Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner - Long Term Care, $5K Sign On Bonus - Waupaca, Wisconsin - Full-time / Part-time

** Recent Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner graduates welcome to apply! ** 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 and Physician Assistants who bring compassion and passion, energy and focus to their work every day. In this role, you will provide primary care in Skilled Nursing Facilities to both long term and rehab patients. You will be responsible for the delivery of medical care services to a pre-designated group of enrollees. 
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 Primary Responsibilities:

Primary Care Delivery
Deliver cost-effective, quality care to assigned members
Manage both medical and behavioral chronic and acute conditions effectively in collaboration with a physician or specialty provider
Perform comprehensive assessments and document findings in a concise/comprehensive manner that is compliant with documentation requirements and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations
Ensure all diagnoses are ICD9/ICD10 coded accurately and documented appropriately to support the diagnosis at that visit
Ensure all quality elements are addressed and documented
Complete the initial medication review, annual medication review and a post-hospitalization medication reconciliation
Facilitate agreement and implementation of the member’s plan of care by engaging the facility staff, families/responsible parties, primary and specialty care physicians
Evaluate the effectiveness, necessity and efficiency of the plan, making revisions as needed
Utilizes practice guidelines and protocols established by CPM
May be required to participate in on-call program
Travel between care sites mandatory
After hour on call coverage may be required

Required Qualifications:

Current, unrestricted NP/PA license in the state of Wisconsin or ability to obtain
Ability to obtain DEA licensure/Prescriptive Authority post-hire in states where applicable
If NP, Nurse Practitioner national certification as ANP, FNP, or GNP required or the ability to obtain
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
 
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