Full Time Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Statewide Traveler

Company: Optum
Location: Binghamton
Posted on: February 24, 2021

Job Description:

Family Practice/Primary Care opening in Binghamton, New York. This is a Statewide Traveler position which requires travel throughout Upstate NY. There is Student Loan Repayment and a Sign-On Bonus with this position.
We're fast becoming the nation's largest employer of Nurse Practitioners; offering a superior professional environment and incredible opportunities to make a difference in the lives of patients. This growth is not only a testament to our model's success but the efforts, care, and commitment of our Nurse Practitioners.
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)
How about an added bonus of help with paying down your student loans? Nurse Practitioners hired into Traveler roles are eligible to receive a sign on bonus OR a reduced sign-on bonus plus three years of student loan repayment assistance through our Student Loan Repayment (SLR) program. This could mean up to an additional $40K in benefits to you as well as the opportunity to pay down your student loan faster!

In this role, you will conduct in-home health assessments on enrolled Medicare Advantage members, Community and State and several other plans. The Traveler Nurse Practitioner assignments will be defined based on current business needs.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Travel up to 100%
• Conduct in-home assessments on health plan members
• Identify diagnoses to be used in care management and active medical management
• Formulate a list of current and past medical conditions using clinical knowledge, judgment and current findings
• Communicate gaps in care to member's PCP
• Identify referral needs
• Identify urgent and emergent situations for proper intervention
• Educate members on topics related to health conditions and promotion
• Compliance with all HIPAA regulations and maintain security of protected health information (PHI)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:
  
  • FNP, GNP, ANP, board certified or eligible with an active, unencumbered licensure free any open / unresolved disciplinary actions including probation or restrictions against privilege to practice
  • Must be able to travel by public transportation (eg. Trains, Airplanes, Subways, Ferry, etc.)
  • Must have the ability to travel to member's visit location
  • Must be able to travel to assigned locations
  • Proficient with electronic medical records and the internet
  • Ability to lift 30 pound bag in and out of care and up and down stairs as needed
  • Ability to navigate stairs and a variety of dwelling conditions and configurations
  • Ability to sit, stand and kneel as needed to perform physical assessmentPreferred Qualifications:
    
    • 3+ years of experience in a clinical setting
    • Home Health Care or Nursing Home experience
    • Strong communication skills with the geriatric or Medicare population
    • Detailed oriented; dependable and reliable
      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)
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      Job Keywords: Nurse Practitioner Jobs, Nurse Practitioner, Geriatric Nurse Practitioner, NP, Home Health, Primary Care, Upstate, NY, New York

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