Per Assessment (10 hpw) Nurse Practitioner, Patient Connect - Marion County, FL

$3,500 Sign-on Bonus for External Candidates

This role is for 10 hours per week - any day during "awake hours"

Optum Home & Community Care, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, is creating something new in health care. We are uniting industry-leading solutions to build an integrated care model that holistically addresses an individual’s physical, mental and social needs – helping patients access and navigate care anytime and anywhere.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform comprehensive assessments and document findings in a concise/comprehensive manner that is compliant with documentation requirements and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations
• Ensuring that all diagnoses are ICD10, coded accurately, and documented appropriately to support the diagnosis at that visit
• The APC is responsible for ensuring that all quality elements are addressed and documented
• The APC will do an initial medication review
• Must attend and complete all mandatory educational and computer/virtual training requirements
• Travel between care sites mandatory

• Care Coordination

  • Communicate with the patient and necessary team members regarding any medical concerns at the time of your visit

• Program Enhancement Expected Behaviors

  • Exhibit original thinking and creativity in the development of new and improved methods and approaches to concerns/issues
  • Function independently and responsibly with minimal need for supervision
  • Ability to enter available hours into web-based application, at least one month prior to available work time
  • Demonstrate initiative in achieving individual, team, and organizational goals and objectives
  • Participate in SCC quality initiatives
  • Availability to check Optum email intermittently for required trainings, communications, and monthly scheduling

Required Qualifications:

• Active and unrestricted Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant license in the state of Florida
  • Certified Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant through a national board. For NPs: Graduate of an accredited master’s degree in Nursing (MSN) program and board certified through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) or the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioners (AG AC NP), Adult/Family or Gerontology Nurse Practitioners (ACNP), with preferred certification as ANP, FNP, or GNP. For PAs: Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant degree program and currently board certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
  • 1+ years of Nursing Home experience
  • Ability to move a 30-pound bag in and out of car and to navigate stairs and a variety of dwelling conditions and configurations
  • Availability to work 10 hours per week
  • Access to reliable transportation that will enable you to travel to client and/or patient sites within a designated area
  • Proficient computer skills including the ability to document medical information with written and electronic medical records

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in meeting the medical needs of patients with complex behavioral, social and/or functional needs
  • Understanding of Geriatrics and Chronic Illness
  • Understanding of Advanced Illness and end of life discussions

About Optum

Optum is the health care technology and innovation company of the UnitedHealth Group enterprise along with UnitedHealthcare. We’re a global organization that’s evolving health care so everyone can have the opportunity to live their healthiest life. With our hands across all aspects of health, we'll provide you with a rewarding career that enables you to grow in the directions that best fit your passions. This is your opportunity to be part of a team that’s dedicated to Caring. Connecting. Growing together.