Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - Annual Wellness Visits at Multiple Locations - Optum NY

**Optum NY, (formerly Optum Tri-State NY) is seeking a full time Nurse Practitioner to join our team in Poughkeepsie, NY. Optum is a clinician-led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live.**

As a member of the Optum Care Delivery team, you’ll be an integral part of our vision to make healthcare better for everyone.

At Optum, you’ll have the clinical resources, data and support of a global organization behind you so you can help your patients live healthier lives. Here, you’ll work alongside talented peers in a collaborative environment that is guided by diversity and inclusion while driving towards the Quadruple Aim. We believe you deserve an exceptional career and will empower you to live your best life at work and at home. Experience the fulfillment of advancing the health of your community with the excitement of contributing new practice ideas and initiatives that could help improve care for millions of patients across the country. Because together, we have the power to make health care better for everyone. Join us and discover how rewarding medicine can be while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

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osition Highlights

• The primary role is to conduct annual wellness exam, complete applicable screenings, address quality gaps in care, and conduct prospective chart reviews during unscheduled direct patient care hours and under the oversight of the CDQI Medical Director.
• Support specific targeted outreach such as homebound members, member facing events such as new member orientation and screenings, member appreciation events and preventative and health fair screenings or other corporate level programs.
• Assist in conducting clinical chart reviews.
• Work with the Network Team to assist in training and education programs.
• Complete Annual Health Assessment (AHA) to assess common conditions (both chronic and non-chronic conditions) and review of interim and episodic medical history and physical exam.
• Entering assessment and documentation into designated systems .
• Perform non-invasive ambulatory screening tests, confirmation of existing diagnosis and document additional conditions as appropriate.
• Assessment for gaps in current medical care, using current clinical guidelines.
• Assessment for adequacy of current medical management.
• Evaluation of urgent and emergent situations, with appropriate activation of the Emergency Medical System, as needed.
• Recommendations for disease management, screening and diagnostic tests and health promotion modalities.
• Assessment for need and recommendations for durable medical equipment.
• Health maintenance/health promotion and patient education.
• APC will give vaccines as necessary.

What makes an Optum Career different?

• As the largest employer of Advanced Practice Clinicians, we have a best-in-class employee experience and enable you to practice at the top of your license
• We believe that better care for clinicians equates to better care for patients

Required Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Nursing [APRN or FNP]
• Unrestricted Nurse Practitioner license in NY (or ability to obtain)
• Certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner through the ANCC/AANP
• 2+ years of primary care experience at the NP level
• Unrestricted CSR and DEA license (or willing to obtain prior to start)

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.