Nurse Practitioner, Long Term Care Setting - Miami, FL

Be a part of something new and exciting!  

Sincere compassion helps us deliver personalized care that leads to healthier outcomes. We do everything in our power to help people heal - so they can get back to living a life of health and well-being.  Optum Clinic offers urgent care for a wide range of illnesses and injuries. We also provide wellness and cosmetic services.  Our experienced providers take the time to listen and develop a care plan that is tailored to each person. We treat people of all ages, including children, and same-day lab and X-ray results are available for many conditions.

Optum is a leading health services company working to make health care better for everyone. Our vision is to transform the clinical experience for vulnerable populations. Our provider-led teams provide the optimal care in the most desirable setting to optimize the health of those we serve. Optum Clinic offers concierge-style urgent care clinics focusing on consumer-centric health care. 

Do you have compassion and a passion to help others?  Transforming healthcare and millions of lives as a result starts with the values you embrace and the passion you bring to achieve your life's best work.(sm)

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.
 
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 or PA license in Florida
  
• 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 desired 
  
• Intermediate level of proficiency in PC based word processing including Microsoft Word, Outlook and EMR

Optum Complex Care is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.

If you want more meaning in your career - as a clinician or a business professional - think of Optum as your calling.

By providing 58 million Americans with information, tools and solutions, we are helping to guide them through the health care system, financing their health care needs, and enabling them to achieve their personal health and well-being goals.

At Optum, you will perform within an innovative culture that's focused on transformational change in the health care system. You will leverage your skills across a diverse and multi-faceted business. And you will make contributions that will have an impact that's greater than you've ever imagined.

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.

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