Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Complex Care - Brandon, FL

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 in Skilled Nursing Facilities to both long term and rehab patients. You will be responsible for the delivery of medical care services to a pre-designated group of enrollees.

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Primary Responsibilities:

• Primary Care Delivery


• Deliver cost-effective, quality care to assigned members


• Manage both medical and behavioral chronic and acute conditions effectively 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 Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations


• Ensure all diagnoses are ICD9/ICD10 coded accurately and documented appropriately to support the diagnosis at that visit


• Ensure all quality elements are addressed and documented


• Complete the 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


• Utilizes practice guidelines and protocols established by CPM


• May be required to participate in on-call program


• Travel between care sites mandatory


• After hour on call coverage may be required

Required Qualifications:

• Current, unrestricted NP license in the state of assignment or the ability to obtain


• Ability to obtain DEA licensure/Prescriptive Authority post-hire in states where applicable


• 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in a long term care setting for a minimum of one year

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