Nurse Practitioner - HouseCalls - Mercer, Middlesex - New Jersey

• $20,000 Sign-on Bonus In this role, you will have the ability to achieve work life balance.
• Flexible scheduling is offered where providers can flex their time between 8am-8pm over the 7-day work week.
• No on-call, no weekends and no holidays required.
• 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 Optum HouseCalls team, together in an interdisciplinary care environment, we help patients navigate the health care system and connect them to key support services.
• This preventive care can help patients stay well at home.
• We’re connecting care to create a seamless health journey for patients across settings.
• Join us to start Caring.
• Connecting.
• Growing together.
• HouseCalls is an innovative, performance-driven program that brings care directly to members’ homes.
• As a HouseCalls Advanced Practice Clinician (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant), you will conduct annual in-home health assessments for Medicare Advantage and other plan members.
• This is a non-prescribing, field-based role focused on improving health outcomes through education, gap closure, and collaboration with primary care providers (PCP).
• Primary Responsibilities: Conduct comprehensive in-home assessments, including: Past medical history review, medication reconciliation, vital signs, and physical exam Evidence-based screenings and point-of-care testing (as appropriate) Identify and document diagnoses for care management and treatment planning Communicate findings to members’ PCPs to address gaps in care Recognize urgent/emergent situations and intervene appropriately Educate members on disease processes, medications, and compliance Address social determinants of health and provide referrals as needed 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

• For
• NPs: Active ANCC or AANP certification in Family, Adult, Geriatric, or Adult-Gerontology Primary Care 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 to complete home visits Ability to navigate varied home environments; ability to sit/stand/kneel as needed to perform assessments If you're working in a state that allows NPs/PAs to practice independently (without Collaborative Agreement), you must get approval from your licensing board-if required. New hires who are eligible but haven’t applied yet must do so within 1 month of starting. If you're not eligible at the time of hire, you must begin working toward eligibility within 1 month and apply for approval within 3 months of becoming eligible