Nurse Practitioner - Per Diem - Senior Community Care - Patient Connect - Atlantic County NJ - Optum

*** $3,500 Sign-on Bonus for External Candidates ***

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.

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform comprehensive assessments and document findings in a concise/comprehensive manner that is compliant with documentation requirements and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations
• Responsible for ensuring that all diagnoses are ICD10, coded accurately, and documented appropriately to support the diagnosis at that visit
• The APC is responsible for ensuring that all quality elements are addressed and documented
• The APC will do an initial medication review
• Must attend and complete all mandatory educational and computer/virtual training requirements
• Travel between care sites mandatory

• Care Coordination

• Communicate with the patient and necessary team members regarding any medical concerns at the time of your visit

• Program Enhancement Expected Behaviors

• Exhibit original thinking and creativity in the development of new and improved methods and approaches to concerns/issues
  • Function independently and responsibly with minimal need for supervision
  • Ability to enter available hours into web-based application, at least one month prior to available work time
  • Demonstrate initiative in achieving individual, team, and organizational goals and objectives
  • Participate in SCC quality initiatives
  • Availability to check Optum email intermittently for required trainings, communications, and monthly scheduling

Required Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited master’s degree in nursing (MSN) program and board certified through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) or the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioners (AG AC NP), Adult/Family or Gerontology Nurse Practitioners (ACNP), with preferred certification as ANP, FNP, or GNP
• Active and unrestricted APC license in the State of New Jersey
• Current, active DEA licensure/prescriptive authority or ability to obtain post-hire, per state regulations (unless prohibited in state of practice)
• Availability to work 10 hours per week
• Access to reliable transportation that will enable you to travel to client and/or patient sites within a designated area

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1+ years of hands-on post grad experience within Long Term Care
• Understanding of Geriatrics and Chronic Illness
• Ability to lift a 30-pound bag in and out of car and to navigate stairs and a variety of dwelling conditions and configurations
• Understanding of Advanced Illness and end of life discussions
• Proficient computer skills including the ability to document medical information with written and electronic medical records
• Proven ability to develop and maintain positive customer relationships
• Proven adaptability to change