$3,500.00 Sign on bonus for external candidates
Optum is seeking a Part-time Nurse Practitioner, In-Home Visits - APP to join our Home-based Medical Care team in Andalusia, AL. Optum is a clinician-led care organization, creating a seamless health journey for patients across the care continuum.
As a member of the broader Home and Community Care team, you’ll help bring home-based medical care to complex, chronic patients. This life-changing work helps give older adults more days at home.
At Optum, the integrated medical teams who practice within Home and Community Care are creating something new in health care. Together, we are bringing high-end medical service, compassionate care, and industry-leading solutions to our most vulnerable patient populations. Our holistic approach addresses the physical, mental, and social needs of our patients wherever they may be - helping patients access and navigate care anytime and anywhere. We’re connecting care to create a seamless health journey for patients across care settings. Join our team; it’s your chance to improve the lives of millions while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
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. And you do it all at no added cost to the patient.
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 evaluation, 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 the patient’s PCP and specialists as needed.
By observing your patients in their homes, you will gain valuable insights into aspects of their lives – sometimes subtle, but always important – that otherwise may never be revealed in a traditional care setting. You will have the resources of our custom electronic medical records (EMR) program, comprehensive mobile medical technology system, and dedicated technical support department.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), in addition to, an NP-focused graduate degree in a Master's or Doctoral nursing program.
- Graduate from an accredited NP Program and have Certification through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
- Active and unrestricted State Nurse Practitioner license for the State of Alabama.
- Current state RN license.
- 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 clinical experience in primary care, home-based medical care, geriatrics, palliative care, emergency/urgent care, or similar setting.
- Knowledge of long-term care, community resources, and cost-effective alternatives regarding patient care delivery systems.
- Knowledge of CPT, ICD-10, and HCPC codes.
- Knowledge of clinical standards of care.
- Awareness of NCQA requirements, CMS guidelines, Medicaid/Medicare contracts, and benefit systems.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare 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.
OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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