Nurse Practitioner- Per Diem- Senior Community Care - St Louis, MO
Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: Chesterfield
Posted on: September 18, 2023
Job Description:
$3,000 Sign-on Bonus for External Candidates
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For those who want to invent the future of health care, here's your
opportunity. We're going beyond basic care to health programs
integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us to start
Caring. Connecting. Growing together.--
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We're fast becoming the nation's largest employer of Nurse
Practitioners; offering a superior professional environment and
incredible opportunities to make a difference in the lives of
patients. This growth is not only a testament to our model's
success but the efforts, care, and commitment of our Nurse
Practitioners.
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Serving millions of Medicare and Medicaid patients, Optum is the
nation's largest health and wellness business and a vibrant,
growing member of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses. You
have found the best place to advance your advanced practice nursing
career. As an CCM Nurse Practitioner per diem you will provide care
to Optum members and be responsible for the delivery of medical
care services in a periodic or intermittent basis. We are looking
for Nurse Practitioners to join our team in the St Louis, MO
area.--
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Primary Responsibilities:
- Primary Care Delivery
- Deliver cost-effective, quality care to assigned members
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- Manage both medical and behavioral, chronic and acute
conditions effectively, and in collaboration with a physician or
specialty provider--
- 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, annual medication
review and a post-hospitalization medication
reconciliation--
- Facilitate agreement and implementation of the member's plan of
care by engaging the facility staff, families/responsible parties,
primary and specialty care physicians--
- Evaluate the effectiveness, necessity and efficiency of the
plan, making revisions as needed--
- Utilizes practice guidelines and protocols established by
CCM--
- Must attend and complete all mandatory educational and
LearnSource training requirements--
- Travel between care sites mandatory--
- Care Coordination
- Understand the Payer/Plan benefits, CCM associate policies,
procedures and articulate them effectively to providers, members
and key decision-makers--
- Assess the medical necessity/effectiveness of ancillary
services to determine the appropriate initiation of benefit events
and communicate the process to providers and appropriate team
members--
- Coordinate care as members transition through different levels
of care and care settings--
- Monitor the needs of members and families while facilitating
any adjustments to the plan of care as situations and conditions
change--
- Review orders and interventions for appropriateness and
response to treatment to identify most effective plan of care that
aligns with the member's needs and wishes--
- Evaluate plan of care for cost effectiveness while meeting the
needs of members, families and providers to decreases high costs,
poor outcomes and unnecessary hospitalizations--
- Program Enhancement Expected Behaviors
- Regular and effective communication with internal and external
parties including physicians, members, key decision-makers, nursing
facilities, CCM staff and other provider groups--
- Actively promote the CCM program in assigned facilities by
partnering with key stakeholders (i e : internal sales function,
provider relations, facility leader) to maintain and develop
membership growth--
- 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 CCM quality initiatives ---------
- Availability to check Optum email intermittently for required
trainings, communications, and monthly scheduling --------
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:
- Active and unrestricted license in the state which you
reside--
- Certified Nurse Practitioner--through a national board
- For NPs: 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--
- Current active DEA licensure/prescriptive authority or ability
to obtain post-hire, per state regulations (unless prohibited in
state of practice)--
- Ability to gain a collaborative practice agreement, if
applicable in your state
- Access to reliable transportation that will enable you to
travel to client and/or patient sites within a designated
area--
- Ability to lift a 30-pound bag in and out of car and to
navigate stairs and a variety of dwelling conditions and
configurations --
- Availability to work 24 hours per month, with expectations that
16 of the 24 hours/month could be during off-hours (after 5 pm, on
weekends, and/or holidays) not to exceed 960 hours in a calendar
year
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Preferred Qualifications:
- 1+ years of hands-on post grad experience within Long Term
Care
- Proven understanding of Geriatrics and chronic
illness--
- Proven understanding of advanced illness and end of life
discussions --
- Demonstrated proficient computer skills including the ability
to document medical information with written and electronic medical
records--
- Ability to develop and maintain positive customer
relationships--
- Ability to be adaptable to change--
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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: OptumCare is an Equal
Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers 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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OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass
a drug test before beginning employment.
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