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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Irvine, CA
Irvine, California

About this job

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!

 

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.

 

As a part of our continued growth, we are searching for a new Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our team...


This is a flexible, autonomous role that creates enormous satisfaction as you impact the care and comfort of our aging population. All the while, you'll be building meaningful relationships with the patients, their families, and the health care providers who are responsible for their care

 

 

Primary Responsibilities:



  • Provide preventative, primary care, or assessments for patients in their homes or in assigned long term care facilities.


  • Review patient's past medical history and formulate a list of current and past medical conditions using clinical knowledge and judgment and the findings of your assessment


  • Review current symptoms and identify diagnoses to be used in care management and active medical management of treatment


  • Physical examination, medication review, and depression screening


  • Communicate findings in your assessment that will be used to inform the PCP of potential gaps in care


  • Educate members on topics such as disease process, medication, and compliance.

Requirements

Requirements:



  • Current, unrestricted NP or PA license in California


  • Current DEA certificate with Prescriptive Authority


  • Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant national certification


  • 2 or more years of clinical experience in adult, family or geriatric specialties


  • Computer proficient in MS Office

Preferred Assets:



  • Experience in gerontology, cardiology, internal medicine, or endocrinology


  • Home health, Assisted Living or SNF experience


What's the first thing that happens when one of the most successful physician groups in Orange County comes together with a global leader in health care? Opportunity. With Monarch HealthCare joining Optum and the UnitedHealth Group family of companies, people like you will find increasing levels of challenge, impact and professional success. With a vibrant network of hospitals and urgent care centers, we're changing health care for the better by improving access to affordable, high quality care, and working together to improve the patient experience. That takes passion, commitment, intense focus and the ability to contribute effectively in a highly collaborative team environment. Are you with us? Learn more about this exciting opportunity to do your life's best work.SM


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
 

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.

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