Registered Nurse - Urgent Care

$5,000 Sign on Bonus for External Candidates

We offer excellent compensation, benefits within 30 days that include generous PTO, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, along with opportunities for continued career progression!

Optum NY is seeking a Registered Nurse to join our team in Mount Kisco, NY. Optum is a clinician‑led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live.

As a member of the Optum Care Delivery team, you will be an integral part of our vision to make healthcare better for everyone. You will have the clinical resources, data and support of a global organization behind you so you can help your patients live healthier lives. We believe you deserve an exceptional career, and will empower you to live your best life at work and erience the fulfillment of advancing the health of your community with the excitement of contributing new practice ideas and initiatives that could help improve care for millions of patients across the country.

While caring, connecting, growing together.

The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care to patients via direct and/or telephone contact, following established standards and practices. The RN coordinates with other members of the care team to ensure seamless care delivery, maximal coordination of efforts, and active patient participation in planning and care. The RN assists physicians or other providers with clinical procedures, performs telephone triage as needed, and participates in patient teaching.

Three 12‑hour shifts per week from 8am to 8pm.

• Demonstrates clinical competence in the direct care of patients/significant others in an established area of practice, considering developmental differences among patients.
• Demonstrates basic knowledge of common disease processes and treatments, including pertinent diagnostic/laboratory testing and medical/nursing interventions; familiar with preventative health measures related to the population served.
• Demonstrates a proactive approach to patient care, focusing on addressing each patient’s individual and family needs at the time of service and communicating identified needs in a timely manner.
• Utilizes evidence‑based approaches with patients/families/caregivers to support self‑management, self‑efficacy, and health‑promoting behavior change.
• Collaborates with patients/significant others and other members of the healthcare team to establish goals and priorities to meet patients’ immediate and future needs; actively participates in the care team to ensure that patient needs and preferences are incorporated into the comprehensive plan of care.
• Using population‑specific knowledge and clinical expertise, contributes to the continual assessment and effective management of the health needs of assigned patient populations.
• Performs telephone triage with particular emphasis on assessment, problem/priority identification, and decision‑making.
• Demonstrates knowledge, skills, and technical ability in medication/treatment administration; administers prescribed medications correctly, with knowledge of proper dosage, route, site, and possible side effects.
• Provides accurate, up‑to‑date clinical information to patients consistent with professional nursing scope of practice and accepted practice standards, policies, and protocols.
• Performs authorized technical procedures competently (e.g., EKG, phlebotomy, starting/monitoring IVs, selected laboratory tests) as may be required in the clinical practice area.
• Seeks validation/guidance from physicians or other providers and nurse colleagues when necessary.

Optum NY/NJ was formed in 2022 by bringing together Riverside Medical Group, Care Mount Medical and Pro Health Care. The regional alignment combines resources and services across the care continuum—from preventive medicine to diagnostics to treatment and beyond—across New York, New Jersey and Southern Connecticut. As a Patient‑Centered Medical Home, Optum NY/NJ can provide patient‑focused medical care to the entire family.

You will find our team working in local clinics, surgery centers and urgent care centers, within care models focused on managing risk, higher quality…