Optum

Nurse Practitioner - Home Based Medical Care - St. Louis area, MO

Saint Louis, MO

full-time
Inpatient and outpatient

$10,000 Sign-on Bonus for External Candidates

Optum is seeking a Nurse Practitioner - Optum Home Based Medical Care to join our Home-based Medical Care team in St. Louis, MO area. 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.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Practices in accordance with the respective state laws and regulations governing the practice of advanced practice nursing or physician assistants
  • Establishes and maintains effective relationships with patients, care givers, and/or their legal representatives, IDT members, PCPs, other collaborating physicians/providers, and facility staff when applicable
  • Performs an initial comprehensive assessment on all newly enrolled patients and provides ongoing care thereafter. Develops a patient management care plan upon enrollment and updates it as needed when changes in condition warrant or following hospitalization. Meets with patients and/or their legal representatives to review newly developed or modified care plans; involves the PCP or supervising physician in these meetings, when applicable
  • Completes follow-up and post-discharge assessments according to documented standard operating procedure
  • Prescribes appropriate diagnostics and interventions to avoid unnecessary acute admissions
  • Comfortable with basic procedures of nursing care, including IV placement, blood draws, injections, foley catheters, nasal packing, wound care, etc. New hire and annual skills check/training provided
  • Consults with hospital, emergency or post-acute clinical team following notification of patient transfer
  • Educates patients and/or their legal representatives in disease processes affecting patients and ways to manage them effectively, as well as to promote wellness
  • Provides counsel, support and education to staff as appropriate
  • Actively participates in ongoing meetings pertaining to patient care and clinical excellence
  • Implements HEDIS measure campaigns and other quality initiatives to ensure the highest standards of care and to promote the improvement of care management and delivery
  • Keeps current on relevant medical and nursing research, technology, and related issues by attending continuing education courses, professional meetings and journal reviews
  • Perform related duties as necessary and other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

  • Completion of Nurse Practitioner accredited program
  • Certification through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) or American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
  • Current, unrestricted RN licensure in State of Practice
  • Current, unrestricted NP licensure in State of Practice
  • Knowledge of long-term care, community resources and cost-effective alternatives regarding patient care delivery systems
  • Access to reliable transportation

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 2+ years of clinical experience, primary care, home-based medical care, geriatrics or palliative care or emergency/urgent care
  • Knowledge of CPT, ICD-10 and HCPC codes
  • Knowledge of clinical standards of care
  • Awareness of NCQA requirements, CMS guidelines, Medicaid/Medicare contracts and benefit systems

Posted December 4, 2024