Nurse Practitioner PA - Las Vegas, NV

Southwest Medical Associates (SMA) is a multi-specialty group of Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants consisting of over 200 providers, fourteen clinical locations including nine health care centers, five urgent care clinics and an outpatient surgery center. SMA offers patients compassion, innovation, and quality care throughout southern Nevada. SMA is headquartered in the greater Las Vegas, NV area. 

Southwest Medical Associates is now part of Optum, part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.

Do you have compassion and a passion to help others?  Transforming healthcare and millions of lives as a result starts with the values you embrace and the passion you bring to achieve your life's best work.(sm)

In this role, you will build meaningful relationships with patients, their family members, healthcare providers, and office staff while providing high quality direct patient care in a  clinic setting.  You will enjoy profound job satisfaction as you impact the care and comfort of our patient population. You will  assess and provide treatment to patients of various age groups.  You will diagnose conditions, create treatment plans, and prescribe medications as related to the treatment plan.  You will collaborate with a physician to achieve the best health outcomes for the patient.  You will enjoy opportunities for career growth and continuing education opportunities.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Rapidly formulate a differential diagnosis from assessments conducted within the clinic setting


• Develop and implement treatment plans for patients assigned within the primary care team


• Develop and actualize plans for the primary care team as assigned


• Provide guidance to nursing personnel towards treatment plans and care issues


• Document treatment plans in the medical record


• Collaborate with physician and documents physician guidance as needed


• Coordinate care for patients


• Exposure to patients with potential infectious disease
  

Required Qualifications:

• National Nurse Practitioner certification on Adult, Family or Gerontology or ability to obtain, or Physician Assistant certification


• Licensure in the State of Nevada or ability to obtain prior to employment


• DEA or ability to obtain prior to employment


• Intermediate level of technical proficiency in the use of computer programs for medical records or internet search for clinical practice


• Ability to complete clinical care lifting in a provider office environment

Preferred  Qualifications:

• Strong acute care experience in a primary care clinic, urgent care, or retail clinic


• Ability to formulate a differential diagnosis


• Proficient in assessment and development of treatment plans


• Ability to conceptualize the needs for the team or department and actualize plans for implementation


• Ability to develop plans of action and gain team consensus towards common goals


• A background in managed care


• Familiarity with ICD-9 coding

Optum helps nearly 60 million Americans live their lives to the fullest by educating them about their symptoms, conditions and treatments; helping them to navigate the system, finance their health care needs and stay on track with their health goals. No other business touches so many lives in such a positive way. And we do it all with every action focused on our shared values of Integrity, Compassion, Relationships, Innovation & Performance.
 
At Optum, you will perform within an innovative culture that's focused on transformational change in the health care system. You will leverage your skills across a diverse and multi-faceted business. And you will make contributions that will have an impact that's greater than you've ever imagined.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
 
Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.