HouseCalls Nurse Practitioners Lee and Des Moines Counties, IA - 2248208

UnitedHealth Group; Burlington (IA); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Nurse Practitioner, providing essential in-home assessments to enhance patient health. This full-time role offers a flexible schedule with no required nights, weekends, or holidays, allowing you to maintain a healthy work-life balance. You'll play a vital role in preventive care, identifying health risks, and coordinating follow-up care. With a focus on patient-centered service, this position empowers you to make a meaningful impact on the lives of individuals in your community. If you're passionate about improving health outcomes and thrive in a supportive environment, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Sign-on Bonus

Flexible Scheduling

No Nights or Weekends Required

Qualifications

• Active NP license required, unencumbered with no disciplinary actions.
• National certification in Family, Geriatrics, or Adult care preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-home assessments and evaluate patients' medical history.
• Educate members on disease processes and medication compliance.

Skills

Patient Assessment

Clinical Knowledge

Communication Skills

Medication Reconciliation

Education on Disease Process

Education

Active NP License

National Certification (ANCC or AANP)

Tools

Point of Care Testing

Transportation for Home Visits

Job description

Coverage area includes Des Moines County -- not the city of Des Moines

$10,000 Sign-on Bonus for External Candidates

This is a full-time opportunity with benefits

No Nights, Holidays, Call and Weekends are optional

Communities within area of service (not all inclusive): Des Moines County: Burlington, Mediapolis, West Burlington, Danville, Middletown, Sperry, Augusta, Kingston, Beaverdale, Yarmouth. Lee County: Fort Madison, Donnellson, Keokuk, Montrose, West Point, Wever, Argyle, Denmark, Saint Paul, Houghton, Franklin.

Optum is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to join our HouseCalls team in Lee and Des Moines Counties, IA. 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.

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Conduct in-home assessments including an evaluation of past medical history, review of systems, medication reconciliation, vital signs, and comprehensive physical exam.
• Perform evidence-based practice screenings including 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 urgent and emergent situations and intervene appropriately.
• Educate members on topics such as disease process, medication, and compliance.

Required Qualifications:

• Active NP license or ability to obtain by start date. Licensure must be unencumbered, free of any open/unresolved disciplinary actions including probation or restrictions against privilege to practice.
• NPs: APCs working in jurisdictions that authorize APCs to practice autonomously or without formal supervision must have obtained approval to practice autonomously or without formal supervision from their licensing board, if applicable.
• Active ANCC or AANP national certification in Family, Geriatrics, Adult, Adult-Gerontology Primary Care, or Adult-Gerontology Acute Care certification, or the ability to obtain national certification and/or NP license in state of assignment by start date.
• Ability to complete physical requirements of the job including lifting a 30-pound bag in and out of the car, navigating stairs and a variety of dwelling conditions, and sit, stand and kneel to perform physical assessment.
• Reliable transportation to complete home visit assessments.

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.
• Ability to travel throughout the state, beyond your assigned region, up to 5% of the time.
• Fluency in Spanish, Cantonese, Korean, Vietnamese, Polish, or other language.

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.

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