$10,000 Sign On Bonus for External Candidates
This is a full-time (40-hour) position that will provide coverage to patients primarily located in the areas of Tulsa, OK.
Landmark, part of the Optum family of businesses, is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our team in Tulsa, OK.
As a member of the Optum Care Delivery team, you’ll be an integral part of our vision to make healthcare better for everyone.
At Optum, you’ll have the clinical resources, data and support of a global organization behind you so you can help your patients live healthier lives. Here, you’ll work alongside talented peers in a collaborative environment that is guided by diversity and inclusion while driving towards the Quadruple Aim. Experience the fulfillment of advancing the health of your community with the excitement of contributing new practice ideas and initiatives that could help improve care for millions of patients across the country.
As a Landmark Health Provider, now a part of the Optum family, you visit your panel of patients in the comfort of their own homes. You spend all the time needed to ensure your patients’ health issues are addressed. You create a friendly and trusting relationship with each patient and his or her family. You have the support of a collaborative, multidisciplinary clinical team who works in the field with you.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Manage chronic illnesses in a complex elderly population with multimorbid conditions focused on wellness, avoiding unnecessary hospitalizations and ER visits, providing patient education about disease processes, improving overall quality of care, and increasing patient satisfaction in the healthcare system.
- Document timely with an added focus on closing HEDIS quality gap measures and recapturing HCCs.
- Engage new patients enrolling in the program with a comprehensive geriatric focused initial assessment that includes functional eval, social and safety assessments, cognitive screening, and mental health assessments.
- Triage, diagnose, and treat patients on an urgent basis in home with an array of equipment and medications.
- Order and interpret appropriate tests including x-rays, labs, and EKGs to diagnose, prescribe and treat within the provider’s scope of practice and consistent with the standards of care.
- Start treatment in the home at the point of care.
- Collaborate with patient’s PCP and specialists as needed.
What are the reasons to consider working for UnitedHealth Group? Competitive base pay, a full and comprehensive benefit program, performance rewards, and a management team who demonstrates their commitment to your success. Some of our offerings include:
- Paid Time Off plus 9 Paid Holidays.
- Medical Plan options along with options for a Health Spending Account or a Health Saving account.
- Dental, Vision, Life & AD&D Insurance along with Short-term disability and Long-Term Disability coverage.
- 401(k) Savings Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Education Reimbursement.
- Employee Discounts.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Employee Referral Bonus Program.
- Voluntary Benefits (pet insurance, legal insurance, LTC Insurance, etc.).
- More information can be downloaded at: http://uhg.hr/uhgbenefits
Required Qualifications:
- Graduate from an accredited NP or PA program and have Certification through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), or National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
- Active and unrestricted State Nurse Practitioner license or Physician Assistant (PA-C) in the state where the job is located.
- Valid DEA license or the ability to obtain one prior to employment.
- Access to reliable transportation; if you are driving a vehicle, you must comply with all the terms of the Optum Motor Vehicle Safety policy.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 2+ years of clinical NP experience in IM, Geriatrics, Primary Care, ED, Urgent Care, or similar setting.
- Awareness about UM standards, NCQA requirements, CMS guidelines, Milliman guidelines, and Medicaid/Medicare contracts and benefit systems.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers 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.
OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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