Nurse Practitioner - Complex Care -Albany, NY - Optum, a UnitedHealth Group Company

Optum a division under the greater UnitedHealth Group has exciting Nurse Practitioner opportunities available! We have  teams of Nurse Practitioners spread across the NY market and are looking to expand the team in 2014. This growth is not only a testament to our model's success but the efforts, care, and commitment of our Nurse Practitioners.
 
What makes your clinical career greater with UnitedHealth Group? You can improve the health of others and help heal the health care system. You can work with in an incredible team culture; a clinical and business collaboration that is learning and evolving every day. And, when you contribute, you'll open doors for yourself that simply do not exist in any other organization, anywhere.

Serving millions of Medicare and Medicaid patients, Optum is the nation's largest health and wellness business and a vibrant, growing member of the UnitedHealth Group family. We're also the career home for Nurse Practitioners who bring compassion and passion, energy and focus to their work every day. 
 
In this role, you will provide primary care to patients in long term care settings; coordinating with their primary and facility staff to deliver high quality care on-site.  This is a flexible, autonomous role that creates enormous satisfaction for the NP as you impact the care and comfort of our aging population.  All the while, you'll be building meaningful relationships with the residents and their families and the health care providers who are responsible for their care.
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 Provide preventative and primary care for patients in assigned long term care facilities.
. Work with primary care physicians to provide the best care possible.
. Collaborate with the nursing staff and the patients' families.
. Work with the facility's utilization review process.
. In this role, you'll also explore and learn more about palliative care.

Requirements:

. Current, unrestricted NP license in the state of assignment or the ability to obtain
. DEA License or the ability to obtain
. Nurse Practitioner national certification as ANP, FNP, or GNP required or the ability to obtain
. A clinical background in adult, family or geriatric specialties
. Past experience working in a nursing home or with seniors in other settings
. Intermediate level of proficiency in PC based word processing including Microsoft Word and Outlook

What happens when you join our expanding, Fortune 17 organization? You will share our mission to improve the health of others and help heal the health care system. You'll work within an incredible team culture; a clinical and business collaboration that is learning and evolving every day. And, when you contribute, you'll open doors for yourself that simply do not exist in any other organization, anywhere.

If you want more meaning in your career - as a clinician or a business professional take this opportunity and apply. It's the first step in a new career that will enable you to do your life's best work.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.

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