NP or PA, Optum - Community Based - Per Diem - Portland, OR

UnitedHealth Group; Portland (OR); Sur place; USD 73 000 - 109 000; Temps partiel

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Sign-on bonus

Flexible schedule

No on-call

Competitive base salary

Résumé du poste

UnitedHealth Group is seeking a Senior Advanced Practice Clinician for a per diem, field-based role in Multnomah County, Oregon. You will provide longitudinal care, make clinical decisions with an interdisciplinary team, and focus on quality outcomes rather than volume.

You will care for high-risk Medicare members in community-based settings, with flexible scheduling, strong autonomy, and no productivity quotas, while maintaining comprehensive documentation and patient engagement.

Qualifications

• For NPs: Active ANCC or AANP Family/Adult/Geriatric/APC certification.
• For PAs: NCCPA certification and state licensure.
• Active, unrestricted licensure in the practicing state.
• Active and unrestricted driver's license with reliable transportation.
• Current, active DEA licensure/prescriptive authority or ability to obtain per state rules.
• Ability to gain a collaborative practice agreement, if applicable.
• Ability to navigate varied environments and perform job duties.

Responsabilités

• Conduct comprehensive patient assessments.
• Manage acute and chronic conditions with testing, diagnostics and interventions.
• Develop and manage complex treatment plans.
• Lead advanced illness, goals-of-care and advance care planning conversations.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary care team, facilities and caregivers.
• Provide patient and caregiver education.
• Ensure accurate and complete clinical documentation.

Connaissances

Clinical autonomy

Critical thinking

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Formation

APC certification & state license (NP/PA)

Description du poste

Practice at the Top of Your License with Flexibility, Autonomy and Work-Life Balance

Join Optum's Senior Community Care team and provide meaningful, longitudinal care to medically complex patients in community based residential settings throughout Multnomah County.

As the primary Advanced Practice Clinician for your patient panel, you make the clinical decisions while being supported by a fully integrated interdisciplinary team. Our value-based model focuses on quality of care, not patient volume or productivity quotas.

This is a per diem, field-based position providing longitudinal care to patients in a variety of community-based residential settings, including assisted living, independent living, adult family/foster homes, senior living apartments, and private homes.

Why Providers Love This Role

• $5,000 Sign-on Bonus
• Competitive base salary
• No on-call, weekends or holidays required
• Flexible schedule: Must work at least 24 hours a month, you pick the schedule
• No productivity quotas or RVU requirements
• Serve as a clinical decision-maker along with collaboration with the PCP for your patients
• Strong interdisciplinary support with clinical autonomy
• Build long-term relationships with patients, caregivers and facility teams

Make an Impact with Complex Patient Care

As part of Senior Community Care, you'll care for some of Optum's highest-risk Medicare members, including patients with multiple co-morbidities, advanced disease states and complex treatment needs.

You’ll address the whole patient, including medical, behavioral, functional and social needs, while partnering with caregivers, facility teams and other healthcare professionals to improve outcomes and quality of life.

Primary Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive patient assessments
• Manage acute and chronic conditions, including testing, diagnostics and interventions
• Develop and manage complex treatment plans
• Lead advanced illness, goals-of-care and advance care planning conversations
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team, facilities and caregivers
• Provide patient and caregiver education
• Ensure accurate and complete clinical documentation

This opportunity is ideal for NPs and PAs who enjoy critical thinking, clinical independence, complex patient care and ownership of patient outcomes, without sacrificing work-life balance.

Optum Home & Community Care, part of the Optum family of businesses, is creating something new in health care. We are uniting industry-leading solutions to build an integrated care model that holistically addresses an individual's physical, mental and social needs - helping patients access and navigate care anytime and anywhere. As a team member of our Senior Community Care (SCC) team, we work to provide care to patients in nursing homes, senior housing and assisted living settings. This life-changing work adds a layer of support to improve access to care. We're connecting care to create a seamless health journey for patients across settings. Join us in making healthcare work better for everyone through people-led, responsible AI while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Required Qualifications:

• For NPs: Active ANCC or AANP certification in Family, Adult, Geriatric, or Adult-Gerontology Primary Care
• For PAs: Current NCCPA certification and state licensure
• Active, unrestricted licensure in the state you will be practicing in (or ability to obtain by start date) without current disciplinary actions or practice limitations
• Active and unrestricted driver's license
  • In addition to a driver's license, access to reliable transportation
• Current, active DEA licensure/prescriptive authority or ability to obtain post-hire, per state regulations (unless prohibited in state of practice)
• Ability to gain a collaborative practice agreement, if applicable in your state
• Ability to navigate varied environments and to position oneself as needed to perform job duties

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1+ years of clinical experience as an APC (long-term care setting preferred)
• Experience in geriatric medicine, long-term care, senior living or home care setting
• Experience in meeting the medical needs of patients with complex behavioral, social and/or functional needs
• Understanding of Geriatrics and Chronic Illness
• Understanding of Advanced Illness and end of life discussions
• Proficiency with electronic medical records and technology

Compensation for this specialty generally ranges from $53.00 - $79.00 per hour. Total cash compensation includes base pay and bonus and is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience and may increase over time based on productivity and performance in the role. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

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.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.