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Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Long Term Care - $5K SIGN ON BONUS - East Providence/ Warwick/ Pawtucket, RI
•30 days ago
| Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
|---|---|
| Location | Warwick, RI Warwick, Rhode Island |
About this job
Optum a division under the greater UnitedHealth Group has exciting Nurse Practitioner opportunities available! Our team is spread across Rhode Island and offers a superior professional environment with opportunities to make a difference in the lives of patients . We are looking to expand our team in the region. This growth is not only a testament to our model’s success but the efforts, care, and commitment of our Nurse Practitioners.
We’re fast becoming the nation’s largest employer of Nurse Practitioners; offering a superior professional environment and incredible opportunities to make a difference in the lives of patients. This growth is not only a testament to our model’s success but the efforts, care, and commitment of our Nurse Practitioners.
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.
If you want more meaning in your career - as a clinician or a business professional – take this opportunity and apply. It’s the first step in a new career that will enable you to do your life’s best work.(sm)
In this role, you will work at the top of your license and provide primary care to patients in skilled nursing facilities. This is a flexible, autonomous role that creates enormous satisfaction and professional development opportunities for the APRN/PA. The Rhode Island Optum APRN/PA care team is highly supportive and delivers quality care.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Provide preventative and primary care for patients
- Assist patients and families to establish goals and exercise their right to self-determination
- Collaborate with the SNF's multidisciplinary care team
- No after hour responsibility (on-call) or weekends. Position is Monday-Friday
- Manage acute illness in the SNF to avoid unnecessary ER transfers
Required Qualifications:
- Current, unrestricted NP or PA license in the state of assignment or the ability to obtain
- Ability to obtain DEA licensure / Prescriptive Authority post - hire in states where applicable
- If a Nurse Practitioner, national certification as ANP, FNP, or GNP required or the ability to obtain
- If a Physician Assistant, national certification 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
Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world’s large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life’s best work.(sm)
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and 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 Jobs, Geriatric Nurse Practitioner, NP, Physician Assistant, PA, long term care, LTC, Assisted Living, Nursing Home, Primary Care, RI, Rhode Island, Providence, Pawtucket, Warwick
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