Care Coordinator Specialist

4 weeks ago


Port Angeles, United States UnitedHealth Group Full time

Optum is seeking a talented professional to join our Home-based Medical Care team in Port Angeles/Clallam County, WA as a Care Coordinator Specialist.

UnitedHealth Group is a clinician-led care organization, dedicated to creating a seamless health journey for patients across the care continuum.

As a member of the broader Home and Community Care team, you'll play a vital role in bringing home-based medical care to complex, chronic patients.

This life-changing work helps give older adults more days at home, improving their overall quality of life.

This is a part-time; 10 hours a week role, offering a unique opportunity to make a difference in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed.

In this role, you will work as an Advanced Practice Clinician member within the home-based medical care (HbMC) interdisciplinary team in the direct delivery of home-based medical care of a population within an assigned geography.

You'll collaborate with the PCP, HbMC interdisciplinary teammates and consultants, and as needed, the health plan Medical Director and other health professionals, to develop and carry out patients' goals of care in all phases of the patient journey.

This position requires strong communication and interpersonal skills to create a friendly and trusting relationship with each patient and their family.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Manage chronic illnesses in a complex elderly population with multimorbid conditions focused on wellness, avoiding unnecessary hospitalizations and ER visits.
  • Provide patient education about disease processes, improving overall quality of care, and increasing patient satisfaction in the healthcare system.
  • Document timely with an added focus on closing HEDIS quality gap measures and recapturing HCCs.
  • Engage new patients enrolling in the program with a comprehensive geriatric focused initial assessment.
  • Triage, diagnose, and treat patients on an urgent basis in home with an array of equipment and medications.
  • Order and interpret appropriate tests including x-rays, labs, and EKGs to diagnose, prescribe and treat within the provider's scope of practice and consistent with the standards of care.
  • Start treatment in the home at the point of care.
  • Collaborate with patient's PCP and specialists as needed.
  • Implements HEDIS measure campaigns and other quality initiatives to ensure the highest standards of care and to promote the improvement of care management and delivery.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

  • Certification through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) or American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
  • Current, unrestricted NP licensure in the state of Washington.
  • Current, unrestricted RN licensure in the state of Washington.
  • 2+ years of clinical experience, primary care, home-based medical care, geriatrics or palliative care or emergency/urgent care.
  • Access to reliable transportation; if you are driving a vehicle, you must comply with all the terms of the Optum Motor Vehicle Safety policy.

Salary:

The estimated salary range for this role is $22,000 - $43,992, annually, based on factors including education, work experience, certifications, etc.

Benefits:

  • A comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Incentive and recognition programs.
  • Equity stock purchase.
  • 401k contribution.

Other Requirements:

  • Employees must be in an active regular status.
  • Employees must remain in role for a minimum of 12 months from the date of hire/rehire/transfer.
  • The employee must remain in an Advanced Practice Clinician or Physician role within Home and Community for 36 months to receive the full benefit of the student loan repayments.

About UnitedHealth Group:

Our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone.



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