Per Diem Advanced Practice Clinician - NP or PA, Senior Community Care - Grant

Overview

Nurse Practitioner Per Diem - Grant, Huntington, and Madison Counties, IN

$3,500 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 or assisted living for 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. This growth is a testament to our model s success and the efforts, care, and commitment of our Nurse Practitioners. 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 of businesses.

You have found the best place to advance your advanced practice nursing career.

As an CCM Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant per diem you will provide care to Optum members and be responsible for the delivery of medical care services in a periodic or intermittent basis.

• Primary Care Delivery
  • Deliver cost-effective, quality care to assigned members
  • Manage both medical and behavioral, chronic and acute conditions effectively, and in collaboration with a physician or specialty provider
  • Perform comprehensive assessments and document findings in a concise/comprehensive manner that is compliant with documentation requirements and CMS regulations
  • Responsible for ensuring that all diagnoses are ICD-10 coded accurately and documented appropriately to support the diagnosis at that visit
  • Ensure all quality elements are addressed and documented
  • Perform initial medication review, annual medication review and a post-hospitalization medication reconciliation
  • Facilitate agreement and implementation of the member s plan of care by engaging the facility staff, families/responsible parties, primary and specialty care physicians
  • Evaluate the effectiveness, necessity and efficiency of the plan, making revisions as needed
  • Utilize practice guidelines and protocols established by CCM
  • Must attend and complete all mandatory educational and Learn Source training requirements
  • Travel between care sites is mandatory
• Care Coordination
  • Understand the payer/plan benefits, CCM associate policies, procedures and articulate them effectively to providers, members and key decision-makers
  • Assess the medical necessity/effectiveness of ancillary services to determine the appropriate initiation of benefit events and communicate the process to providers and appropriate team members
  • Coordinate care as members transition through different levels of care and care settings
  • Monitor the needs of members and families while facilitating any adjustments to the plan of care as situations change
  • Review orders and interventions for appropriateness and response to treatment to identify the most effective plan of care that aligns with the member s needs and wishes
  • Evaluate plan of care for cost effectiveness while meeting the needs of members, families and providers to decrease high costs, poor outcomes and unnecessary hospitalizations
• Program Enhancement Expected Behaviors
  • Regular and effective communication with internal and external parties including physicians, members, key decision-makers, nursing facilities, CCM staff and other provider groups
  • Actively promote the CCM program in assigned facilities by partnering with key stakeholders to maintain and develop membership growth
  • Exhibit original thinking and creativity in the development of new and improved methods and approaches to concerns/issues
  • Function independently and responsibly with minimal need for supervision
  • Ability to enter available hours into web-based application, at least one month prior to available work time
  • Demonstrate initiative in achieving individual, team, and organizational goals and objectives
  • Participate in CCM quality initiatives
  • Availability to check Optum email intermittently for required trainings, communications, and monthly scheduling

• Certified Nurse Practitioner 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 (AG-AC NP), Adult/Family or Gerontology Nurse Practitioners (ACNP), with…