Registered Nurse - Afterhours - PRN

Optum; Round Rock (TX); Hybrid; USD 71,677 - 107,516; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Recognition programs

401k contribution

Job summary

Optum is seeking a Per Diem After hours Registered Nurse in Round Rock, Texas. The role entails conducting comprehensive hospice care for patients and their families after regular business hours. Responsibilities include triaging calls, making initial evaluations for hospice eligibility, and performing after-hours visits.

Candidates must have a current RN license and CPR certification, along with a minimum of one year of clinical experience. The position offers an attractive pay range and benefits, emphasizing meaningful connections with patients.

Qualifications

• Current unrestricted RN licensure in the state of practice experience.
• Current CPR Certification.
• Minimum one year of clinical experience.

Responsibilities

• Triage patient needs over the phone until a nurse can visit.
• Respond to crisis calls from patients and families after hours.
• Conduct initial nursing evaluations for hospice services within 48 hours of referral.

Skills

Current unrestricted RN licensure

CPR Certification

Clinical experience

Dependable vehicle access

Job description

Explore opportunities with Elite Hospice, a part of LHC Group, a leading post-acute care partner for hospitals, physicians and families nationwide. As members of the Optum family of businesses, we are dedicated to helping people feel their best, including our team members who create meaningful connections with patients, their families, each other and the communities we serve. Find a home for your career here. Join us and embrace a culture of Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

As the Per Diem After hours Registered Nurse the primary focus is to conduct comprehensive and timely delivery of hospice care for patients and their families after regular business hours, including at night and on the weekends.

Primary Responsibilities

• Able to triage patient needs over the phone until a nurse can provide an in-person visit.
• Responds appropriately and with urgency to crisis calls from patients and families after hours.
• Makes the initial nursing evaluation in determining eligibility for hospice services, as part of a patient visit, within forty-eight (48) hours of referral if assigned.
• Competent to perform afterhours visits including admission visits, death visits, recertification visits, and routine visits.
• Identifies the patient/family's physical, psychosocial, emotional, and environmental needs and reassesses them as needed, no less than every fifteen (15) days.
• Documents problems, appropriate goals, interventions, and patient/family response to hospice care.

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

• Current unrestricted RN licensure in the state of practice experience
• Current CPR Certification
• Minimum One year of clinical experience
• Current driver’s license, valid vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle, or public transportation

Preferred Qualification

• Current unrestricted RN licensure in the state of operation
• Current CPR certification.
• Current driver’s license and vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle or public transportation
• Minimum one year of experience

Pay Range

• $71,677 - $107,516 annual total cash target pay
• $34.46 - $51.69 visit point
• $41.35 - $62.03 hourly rate
• Annual total cash compensation for this role assumes full-time employment (40 weekly hours) at full productivity and generally follows the range above. Total cash compensation includes earnings from per visit point pay and hourly pay 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. This role receives two types of compensation depending on the work being performed. When conducting visits, you will be paid per visit point rate compensation. Your per visit pay will be calculated by multiplying your per visit point rate by the productivity points you accrue for various types of visits. Each type of visit is assigned a certain number of productivity points that is inclusive of "direct" and "indirect" patient care activities. Visits are assigned based on patient and business needs. The number of visits performed each week will vary based on individual productivity targets and the productivity points assigned to the visits performed. You will be paid your hourly rate for certain non-visit activities such as orientation. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
• In addition to your pay, we offer benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, 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.