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Nurse Practitioner, CA and OR Statewide Traveler, House Calls, Sign On Bonus and Loan Repayment for

Employer
UnitedHealth Group
Location
Central Point, OR
Closing date
Jan 19, 2021

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Profession
Nurse Practitioner
Specialty
Medical Management
Nurse Practitioner
Traveler House Calls Sign On Bonus and Loan Repayment for External Candidates
and Eligible Employees




This is a Statewide Traveler position which requires travel throughout the states of California and Oregon.

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.

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. We're also the career home for Nurse Practitioners who bring compassion and passion, energy and focus to their work every day.

If you want more meaning in your career - as a clinician or a business professional - take this opportunity and apply. It's the first step in a new career that will enable you to do your life's best work.(sm)

How about an added bonus of help with paying down your student loans? Nurse Practitioners hired into Traveler roles are eligible to receive a sign on bonus OR a reduced sign-on bonus plus three years of student loan repayment assistance through our Student Loan Repayment (SLR) program. This could mean up to an additional $40K in benefits to you as well as the opportunity to pay down your student loan faster!

In this role, you will conduct in-home health assessments on enrolled Medicare Advantage members, Community and State and several other plans. The Traveler Nurse Practitioner assignments will be defined based on current business needs.

Primary Responsibilities:
  • Travel up to 100%
  • Conduct in-home assessments on health plan members
  • Identify diagnoses to be used in care management and active medical management
  • Formulate a list of current and past medical conditions using clinical knowledge, judgment and current findings
  • Communicate gaps in care to member's PCP
  • Identify referral needs
  • Identify urgent and emergent situations for proper intervention
  • Educate members on topics related to health conditions and promotion
  • Compliance with all HIPAA regulations and maintain security of protected health information (PHI)


Required
Qualifications:


  • FNP, GNP,
    ANP, board certified or eligible with an active, unencumbered licensure
    free any open / unresolved disciplinary actions including probation or
    restrictions against privilege to practice
  • Must be able
    to travel by public transportation (eg. Trains, Airplanes, Subways, Ferry,
    etc.)
  • Must have
    the ability to travel to member's visit location
  • Must be able
    to travel to assigned locations
  • Proficient
    with electronic medical records and the internet
  • Ability to
    lift 30 pound bag in and out of care and up and down stairs as needed
  • Ability to
    navigate stairs and a variety of dwelling conditions and configurations
  • Ability to
    sit, stand and kneel as needed to perform physical assessment


Preferred
Qualifications:


  • 3+ years of
    experience in a clinical setting
  • Home Health
    Care or Nursing Home experience
  • Strong
    communication skills with the geriatric or Medicare population
  • Detailed
    oriented; dependable and reliable


Careers with
Optum.
Here's the idea.
We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care
work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large
accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle
choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap
beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the
UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest
minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach
its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams
against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one
incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best
work.(sm)




**PLEASE NOTE** The Sign On Bonus and/or Loan
Repayment is available to external candidates. Candidates who are
currently working for a UnitedHealth Group, UnitedHealthcare or a related
entity in a full time, part time, or per diem basis ("Internal Candidates") are
not eligible to receive a Sign On Bonus or Loan Repayment unless they are newly
moving to this role Traveling Nurse Practitioner.

Also eligible for the pilot will be
current Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants who newly transfer into
one of the open traveler roles

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.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass
a drug test before beginning employment.

Job Keywords:
Nurse Practitioner Jobs, Geriatric Nurse Practitioner, NP, Home Health, Primary
Care

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