Nurse Practitioner HouseCalls Statewide Traveler - Part Time - ND

$40,000 Student Loan Repayment Or $25,000 Sign-on Bonus for Individuals Who Have Not Previously Participated in this Program

HouseCalls Home Assessments - Part Time - Statewide Traveler

Part Time 20 hours: One Travel Week at 40 hours with the Following Week Off

No nights, No call

Optum is seeking a NP HouseCalls Statewide Traveler - Part Time to join our HouseCalls team in North Dakota. 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 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.

At Optum, the integrated medical teams who practice within Home and Community Care are creating something new in health care. Together, we are bringing high-end medical service, compassionate care and industry leading solutions to our most vulnerable patient populations. Our holistic approach addresses the physical, mental and social needs of our patients wherever they may be - helping patients access and navigate care anytime and anywhere. 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 Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

In this role you will have the ability to achieve work life balance.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Conduct in-home assessments on health plan members. Average visit is 45-60 minutes in length. Assessment is performed and completed electronically. HouseCalls Assessment includes:

• Past medical history
• 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

Required Qualifications:

• NP license and national certification (ANCC or AANP, or the ability to obtain national certification and/or NP license in state of assignment) active, unencumbered licensure free any open/unresolved disciplinary actions including probation or restrictions against privilege to practice. May be requested to obtain additional licensure supported by business
• 1+ year experience as a NP in a clinical setting
• 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in gerontology, cardiology, internal medicine, or endocrinology
• Home Health care or home visit experience