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UnitedHealth Group
NP or PA - Optum Care at Home - Statewide Traveler - WA
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What they do
A Nurse Practitioner provides primary care and nursing care to patients. Performs physical exams, orders diagnostic tests, and provides medications. Works in a physician's office or other healthcare facility, under the direction of a physician. Performs work similar to that of a physician assistant but has different medical training and degree.
$138,137 / year median in Washington
+16% projected growth
Job Description
- Requisition number:
- 2383605
- Job category:
- Healthcare Delivery, Advanced Practice Clinicians
- $40,000 Student Loan Repayment OR $40,000 Sign-on Bonus
- In Home Care, No Nights, Weekends or Holidays
- This role will require weekly overnight travel throughout the state of Washington
- Can work Monday-Friday, 8 hour days OR 4 days a week, 10 hour days
- Optum Home & Community Care
- , part of the Optum family of businesses, is creating something new in health care.
- Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
- The Optum at Home program is a longitudinal, integrated care delivery program that coordinates the delivery and provision of clinical care of patients (beneficiaries) in their place of residence.
Primary Responsibilities:
- + Conduct comprehensive in-home assessments, including + Past medical history review, medication reconciliation, vital signs, and physical exam + Evidence-based screenings and point-of-care testing (as appropriate) + Manage members through an acute medical situation or an exacerbation of a chronic condition, including testing, diagnostics, interventions + Manage members during a short term sub-acute rehabilitation episode + Ensure accurate and complete documentation, including ICD 10 conditions + Communicate and collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team + Conduct advanced illness and advanced care planning conversations + Provide patients and caregivers with counseling and education + Ability to travel throughout the state up to 85% of the time.
Required Qualifications:
- + •
For NPs:
- Active ANCC or AANP certification in Family, Adult, Geriatric, or Adult-Gerontology Primary Care +
For PAs:
- Current NCCPA certification and state licensure + Active, unrestricted licensure in the state you will be practicing in (or ability to obtain by start date) without current disciplinary actions or practice limitations + Active and unrestricted driver's license + In addition to a driver's license, access to reliable transportation + Current, active DEA licensure/prescriptive authority or ability to obtain post-hire, per state regulations (unless prohibited in state of practice) + Ability to gain a collaborative practice agreement, if applicable in your state + Ability to navigate varied environments; ability to sit/stand/kneel as needed to perform duties •
Preferred Qualifications:
- + 1+ years of clinical experience as an APC (family, geriatric, or home health preferred) + Experience in geriatric medicine, long-term care, senior living or home care setting + Experience in meeting the medical needs of patients with complex behavioral, social and/or functional needs + Understanding of Geriatrics and Chronic Illness + Understanding of Advanced Illness and end of life discussions + Proficiency with electronic medical records and technology Compensation for this specialty generally ranges from $109,500 - $164,000.