Nurse Practitioner Full Time - Optum Care Plus - CT

Enjoy a flexible schedule!

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.

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.(sm)

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In this role, you will provide primary care to patients in long term care settings; coordinate with their PCP 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.  

Primary Responsibilites:

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  Providing preventative and primary care for patients in assigned long term care facilities

  
  
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  Working with primary care physicians to provide the best care possible

  
  
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  Collaborating with the nursing staff and the patients' families

  
  
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  An opportunity to learn palliative care is offered at Evercare

  
  
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  Working with the facility's utilization review process

Required Qualifications:

• Current, unrestricted NP license in the state of assignment or the ability to obtain
  
• DEA License or the ability to obtain post hire
  
• Nurse Practitioner national certification as ANP, FNP, or GNP required or the ability to obtain (Acute Care considered)
  
• Intermediate level of proficiency in PC based word processing including Microsoft Word and Outlook

Preferred Qualifications:

• A clinical background in adult, family or geriatric specialties
  
• Past experience working in a nursing home or with seniors in other settings
  
• Hands-on post graduate Nurse Practitioner experience

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Through our family of businesses and a lot of inspired individuals, we're building a high-performance health care system that works better for more people in more ways than ever. Now we're looking to reinforce our team with people who are decisive, brilliant - and built for speed.

Come to UnitedHealth Group, and share your ideas and your passion for doing more. We have roles that will fit your skills and knowledge. We have diverse opportunities that will fit your dreams.

Job Keywords: Nurse Practitioner Jobs, Geriatric Nurse Practitioner, NP, long term care, LTC, Assisted Living, Nursing Home, Primary Care, Hartford, New Haven, Fairfield, Connecticut, CT