Full Time Telephonic On Call Nurse Practitioner – Telecommuter – SIGN ON BONUS - Full-time / Part-time

Improve Your Quality of Life While Helping Seniors! 
 
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.

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)

Our full time on call position offers the opportunity to work on our team of compassionate NPs to ensure continuity of care for our members. This is a work from home position with occasional onsite visits/trainings. Schedule varies and will help with covering off hours Monday through Friday 6:00pm to 8:00am, weekends and holidays.

In this role, you will provide on call medical management for patients in all lines of business. You will collaborate with nursing home staff, PCPs and responsible parties on plans of care, and utilize electronic medical records for documentation.
 
What makes your clinical career greater with Complex Care? 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.

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Primary Responsibilities:

• Full Time Nurse Practitioner On Call coverage telephonic and onsite.
  
• This position will support all four products in Wisconsin
  
• Candidate will assume the role of a dedicated on-call position
  
• Will work from home and cover incoming calls for SNF, ALF, members, families
  
• Willing to work off hours, be a strong team player, understand business goals and ability to navigate healthcare systems safely and efficiently
  
• Excellent communicator with a strong desire to help others. Informal leader to SNF/ALF partners on the off

Required Qualifications: 

• Current, unrestricted NP license in Wisconsin
  
• Unrestricted DEA (license to prescribe narcotics/level II info here) per state regulations (unless prohibited in state of practice) or the ability to obtain
  
• Nurse Practitioner national certification as ANP, FNP, or GNP required
  
• A clinical background in adult, family or geriatric specialties 
  
• Past experience working in a nursing home or with seniors in other settings desired 
  
• Intermediate level of proficiency in PC based word processing including Microsoft Word, Outlook and EMR
  
• Proficient computer skills including the ability to document medical information with written and electronic medical records
  
• Understanding of Geriatrics and Chronic Illness
  
• Ability to develop and maintain positive customer relationships
  
• Adaptability to change
  
• Understanding of Advanced Illness and end of life discussions

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

UnitedHealth Group is working to create the health care system of tomorrow.

Already Fortune 14, we are totally focused on innovation and change. We work a little harder. We aim a little higher. We expect more from ourselves and each other. And at the end of the day, we're doing a lot of good.

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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.