Nurse Practitioner State Traveler - Senior Care - New Jersey

Optum
US - New Jersey - Newark
January 6, 2025

• $25,000 Sign-on Bonus for External Candidates
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For those who want to invent the future of health care, here's your opportunity. We're going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

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.

In this role, you will provide support to Nurse Practitioners and patients in long term care settings; support local markets in launching new facilities; provide coverage to local market Nurse Practitioners; deliver high quality care on-site. This is a flexible, autonomous role that creates enormous satisfaction for the NP as you impact the care and comfort of our aging population. All the while, you'll be building meaningful relationships with the residents and their families and the health care providers who are responsible for their care.

This position requires travel through the State of New Jersey. Travel between care sites is based on the needs of business / market and required for the role. Expected Travel 75% - 100%

Primary Responsibilities:

Obtain and review medical history, conduct assessments, analyze and diagnose conditions, and develop appropriate plan of care
Identify gaps in care and interpret diagnostic test / reports in order to refer appropriately
Identify risk factors and help mitigate barriers to accessing care to reduce risk
Develop interventions to assist members in attaining established goals of care
Evaluate member's progress in completion of goals of care and re - assess and assist in care management with members
Serve as a key resource on complex and / or critical issues to solve problems and develop innovative solutions
Establish trusting relationship and maintain communication with the member, family / authorized representative and primary caregiver and specialists
Assist members / families in understanding medical options / interventions and in making informed decisions
Clarify member's cultural values that may impact health management / decisions
Identify prognosis / trajectory of chronic disease that may impact future health decisions and conduct advanced care planning discussions

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Ability to spend at least 1 hour with a member in their home, which may be in understaffed or remote areas, in the presence of pets or individuals who are tobacco users
Ability to lift a 30-pound bag in and out of car and to navigate stairs, as needed
Ability to travel 75-100% of the time for field-based work
Excellent administrative skills and the ability to utilize technology, such as navigating the Internet on a computer
Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and manage schedule
Excellent collaboration skills and ability to effectively communicate with seniors, their families, their care team, and physicians

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:

Active, unencumbered APC license to practice in the State of New Jersey (or ability to obtain)
Active Nurse Practitioner certification through a national board:
- Board certified through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners or the American Nurses Credentialing Center, with certification in one of the following:
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Adult Nurse Practitioner
- Gerontology Nurse Practitioner
- Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Current, active DEA licensure/prescriptive authority or ability to obtain post-hire
Ability to travel 75% - 100% time including overnight travel
Access to reliable transportation, as well as a valid driver's license, that will enable you to travel to client and/or patient sites within a designated area

Preferred Qualifications:

1+ years of experience with hands on, post grad Nurse Practitioner work
Experience in geriatric or adult medicine
Experience working with complex patient populations, including multiple chronic diseases with diverse psychosocial backgrounds
Experience and comfortable working in LTC, home health or in home setting independently
Understanding of Medicare, Medicaid and Health Plan benefit structures beneficial<.

Read the full job description and apply online on the recuiter's web-site

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