Advanced Practice Clinician; NP​/PA - Care - Yakima County, WA

$30,000 Sign-on Bonus OR $40,000 Student Loan Repayment

Optum Home Base Medical Care – Yakima County, WA

This is a Full‑Time position: 4–10 hour days with no weekends, nights, or on‑call responsibilities.

Optum is seeking a NP or PA to join our Home‑Based Medical Care team in Yakima County, WA. Optum is a clinician‑led care organization that creates a seamless health journey for patients across the care continuum. As a member of the broader Home and Community Care team, you’ll help bring home‑based medical care to complex, chronic patients. This life‑changing work helps give older adults more days at home.

• Manage chronic illnesses in a complex elderly population with multimorbid conditions focused on wellness, avoiding unnecessary hospitalizations and ER visits, providing patient education about disease processes, improving overall quality of care, and increasing patient satisfaction in the healthcare system.
• Document timely with an added focus on closing HEDIS quality gap measures and recapturing HCCs.
• Engage new patients enrolling in the program with a comprehensive geriatric‑focused initial assessment that includes functional evaluations, social and safety assessments, cognitive screening, and mental health assessments and more.
• Triage, diagnose, and treat patients on an urgent basis in home with an array of equipment and medications.
• Order and interpret appropriate tests including x‑rays, labs, and EKGs to diagnose, prescribe and treat within the provider's scope of practice and consistent with the standards of care.
• Start treatment in the home at the point of care.
• Collaborate with patient's PCP and specialists as needed.

• Paid Time Off plus 9 Paid Holidays.
• Medical Plan options with options for a Health Spending Account or a Health Saving Account.
• Dental, Vision, Life & AD&D Insurance along with Short‑term and Long‑Term Disability coverage.
• 401(k) Savings Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Education Reimbursement.
• Employee Discounts.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Employee Referral Bonus Program.
• Voluntary Benefits (pet insurance, legal insurance, LTC Insurance, etc.).
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• Will travel mostly within Yakima County, WA but you must be open to travel within an hour of your home location.

Compensation for this specialty generally ranges from $109,500 – $164,000. Total cash compensation includes base pay and bonus and is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience and may increase over time based on productivity and performance in the role. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401(k) contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).

No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you’ll find a far‑reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

• Graduate from an accredited NP or PA program and have certification through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), or National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
• Active and unrestricted State Nurse Practitioner license or Physician Assistant (PA‑C) in the state where the job is located.
• Valid DEA license or the ability to obtain one prior to employment.
• Driver's license and access to reliable transportation; if you are driving a vehicle, you must comply with all the terms of the Optum Motor Vehicle Safety policy.

• 2+ years of clinical NP experience in IM, Geriatrics, Primary Care, ED, Urgent Care, or similar setting.
• 1+ years of clinical experience as a NP or PA.
• Awareness of UM standards, NCQA requirements, CMS guidelines, Milliman guidelines, and Medicaid/Medicare contracts and benefit systems.

Optum Care is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

Optum Care is a drug‑free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.