Nurse Practitioner - Complex Care - South Atlanta, Georgia - Optum, a UnitedHealth Group Company - Full-time / Part-time

Complex Care Nurse Practitioner, South Atlanta, Georgia

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Optum a division under the greater UnitedHealth Group has exciting Nurse Practitioner opportunities available! We have 4 teams of Nurse Practitioners spread across the Atlanta, Georgia market and are looking to expand the team in 2014. 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.

In this role, you will provide primary care to patients in long term care settings; coordinating with their primary and facility staff to deliver high quality care on-site. This is a flexible, autonomous role that creates enormous satisfaction for the NP as you impact the care and comfort of our aging population. All the while, you'll be building meaningful relationships with the residents and their families and the health care providers who are responsible for their care.

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Key responsibilities of the NP include: 

Provide preventative and primary care for patients in assigned long term care facilities.
Work with primary care physicians to provide the best care possible. 
Collaborate with the nursing staff and the patients' families. 
Work with the facility's utilization review process. 
In this role, you'll also explore and learn more about palliative care.

Requirements:

Current, unrestricted NP license in the state of assignment or ability to obtain.

DEA License or the ability to obtain
 

Nurse Practitioner national certification as ANP, FNP, or GNP required.

A clinical background in adult, family or geriatric specialties                               

Past experience working in a nursing home or with seniors in other settings preferred.

 Intermediate level of proficiency in PC based word processing including   Microsoft Word and Outlook
 
What happens when you join our expanding, Fortune 17 organization?  You will share our mission to improve the health of others and help heal the health care system. You'll work within 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.  

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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.

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