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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Greensboro, NC
Greensboro, North Carolina

About this job


Enjoy a flexible schedule!


 


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.


 


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. (sm)


 


Listen to our NPs describe their work:


 


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In this role, you will provide primary care to patients in long term care settings; coordinate with their PCP 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.


 


Primary Responsibilities:




  • 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


Required Qualifications:




  • Certified nurse practitioner through ANCC/AANP for adult, family and/or geriatrics (GNP preferred)

  • Current unrestricted license in state(s) in which practicing

  • Unrestricted DEA (license to prescribe narcotics/level II info here) per state regulations (unless prohibited in state of practice) or the ability to obtain

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

  • 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

Preferred Qualifications:



  • 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

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


 


 


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