Nurse Practitioner Senior Community Care Clinical Advisor North Carolina

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.

As a team member of our Senior Community Care (SCC) product, we work with a team to provide care to patients at home in a nursing home, assisted living for senior housing.

Required Qualifications:

• Active and unrestricted NP or PA license in the state which you reside, 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.
• APCs working in jurisdictions that authorize APCs to practice autonomously or without formal supervision must have obtained approval to practice autonomously or without formal supervision from their licensing board, if applicable. New hires who are eligible and have not applied prior to hire date, must apply to practice autonomously or without supervision within 1 month of hire. If not eligible to practice autonomously or without formal supervision at hire, the APC must begin working towards meeting the requirement within 1 month of hire, if applicable, and apply for approval to practice autonomously or without formal supervision within 3 months of becoming eligible. PAs: Ability to work under a Collaborative Agreement in applicable states
• Education:
  • NP: Graduate of an accredited Master of Science Nursing or Doctor of Nursing Practice program
  • PA: Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant degree program
• National Board Certification:
  • NP: Board certified through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners or the American Nurses Credentialing Center, with certification in one of the following:
    • Family, Adult, Acute, Gerontology, Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner
  • PA: Board certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
• Current active DEA licensure/prescriptive authority or ability to obtain post-hire, per state regulations (unless prohibited in state of practice)
• 2+ years of experience as an APC
• Ability to gain a collaborative practice agreement, if applicable in your state
• Driver's license and access to reliable transportation that will enable you to travel to client and / or patient sites within a designated area
• Ability to move a 30-pound bag in and out of car and to navigate stairs and a variety of dwelling conditions and configurations
• Possess a high level of organizational skills, self- motivation, and ability to manage time independently

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1+ years of Medicare experience
• 1+ years experience as an APC at Optum
• Experience in adult teaching environment
• Ability to develop and maintain positive customer relationships
• Possess knowledge and understanding of geriatrics clinical management
• Ability to work across functions and businesses to achieve business goals
• Effective in motivating and mentoring colleagues and peers
• Ability to quickly adapt to change and drive change management within team and market
• Proficient computer skills including the ability to document medical information with written and electronic medical records
• Basic excel skills and/or ability to learn excel

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.