Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Clinical Advisor - Senior Care - Baltimore, MD - Optum

** Requisition number:
** 2366719

** Job category:
** Healthcare Delivery, Advanced Practice Clinicians

*** $10,000 Sign-on Bonus or $20,000 Student Loan Repayment Bonus available **
* ** Optum Home & Community Care,
** part of the Optum 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) team, we work to provide care to patients at home, nursing homes and assisted living for senior housing.

This life-changing work adds a layer of support to improve access to care. We're connecting care to create a seamless health journey for patients across settings. Join us to start  
** Caring. Connecting. Growing together.*
* The Optum SCC ISNP program is a longitudinal, integrated care delivery program that coordinates the delivery and provision of clinical care of members in a facility setting. The CA is responsible for providing mentoring, coaching and support for Advanced Practice  and Patient Care Coordinators (PCC) in the field. Additionally, the Clinical Advisor acts as the lead resource supporting advanced illness management and advance care planning for the clinical team. The CA reports to the Clinical Services Manager (CSM).

The CA partners with both the CSM and/or Director of Clinical Operations (DCO) to enhance clinical expertise and adherence to Optum's ISNP Care Team clinical model.

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* Primary Responsibilities:

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* + Partner with CSM to set team direction, resolve problems, and provide guidance to members of their clinical team

+ Partner with CSM to maintain meeting and communication cadence with Optum Care Team to ensure clarity, supervision and metric management

+ Adapt departmental plans and priorities to address business and operational challenges

+ Clinically mentor/educate team members as appropriate under the direction of CSM

+ Partner with CSM to ensure effective on-boarding of new care team members and ongoing development of existing clinicians

+ Develop innovative approaches and support the implementation and adoption of new clinical and quality initiatives

+ Utilize advanced clinical nursing expertise, knowledge of geriatric/chronic disease management, and the long-term care industry to provide coaching, mentoring, and role-modeling to new and existing clinicians

+ Oversee and implement clinical staff development programs in collaboration with leadership

+ Review work performed by others and provide recommendations for improvement in conjunction with CSM

+ Serve as a resource to APCs/RNs for escalated complex and/or clinical issues

+ Communicate needs and issues surfaced by clinical staff to site and leadership

+ Promote the development of a collegial team, for coverage, troubleshooting and brainstorming

+ Foster and develop a culture of clinical expertise

+ Anticipate customer needs and proactively develop solutions to meet them

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.

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* Required Qualifications:

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* + NP:
Graduate of an accredited Master of Science Nursing or Doctor of Nursing Practice program

+ National Board Certification:

+ NP:  Board certified through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners or the American Nurses Credentialing Center, with certification in one of the following:

+ Family, Adult, Acute, Gerontology, Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner

+ PA:
Board Certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants 

+ Current active DEA licensure/prescriptive authority or ability to obtain post-hire, per state regulations and program requirements (unless prohibited in state of practice), not required for SNF PC and will not be reimbursed

+ Active and unrestricted license in the state which you reside, or ability to obtain by start date Licensure must be unencumbered, free of any open/unresolved…