Nurse Practitioner, HouseCalls - Idaho and Montana Statewide Traveler
Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: Mica
Posted on: September 12, 2023
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Job Description:
$40,000 Student Loan Repayment or $25,000--Sign on Bonus for
External Candidates
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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.------
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As a team member of our HouseCalls product, we provide annual
clinical assessments to patients in the comfort of their homes.
This important preventive care helps identify and reduce health
risks for patients, in addition to coordinating appropriate
follow-up care to improve health and well-being.--
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We're connecting care to create a seamless health journey for
patients across care settings. Join our team, it's your chance to
improve the lives of millions while doing your life's best
work.(sm)--
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In this role you will have the ability to achieve work life
balance. Flexible scheduling offered where providers can flex their
time over the 7-day work week. No on-call, no weekends and no
holidays required.
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HouseCalls Nurse Practitioners conduct in-home health assessments
on enrolled Medicare Advantage members. A HouseCalls Nurse
Practitioner will complete visits on members within a geographic
area of responsibility. The nature of the HouseCalls visit can vary
and could include performing an annual health assessment, a post
discharge visit, or visiting more complex members more than once
per year.----
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Primary Responsibilities:--
Review of systems--
Medication review--
Evidence-based practice screenings--
Checking vitals, conducting a physical exam that includes point of
care testing (as appropriate)
Identify diagnoses to be used in care management and active medical
management in the furtherance of treatment
Formulate a list of current and past medical conditions using
clinical knowledge and judgment and the findings of your
assessment
Communicate findings in your assessment that will be used to inform
member's PCP of potential gaps in care
Identify needs and opportunities to generate clinical referrals
appropriately
Identify urgent and emergent situations and intervene
appropriately
Educate members on topics such as disease process, medication, and
compliance
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You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an
environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on
what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide
development for other roles you may be interested in.--Required
Qualifications:----
Family, Geriatrics, Adult, Adult-Gerontology Primary or
Adult-Gerontology Acute Care certification--
Access to reliable transportation that will enable you to travel to
client and/or patient sites within a designated area
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Preferred Qualifications:----
Experience in gerontology, cardiology, internal medicine, or
endocrinology--
Home Health care or home visit experience
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--Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: ----
Proficient with electronic medical records, the internet and access
to a personal computer
Ability to work independently
Detail oriented
Dependable and reliable
Ability to lift 30-pound bag in and out of car and up and down
steps, as needed
Ability to obtain reliable transportation in order to complete home
visit assessments
Ability to travel up to 85% within licensed states if requested
(with notice, based on business needs)
Ability to navigate public transportation, if required
Ability to navigate stairs and a variety of dwelling conditions and
configurations
Ability to sit, stand and kneel, as needed, to perform physical
assessment
Excellent administrative, organizational, and verbal skills
Solid communication skills with the geriatric or Medicare
population
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Careers with Optum. Our objective is to make health care simpler
and more effective for everyone. With our hands at work across all
aspects of health, you can play a role in creating a healthier
world, one insight, one connection and one person at a time. We
bring together some of the greatest minds and ideas to take health
care to its fullest potential, promoting health equity and
accessibility. Work with diverse, engaged and high-performing teams
to help solve important challenges.--
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**PLEASE NOTE** Employees must be in an active regular status.
Employees must remain in role for a minimum of 12 months from the
date of hire /rehire/transfer.-- If an employee leaves Home and
Community, the student loan repayments will cease. The employee
must remain in an Advanced Practice Clinician or Physician role
within Home and Community for 36 months to receive the full benefit
of the student loan repayments.--
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier
lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We
believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location
and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life.
Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good
health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color,
historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We
are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and
enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health
disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority
reflected in our mission.--
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Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin,
protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation,
gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information,
or any other characteristic protected by law.--
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UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are
required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.--
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