Care - Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Lorain & Medina Coun

Overview

$10,000 Sign-on Bonus for External Candidates

Full Time (40 hrs/wk) - Nurse Practitioner of Physician Assistant - Lorain & Medina Counties, Ohio

Optum's Home & Community Care division, 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.

Optum Care at Home, a part of the Optum Home & Community Care team, was created to transform how healthcare is delivered to the most medically vulnerable members in our community. Our medical group provides home-based medical care to patients. Our clinical teams can spend quality time caring for a smaller number of patients, giving them the quality time, space, respect, compassion and care they deserve.

Our interdisciplinary teams collaboratively manage our complex patient panels. Join Optum Care at Home to be part of a growing company full of purpose-driven, action-oriented, and compassionate team members working to dramatically transform healthcare for our communities. Together, we re making health care work better for everyone.

Our Optum Care at Home team is actively growing, and we are actively seeking a full-time Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our team in Lorain & Medina counties in Ohio (i.e., greater Elyria & Medina). Optum is a clinician-led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live.

Optum Care at Home involves travel to patient residences. As a member of the Optum Care Delivery team, you ll be an integral part of our vision to make healthcare better for everyone.

Works as a provider member within the Optum Care at Home interdisciplinary team in the direct delivery of home-based medical care of a population within an assigned geography. Dedicated to improving the health and well-being of patients, this position collaborates with the PCP, HBMC interdisciplinary teammates and consultants, and as needed, the health plan Medical Director and other health professionals, to develop and carry out patients  goals of care in all phases of the patient journey.

• Practices in accordance with the respective state laws and regulations governing the practice of advanced practice nursing or physician assistants.
• Establishes and maintains effective relationships with patients, care givers, and/or their legal representatives, IDT members, PCPs, other collaborating physicians/providers, and facility staff when applicable.
• Performs an initial comprehensive assessment on all newly enrolled patients and provides ongoing care thereafter.
• Develops a patient management care plan upon enrollment and updates it as needed when changes in condition warrant or following hospitalization.
• Meets with patients and/or their legal representatives to review newly developed or modified care plans; involves the PCP or supervising physician in these meetings, when applicable.
• Completes follow-up and post-discharge assessments according to documented standard operating procedure.
• Prescribes appropriate diagnostics and interventions to avoid unnecessary acute admissions.
• Comfortable with basic procedures of nursing care, including IV placement, blood draws, injections, foley catheters, nasal packing, wound care, etc. New hire and annual skills check/training provided.
• Consults with hospital, emergency or post-acute clinical team following notification of patient transfer.
• Educates patients and/or their legal representatives in disease processes affecting patients and ways to manage them effectively, as well as to promote wellness.
• Provides counsel, support and education to staff as appropriate.
• Actively participates in ongoing meetings pertaining to patient care and clinical excellence.
• Implements HEDIS measure campaigns and other quality initiatives to ensure the highest standards of care and to promote the improvement of care management and delivery.
• Keeps current on relevant medical and nursing research, technology, and related issues by attending continuing education courses, professional meetings and journal reviews.
• Performs related duties as necessary and other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Certified Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant through a national board.
• Active and unrestricted required license(s) or ability to obtain in the State of Ohio
• 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
• Proven knowledge of long-term care, community resources and cost-effective alternatives regarding patient care delivery systems
• Ability to complete physical requirements of the job including moving a 30-pound bag in and out of the car, navigating stairs and a variety of dwelling conditions
• Driver s…