Per Diem Nurse Practitioner, Transitional Care, Akron, OH

What makes your clinical career greater with Optum 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.
 
Improve Your Quality of Life While Helping Seniors! 
 
Join our exceptional Complex Care Nurse Practitioner team in the Ohio market.  As a Complex Care Nurse Practitioner you will provide primary care to a caseload of patients in long term care settings. This excellent opportunity affords a flexible autonomous role bringing enormous satisfaction in the care and comfort of our aging population.  Additionally, you will build meaningful relationships with the residents and their families. 
 
 
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Primary Responsibilities:

Providing preventative and primary care for patients in assigned long term care facilities and skilled nursing facilities
As a Per Diem  Nurse Practitioner you will perform proactive and acuity visits to patients in the Columbus area- long term care facilities and skilled nursing facilities during the week; covers for vacation as needed and available
Working with primary care physicians to provide the best care possible
Collaborating with the nursing staff and the patients' families
An opportunity to learn palliative care is offered with Optum Complex Care
Working with the facility's utilization review process

Required Qualifications:

Current, unrestricted NP or CNS license in the State of Ohio (or reciprocity)
DEA License or ability to obtain
Nurse Practitioner or CNS national certification as ANP, FNP, or GNP required
1 year of NP/CNS experience
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
Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and current automobile insurance 
Optum Complex Care is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.If you want more meaning in your career - as a clinician or a business professional - think of Optum as your calling.By providing 58 million Americans with information, tools and solutions, we are helping to guide them through the health care system, financing their health care needs, and enabling them to achieve their personal health and well-being goals.At Optum, you will perform within an innovative culture that's focused on transformational change in the health care system. You will leverage your skills across a diverse and multi-faceted business. And you will make contributions that will have an impact that's greater than you've ever imagined.  
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, Primary Care, Per Diem, PRN, part time, Flexible Schedule, Long Term Care, LTC, Assisted Living Facility, Adult, Family, Geriatric, Canton, Akron, Ohio, OH