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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Englewood, CO
Englewood, Colorado

About this job

Position Description:

Energize your career with one of Healthcare's fastest growing companies.  

 

You dream of a great career with a great company - where you can make an impact and help people.  We dream of giving you the opportunity to do just this.  And with the incredible growth of our business, it's a dream that definitely can come true. Already one of the world's leading Healthcare companies, UnitedHealth Group is restlessly pursuing new ways to operate our Service Centers, improve our Service levels and help people lead healthier lives. We live for the opportunity to make a difference and right now, we are living it up.

 

This opportunity is with one of our most exciting business areas: Optum - a growing part of our family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group a Fortune 14 leader.

 

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 Healthcare 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, and Performance.


Employees in this position are responsible for the hands-on delivery of care for patients in their homes and requires Nursing Assistant certification.

Hospice Certified Nursing Assistants provide care consistent with written instructions. You will see around 4 to 5 patients per day. Your role will consist of overseeing and participating in day-to-day Clinical care of terminal patients and their families; Also responsible for Clinical care and Medical Management activities across the continuum of care (assessing, planning, implementing, coordinating, monitoring and evaluating), as it relates to end-of-life, palliative care. You will be responsible for connecting and reporting changes in the patient's condition and needs to the RN Case Manager at the beginning and ending of the day. 

The travel amount will vary depending on your location, and you will be reimbursed for mileage. You are required to wear scrubs. In order to be successful in this role, you must be upbeat and compassionate.

Requirements

Required Qualifications:
  • High School Diploma/GED.
  • C.N.A. certification in good standing with the State of Colorado.
  • Current CPR certification OR must be willing and able to obtain CPR certification after hire. 
  • 6+ months of CNA experience.
  • Ability and willingness to travel 100% of the time within the local, defined area.
  • Ability to work 8-hour shifts, Tuesday through Sunday, weekends included.
  • Reliable transportation, current auto insurance, and a valid driver's License.
  • Ability to successfully complete a Hospice Aide Competency Skills Supervisor Observation.
  • Microsoft Outlook proficiency, including the ability to send emails and set appointments.
Preferred Qualifications: 
  • Previous Hospice Care experience.



Careers
with Optum.
 Here's
the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the
health system 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: 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.