Field Clinician Registered Nurse - Senior Care Facilities - Queens, NY

UnitedHealth Group•New York, NY

10h•Onsite

About The Position

Optum Home & Community Care, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, is creating something new in health care. 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. This life-changing work adds a layer of support to improve access to care. The SCC ISNP program is a longitudinal, integrated care delivery program that coordinates the delivery and provision of clinical care of members in a facility setting. The Optum RN within SCC provides care to our highest-risk health plan members and is part of an interdisciplinary team. Optum is transforming care delivery with innovative and personalized care. As one of the largest employers of APCs, Optum offers unparalleled career development opportunities. We’re connecting care to create a seamless health journey for patients across care settings. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. Position Highlights: You will be part of the primary care team collaborating with all interdisciplinary team members and will support multiple providers. The RN is a flexible team member who works alongside nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs). This is a field-based position, visiting members primarily in nursing homes.

Requirements

Associate degree or higher in Nursing (RN)
Active unrestricted Registered Nurse license in New York
Certified in Basic Life Support
1+ years of clinical experience
Driver’s license and access to reliable transportation to travel between facilities
Ability to complete physical requirements, including lifting a 30-pound bag and ability to perform physical assessment

Nice To Haves

BSN
Experience in meeting the medical needs of patients with complex behavioral, social and/or functional needs
Saline Lock insertion experience
Understanding of Geriatrics and Chronic Illness
Proficient computer skills including the ability to document medical information with written and electronic medical records

Responsibilities

Ensure accurate and complete patient assessments
Communicate and collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team
Assist the provider / team with various care coordination activities
Assist the provider / team with benefit determination associated with Medicare part A, part B, and part D benefits
Responsible for collaborating with the primary advanced practice clinician (APC) and facility to identify and respond to patient change in condition
Assist the provider / team with therapy coordination
Participate in facility-based meetings
Schedule and participate in family conferences, team meetings, and team case presentations
Coordination of training, tracking, and compliance with quality measures
Assist in creating and conduct in-services for selected audiences
Assist providers in assuring complete and accurate documentation and coding, medication reconciliation, nursing rounds, assessment, and patient documentation
May write verbal orders from Provider in the chart in compliance with the state RN practice laws, and in compliance with individual nursing facility practices
Assist in managing members through an acute medical situation or an exacerbation of a chronic condition, including testing, diagnostics, interventions
Assist in managing members during a short term sub-acute rehabilitation episode