families
  • Work with the facility's utilization review process

Required Qualifications:

  • Current, unrestricted NP or PA license in the state of assignment
  • Nurse Practitioner national certification as ANP, FNP, or GNP required or PA national certification required
  • Master's degree
  • A clinical background in adult, family or geriatric specialties
  • Past experience working in a nursing home or with seniors in other settings
  • Intermediate level of proficiency in PC based word processing including Microsoft Word and Outlook
  • 1+ year, hands on post grad experience within Long Term Care or similar
  • Access to reliable transportation that will enable you to travel to client and/or patient sites within a designated area

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world’s large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life’s best work.(sm)

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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