Care - Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Trumbull, Mahoning

Overview

Full Time (40 hrs/wk) - Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - greater Trumbull, Mahoning, & Portage Counties, Ohio. $10,000 Sign-on Bonus for External Candidates.

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 provides home-based medical care to patients through interdisciplinary teams and a patient-centered approach.

Our mission is to transform healthcare delivery for the medically vulnerable and to make health care work better for everyone.

Optum Care at Home involves travel to patient residences. You will be an integral part of our vision to connect care across settings and do meaningful work with a purpose-driven team.

We are growing and offer a professional environment with opportunities to advance. You will provide care to Optum members and be responsible for the delivery of medical care services on a periodic or intermittent basis.

Works as a provider member within the Optum Care at Home interdisciplinary team to deliver home-based medical care within an assigned geography. 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 state laws and regulations governing 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 nursing procedures (e.g., IV placement, blood draws, injections, foley catheters, nasal packing, wound care). 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 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.

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.

• Certified Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant through a national board.
• 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 (AGACNP), Adult/Family or Gerontology Nurse Practitioners (AGPCNP, AGACNP, or ACNP), with preferred certification as ANP, FNP, or GNP
• For PAs:
  Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant master's degree program and board certified through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
• 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
• 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, navigating stairs and various dwelling…