$20,000 Student Loan Repayment Or $10,000 Sign-on Bonus for External Candidates Who Have Not Previously Participated In This Program
This is a full-time (40-hour) position that will provide coverage to patients primarily located in the areas of Muskogee County, OK.
Optum is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, In-Home Visits to join our Home-based Medical Care team in Muskogee County, OK. 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 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.
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.
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 of UM standards, NCQA requirements, CMS guidelines, Milliman guidelines, and Medicaid/Medicare contracts and benefit systems.
**PLEASE NOTE** Employees must be in an active regular status. Employees must remain in role for a minimum of 12 months from the date of hire/rehire/transfer. If an employee leaves Home and Community, the student loan repayments will cease. The employee must remain in an Advanced Practice Clinician or Physician role within Home and Community for 36 months to receive the full benefit of the student loan repayments.
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location, and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life.
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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