HouseCalls Nurse Practitioners Lee and Des Moines Counties, IA

Florida Naturopathic Physicians Association • Iowa, LA, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 4d ago

Coverage area includes Des Moines County -- not the city of Des Moines

$10,000 Sign-on Bonus for External Candidates

This is a full time opportunity with benefits

No Nights, Holidays, Call and Weekends are optional

Communities within area of service (not all inclusive): Des Moines County: Burlington, Mediapolis, West Burlington, Danville, Middletown, Sperry, Augusta, Kingston, Beaverdale, Yarmouth. Lee County: Fort Madison, Donnellson, Keokuk, Montrose, West Point, Wever, Argyle, Denmark, Saint Paul, Houghton, Franklin.

Optum is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to join our HouseCalls team in Lee and Des Moines Counties, IA. Optum is a clinician-led care organization, that is creating a seamless health journey for patients across the care continuum.

As a member of the broader Home and Community Care team, you’ll provide annual clinical assessments to patients in the comfort of their homes. This important preventive care helps identify and reduce health risks for patients, in addition to coordinating appropriate follow-up care to improve health and well-being.

In this role you will have the ability to achieve work-life balance. Flexible scheduling offered where providers can flex their time over the 7-day work week. No on-call, no weekends and no holidays required.

Primary Responsibilities:

Conduct in-home assessments including an evaluation of past medical history, review of systems, medication reconciliation, vital signs, and comprehensive physical exam.
Perform evidence-based practice screenings including point of care testing (as appropriate).
Identify diagnoses to be used in care management and active medical management in the furtherance of treatment.
Formulate a list of current and past medical conditions using clinical knowledge and judgment and the findings of your assessment.
Communicate findings in your assessment that will be used to inform member’s PCP of potential gaps in care.
Identify urgent and emergent situations and intervene appropriately.
Educate members on topics such as disease process, medication, and compliance.

Required Qualifications:

Active NP license or ability to obtain by start date. Licensure must be unencumbered, free of any open/unresolved disciplinary actions including probation or restrictions against privilege to practice.
Active ANCC or AANP national certification in Family, Geriatrics, Adult, Adult-Gerontology Primary Care, or Adult-Gerontology Acute Care certification, or the ability to obtain national certification and/or NP license in state of assignment by start date.
Ability to complete physical requirements of the job including lifting a 30-pound bag in and out of the car, navigating stairs and a variety of dwelling conditions, and sit, stand and kneel to perform physical assessment.
Reliable transportation to complete home visit assessments.

Preferred Qualifications:

1+ years of clinical experience in their highest level of education, clinical setting.
Experience in gerontology, cardiology, internal medicine, or endocrinology.
Home Health care or home visit experience.
Fluency in Spanish, Cantonese, Korean, Vietnamese, Polish, or other language.

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