Nurse Practitioner - Optum Care At Home - Anderson, Pickens, Oconee - South Carolina

UnitedHealth Group•Walhalla, SC

3d•$109,500 - $164,000

About The Position

Optum Care At Home, part of the Optum family of businesses, is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to join our team in Anderson, Pickens, Oconee SC. Optum is a clinician-led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live. Optum Care At Home involves travel to patient residences. 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. 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. Position in these functions works as a provider member within the HBMC interdisciplinary team in the direct delivery of home-based medical care of a population within an assigned geography. Dedicated to improving the health and well-being of patients, this position collaborates with the PCP, HBMC interdisciplinary teammates and consultants, and as needed, the health plan Medical Director and other health professionals, to develop and carry out patients’ goals of care in all phases of the patient journey. Optum Care At Home, a part of Optum, was created to transform how healthcare is delivered to the most medically vulnerable members in our community. Our medical group provides home-based medical care to patients. Our clinical teams can spend quality-time caring for a smaller number of patients, giving all patients the space, respect, compassion and care they deserve. At Home Base Medical Care, our interdisciplinary teams collaboratively manage our complex patient panels. Join Home Base Medical Care to be part of a growing company full of purpose-driven, action-oriented, and compassionate team members working to dramatically transform healthcare for our communities. Together, we're making health care work better for everyone.

Requirements

Completion of Nurse Practitioner accredited program
Current state NP license or ability to obtain by start date
Certification through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), or the ability to obtain national certification and/or NP license in state of assignment by start date
Current active DEA licensure/prescriptive authority or ability to obtain post-hire, per state regulations (unless prohibited in state of practice)
Access to reliable transportation; if you are driving a vehicle, you must comply with all the terms of the Optum Motor Vehicle Safety policy

Nice To Haves

2+ years of clinical NP experience in IM, Geriatrics, Primary Care, ED, Urgent Care, Home Health Care visits or similar setting
Proven excellent administrative and organizational skills and the ability to effectively communicate with seniors and their families
Proven computer literate and able to navigate the internet

Responsibilities

Performs an initial comprehensive assessment of 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
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
Prescribes appropriate diagnostics and interventions to avoid unnecessary acute admissions
Completes follow-up and post-discharge assessments according to documented standard operating procedure
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
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
Practices in accordance with the respective state laws and regulations governing the practice of advanced practice nursing or physician assistants