Physician Assistant - Complex Care - Optum, a UnitedHealth Group Company - Mutliple Metro NYC Locations ** $5K SIGN ON BONUS ** - Full-time / Part-time

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 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.

Listen to our NPs describe their work:

Primary Responsibilities:

• 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
  
• The NP or PA is responsible for ensuring that all diagnoses are ICD9/ICD10 coded accurately and documented appropriately to support the diagnosis at that visit
  
• The NP or PA is responsible for ensuring that all quality elements are addressed and documented
  
• The NP or PA will do an 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

Required Qualifications:

• Proficient computer skills including the ability to document medical information with written and electronic medical records
  
• Understanding of Geriatrics and Chronic Illness
  
• Ability to develop and maintain positive customer relationships
  
• Adaptability to change
  
• Understanding of Advanced Illness and end of life discussions
  
• If NP, certified nurse practitioner through ANCC/AANP for adult, family and/or geriatrics required (GNP preferred) or ability to obtain
  
• Current unrestricted license in state(s) in which practicing or ability to obtain
  
• Unrestricted DEA (license to prescribe narcotics/level II info here) per state regulations (unless prohibited in state of practice) or ability to obtain
  
• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds
  
• Must possess a valid Driver's License with the ability to travel between nursing homes and/or care settings

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in a long term care setting for a minimum of one year 

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