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Nurse Practitioner, Home Care - Cambridge, Waltham and Arlington, MA - Full-time / Part-time
| Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
|---|---|
| Location | Cambridge, MA Cambridge, Massachusetts |
About this job
Enjoy a flexible schedule!
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
In this role, you will provide primary care to patients in their homes and coordinate care with their physician. This is a flexible, autonomous role that creates enormous satisfaction for the Nurse Practitioner 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 other health care providers.
Optum is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner with a minimum of two years of post-grad hands-on NP experience to provide care to your own case load of home based patients. Responsibilities include providing monthly, urgent care, post-hospitalization visits, and educating patients on topics such as disease process, medication compliance and advanced care planning.
Program includes telephonic support by our nurse care managers of patient care tasks and oversight care for patients. EMR used for all encounters: notebook provided to NP. Region is within Route 128, close to Cambridge, Waltham and Arlington.
Market competitive salary and compensation package offered.
Requirements
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, ACNP or GNP required
- Minimum two years of post-grad hands-on NP clinical experience
- A clinical background in adult, family or geriatric specialties
- Past experience working in a nursing home or with seniors in other settings
- Computer literate and able to navigate the internet
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in gerontology, cardiology, internal medicine, or endocrinology a plus
- Home care or home visit experience
- Excellent administrative, organizational and verbal skills
- Ability to follow established dress code
- Effective communication skills with the geriatric or Medicare population
- Ability to navigate on the internet and work with a personal computer
- Ability to work independently
- Detail oriented
- Dependable and reliable
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.
Job Keywords: Nurse Practitioner, NP, home care, Medicare, Cambridge, Waltham, Boston, Arlington, Massachusetts, MA, Medicaid, Assessments, Primary care
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