Nurse Practitioner, HouseCalls

1 month ago


Pocatello, United States Optum Full time

$40,000 Student Loan Repayment or $25,000 Sign on Bonus for External Candidates

Optum is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to join our HouseCalls team in Idaho and Montana. Optum is a clinician-led care organization, that is creating a seamless health journey for patients across the care continuum.

As a member of the broader Home and Community Care team, you'll provide annual clinical assessments to patients in the comfort of their homes. This important preventive care helps identify and reduce health risks for patients, in addition to coordinating appropriate follow-up care to improve health and well-being.

At Optum, the integrated medical teams who practice within Home and Community Care are creating something new in health care. Together, we are bringing high-end medical service, compassionate care and industry leading solutions to our most vulnerable patient populations. Our holistic approach addresses the physical, mental and social needs of our patients wherever they may be - helping patients access and navigate care anytime and anywhere. We're connecting care to create a seamless health journey for patients across care settings. Join our team, it's your chance to improve the lives of millions while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

In this role you will have the ability to achieve work life balance. Flexible scheduling offered where providers can flex their time over the 7-day work week. No on-call, no weekends and no holidays required.

HouseCalls Nurse Practitioners conduct in-home health assessments on enrolled Medicare Advantage members. A HouseCalls Nurse Practitioner will complete visits on members within a geographic area of responsibility. The nature of the HouseCalls visit can vary and could include performing an annual health assessment, a post discharge visit, or visiting more complex members more than once per year.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Conduct in-home assessments on health plan members. Average visit is 45-60 minutes in length. Assessment is performed and completed electronically. HouseCalls Assessment includes:
    • Past medical history
    • Review of systems
    • Medication review
    • Evidence-based practice screenings

  • Checking vitals, conducting a physical exam that includes point of care testing (as appropriate)
  • Identify diagnoses to be used in care management and active medical management in the furtherance of treatment
  • Formulate a list of current and past medical conditions using clinical knowledge and judgment and the findings of your assessment
  • Communicate findings in your assessment that will be used to inform member's PCP of potential gaps in care
  • Identify needs and opportunities to generate clinical referrals appropriately
  • Identify urgent and emergent situations and intervene appropriately
  • Educate members on topics such as disease process, medication, and compliance

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

  • NP license and national certification (ANCC or AANP, or the ability to obtain national certification and/or NP license in state of assignment) active, unencumbered licensure free any open/unresolved disciplinary actions including probation or restrictions against privilege to practice. May be requested to obtain additional licensure supported by business
  • Family, Geriatrics, Adult, Adult-Gerontology Primary or Adult-Gerontology Acute Care certification
  • Access to reliable transportation that will enable you to travel to client and/or patient sites within a designated area

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 1+ years of clinical experience in their highest level of education, clinical setting
  • Experience in gerontology, cardiology, internal medicine, or endocrinology
  • Home Health care or home visit experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Professional image and behavior
  • Proficient with electronic medical records, the internet and access to a personal computer
  • Ability to work independently
  • Detail oriented
  • Dependable and reliable
  • Ability to lift 30-pound bag in and out of car and up and down steps, as needed
  • Ability to obtain reliable transportation in order to complete home visit assessments
  • Ability to travel up to 85% within licensed states if requested (with notice, based on business needs)
  • Ability to navigate public transportation, if required
  • Ability to navigate stairs and a variety of dwelling conditions and configurations
  • Ability to sit, stand and kneel, as needed, to perform physical assessment
  • Excellent administrative, organizational, and verbal skills
  • Solid communication skills with the geriatric or Medicare population

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and 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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