Manager, Community Care Plus - Milwaukee, Waukesha, WI - Full-time / Part-time

Optum a division under the greater UnitedHealth Group has an exciting Nurse Practitioner Manager opportunity available!

What makes your clinical career greater with UnitedHealth Group? 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.

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.

Exciting clinical management and leadership position with potential to grow. The Clinical Services Manager leads a team of nurse practitioners and RNs who deliver cutting edge care in our innovative clinical model. Optum is a national leader in developing and implementing care models that serve the frail and chronically ill population in the home and community settings. This position plays a critical role in determining the successful implementation of our clinical model and provides opportunity to demonstrate excellent management skills.

Key responsibilities of the NP Manager include:

• Manager is responsible for NPs in a field based setting.
  
• Manager must travel therefore must have reliable transportation
  
• Must attend meetings on a monthly basis, and as needed
  
• Must be able to function independently; good decision making skills
  
• Able to develop excellent professional relationships; good communication skills
  
• Comfortable with documenting in electronic medical record, and utilizing electronic data and reports
  
• Positions in this function require license and certification as Nurse Practitioner
  
• Provide primary case management of chronic and acute conditions
  
• Manage and is accountable for professional employees and/or supervisors
  
• Impact of work is most often at the local level

Required Qualifications:

• Current, unrestricted NP license the State where this position is located or ability to obtain
  
• Certification as a GNP, ANP or FNP or ability to obtain
  
• DEA license or ability to obtain
  
• Intermediate level of proficiency in PC based word processing including Microsoft Word and Outlook
  
• Strong supervisory, management and leadership skills, with knowledge of long-term care, geriatrics and chronic illness
  
• Strong business acumen including analysis and business planning experience
  
• Proven experience in developing and sustaining internal and external client relationships with healthcare professionals, (DONs, administrators, MDs, RNs, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Prior management/supervisory experience
  
• Prior long term and home health NP experience

UnitedHealth Group is working to create the health care system of tomorrow. 
 
Already Fortune 14, we are totally focused on innovation and change. We work a little harder. We aim a little higher. We expect more from ourselves and each other. And at the end of the day, we're doing a lot of good.
 
Through our family of businesses and a lot of inspired individuals, we're building a high-performance health care system that works better for more people in more ways than ever. Now we're looking to reinforce our team with people who are decisive, brilliant - and built for speed.
 

Come to UnitedHealth Group, and share your ideas and your passion for doing more. We have roles that will fit your skills and knowledge. We have diverse opportunities that will fit your dreams.
 

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: Manager, Home Health, Home Care, Home Visits, Community Care, Community, Primary Care, Nurse Practitioner, NP, Adult, Geriatric, Family, Milwaukee, Waukesha, WI, Wisconsin