NP​/PA, Patient Connect, Per Assessment, Senior Community Care - Lewis, Thurston Counties

$5,000 Sign-on Bonus for External Candidates

Optum Home & Community Care, part of the United Health 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, and 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 care settings. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

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.

Serving millions of Medicare and Medicaid patients, Optum is the nation's largest health and wellness business and a vibrant, growing member of the United Health Group family.

This role is within our SNF Patient Connect program. Optum Senior Community Care provides the Patient Connect Program for United Healthcare members in a short‑stay/transitional setting with a focus on reducing 30‑day hospital readmissions, improving completeness and coding accuracy of diagnosis and medical record documentation, increasing closure of STAR/HEDIS quality measures, improving completion rates of Advance Care Planning Directives, and improving patient and family satisfaction and discharge and post‑discharge support.

The Optum practitioner will provide a one‑time comprehensive health assessment for the member in collaboration with the case‑management team to support better care coordination and health outcomes.

This is a per‑diem position serving Lewis and Thurston Counties, WA. Per‑diem employees are required to have availability for a minimum of 10 hours per week with a maximum of 960 hours a year. Flexible schedule – days, evenings, weekends.

If you want more meaning in your career—as a clinician or a business professional—take this opportunity and apply.

• Work with primary care physicians to provide the best care possible
• Collaborate with the nursing staff and the patient's families
• Collaborate with the case‑management team
• Documentation, coding and gap closure

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, and provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

• Active and unrestricted license in the state in which you reside
• Certified Nurse Practitioner through a national board, or Physician Assistant through an accredited program
• 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; or for PAs – Physician Assistant National Certification through NCCPA.
• Current active DEA licensure/prescriptive authority or ability to obtain post‑hire, per state regulations (unless prohibited in state of practice)
• Driver's license and access to reliable transportation to travel to SNF facilities within a designated area
• Ability to move a 30‑pound bag in and out of a car and to navigate stairs and a variety of dwelling conditions and configurations
• Availability to work 10 hours per week
• Ability to obtain a collaborative practice agreement, if applicable in your state

• 1+ years of hands‑on post‑grad experience within Long Term Care; understanding of Geriatrics and Chronic Illness
• 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
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