Optum
Nurse Practitioner NP Optum at Home West Helena AR
Optum, Dumas, Arkansas, United States, 71639
Sign On Bonus
$10,000 SIGN ON BONUS FOR EXTERNAL CANDIDATES
About Optum Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
We’re fast becoming the nation’s largest employer of Nurse Practitioners; offering a superior professional environment and incredible opportunities to make a difference in the lives of patients. This growth is not only a testament to our model’s success but the efforts, care, and commitment of our Nurse Practitioners.
Serving millions of Medicare and Medicaid patients, Optum is the nation’s largest health and wellness business and a vibrant, growing member of the UnitedHealth Group family. We’re also the career home for Nurse Practitioners who bring compassion and passion, energy and focus to their work every day. As a Home Visit Nurse Practitioner with Optum, you’ll provide primary care home visits for patients in collaboration with the physician of record and patient care team.
The Optum Dual Special Needs Plan (DSNP) at Home program is a longitudinal, integrated care delivery program that coordinates the delivery and provision of clinical care of members in their place of residence. The DSNP program combines Optum trained clinicians providing intensive interventions customized the needs of each individual, in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Care Team, which includes the Optum clinician, the member’s Primary Care Provider and other providers, and other professionals.
After conducting an initial comprehensive patient assessment, you will communicate and manage the patients’ plan of care across all care providers, family, and caregivers to ensure that timely, patient-centered, appropriate evidence‑based medicine is provided. By building strong relationships, you’ll have a meaningful impact on the patient’s health as you collaborate with the care team to provide direct patient care and develop a plan of care to achieve patient’s goal and clinical outcomes.
This is a Field Position with 75% travel. This position covers Drew, Ashley, Chicot, Desha, Lee, Phillips and Saint Francis counties.
Primary Responsibilities
Obtain and review medical history, conduct physical and psychosocial assessments, analyze and diagnose conditions and develop appropriate plan of care
Identify gaps in care, interpret diagnostic test and reports and refer appropriately
Identify risk factors and help mitigate barriers to access care and reduce risk
Develop interventions to assist members in attaining established goals of care
Evaluate member’s progress in completion of goals of care and re‑assess and assist in care management with members
Serves as a key resource on complex and/or critical issues
Solves complex problems and develops innovative solutions
Establishes and maintains communication and a trusting relationship with the member, family/authorized representative and primary caregiver and specialists
Discuss medical options / interventions with members/families to promote understanding and assist them in making informed decisions
Clarify member’s cultural values that may impact health management / decisions
Identify prognosis/trajectory of chronic disease that may impact future member health decisions and conduct advanced care planning discussions
100% travel in local market area to patient’s homes for in‑home visits
Qualifications Required Qualifications
Active, un‑encumbered license to practice nursing in the state of assignment or ability to obtain
Nurse practitioner Certification from either the ANCC or AANP or ability to obtain
DEA License or the ability to obtain
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certification
Access to reliable transportation that will enable you to travel to client and/or patient sites within a designated area
Preferred Qualifications
1+ years of experience with hands on, post‑grad Nurse Practitioner work
Experience working in home health or in‑home setting
Experience working with complex patient populations including multiple chronic diseases with diverse psychosocial backgrounds
Geriatric or adult medicine specialty
Effectively communicate with elderly and chronically ill patients and families
Bi‑lingual or multi‑lingual
Understanding of Medicare, Medicaid and Health Plan benefit structures beneficial
Comfortable working independently in a home‑visit setting
Basic knowledge of computers and cell phones
Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multi‑task and manage schedule
Excellent collaboration skills and ability to communicate with care team and physicians
High quality focus on the clinical model for DSNP which includes Stars and accurate coding and documentation
About Us 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. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes—a priority reflected in our mission.
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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About Optum Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
We’re fast becoming the nation’s largest employer of Nurse Practitioners; offering a superior professional environment and incredible opportunities to make a difference in the lives of patients. This growth is not only a testament to our model’s success but the efforts, care, and commitment of our Nurse Practitioners.
Serving millions of Medicare and Medicaid patients, Optum is the nation’s largest health and wellness business and a vibrant, growing member of the UnitedHealth Group family. We’re also the career home for Nurse Practitioners who bring compassion and passion, energy and focus to their work every day. As a Home Visit Nurse Practitioner with Optum, you’ll provide primary care home visits for patients in collaboration with the physician of record and patient care team.
The Optum Dual Special Needs Plan (DSNP) at Home program is a longitudinal, integrated care delivery program that coordinates the delivery and provision of clinical care of members in their place of residence. The DSNP program combines Optum trained clinicians providing intensive interventions customized the needs of each individual, in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Care Team, which includes the Optum clinician, the member’s Primary Care Provider and other providers, and other professionals.
After conducting an initial comprehensive patient assessment, you will communicate and manage the patients’ plan of care across all care providers, family, and caregivers to ensure that timely, patient-centered, appropriate evidence‑based medicine is provided. By building strong relationships, you’ll have a meaningful impact on the patient’s health as you collaborate with the care team to provide direct patient care and develop a plan of care to achieve patient’s goal and clinical outcomes.
This is a Field Position with 75% travel. This position covers Drew, Ashley, Chicot, Desha, Lee, Phillips and Saint Francis counties.
Primary Responsibilities
Obtain and review medical history, conduct physical and psychosocial assessments, analyze and diagnose conditions and develop appropriate plan of care
Identify gaps in care, interpret diagnostic test and reports and refer appropriately
Identify risk factors and help mitigate barriers to access care and reduce risk
Develop interventions to assist members in attaining established goals of care
Evaluate member’s progress in completion of goals of care and re‑assess and assist in care management with members
Serves as a key resource on complex and/or critical issues
Solves complex problems and develops innovative solutions
Establishes and maintains communication and a trusting relationship with the member, family/authorized representative and primary caregiver and specialists
Discuss medical options / interventions with members/families to promote understanding and assist them in making informed decisions
Clarify member’s cultural values that may impact health management / decisions
Identify prognosis/trajectory of chronic disease that may impact future member health decisions and conduct advanced care planning discussions
100% travel in local market area to patient’s homes for in‑home visits
Qualifications Required Qualifications
Active, un‑encumbered license to practice nursing in the state of assignment or ability to obtain
Nurse practitioner Certification from either the ANCC or AANP or ability to obtain
DEA License or the ability to obtain
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certification
Access to reliable transportation that will enable you to travel to client and/or patient sites within a designated area
Preferred Qualifications
1+ years of experience with hands on, post‑grad Nurse Practitioner work
Experience working in home health or in‑home setting
Experience working with complex patient populations including multiple chronic diseases with diverse psychosocial backgrounds
Geriatric or adult medicine specialty
Effectively communicate with elderly and chronically ill patients and families
Bi‑lingual or multi‑lingual
Understanding of Medicare, Medicaid and Health Plan benefit structures beneficial
Comfortable working independently in a home‑visit setting
Basic knowledge of computers and cell phones
Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multi‑task and manage schedule
Excellent collaboration skills and ability to communicate with care team and physicians
High quality focus on the clinical model for DSNP which includes Stars and accurate coding and documentation
About Us 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. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes—a priority reflected in our mission.
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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