Nurse Practitioner - Care at Home - Washington, D.C.

$40,000 Student Loan Repayment OR $20,000 Sign-on Bonus 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 Care at Home 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.

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 care settings.

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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.

The Optum at Home (OAH) Dual Special Needs Plan (DSNP) program is a longitudinal, integrated care delivery program that coordinates the delivery and provision of clinical care of patients (beneficiaries) in their place of residence.

The OAH program combines Optum trained clinicians providing intensive interventions customized to the needs of each individual, in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Care Team, comprised of the Optum at Home team of clinicians as well as community-based health care professionals (e.g., PCP, specialists, behavioral health, pharmacy, and other providers).

Optum providers serve people in their own homes through annual evaluations, longitudinal visits for higher risk beneficiaries, and care coordination during transitions from the hospital or nursing home and ongoing care management Nurse practitioners (NP) function in the role of the Advanced Practice Clinician (APC) within the Optum at Home, providing care to our highest-risk health plan beneficiaries.

The APC is part of an interdisciplinary team that includes a Case Manager (RN and/or BHA), Care Navigator, Optum Pharmacy, and other supporting team members.

APCs support all aspects of patient care, including diagnosis, treatments, and consultations.

APCs provide general and preventative care, interventional care, point of care testing, patient/caretaker education, and medication prescribing during in-home, telephonic, and virtual visits with the interdisciplinary team.

The APC is a licensed practitioner who works under a collaborative agreement (protocol) with a supervising physician (If applicable by State).

The protocol is a written document in which the physician gives the NP authority to perform medical acts and agrees to be available for immediate consultation if necessary.

The APC is responsible for managing health problems and coordinating health care for the Optum at Home beneficiaries in accordance with State and Federal rules and regulations and the nursing standards of care.

This includes (but is not limited to) assessment of health status, diagnosis, development of plan of care, implementation of treatment plan, ongoing evaluation of patient status and response to the plan of care, and ordering drugs, treatments and diagnostic studies.

Clinical management is conducted in collaboration with other care team members.

This position will required 80-100%25 travel to patient homes/residences in the Washington, DC area all zip codes Position Highlights & Primary Responsibilities: Perform comprehensive age-appropriate assessments for complex and chronically ill patients with the frequency established in the model of care Effectively manage medical and behavioral conditions, acute and chronic, in collaboration with the member’s team of care providers (e.g., PCP, specialists) Ensure accurate and complete ICD 10 condition documentation with supportive evidence of diagnosis Provide acute, follow-up, and post-hospitalization evaluation to engage resources and strategies to address medical, functional, and social barriers to care Develop a collaborative relationship with the team of health care providers, while acting as an advocate for the patient’s goals of care Order and interprets diagnostic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs Prescribe appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities Implement interventions to support goals to regain or maintain physiologic stability; monitoring the effectiveness of interventions Facilitate the patient’s transition within and between health care settings in collaboration with the primary care physician and other treating physicians Provide patients and caregivers with counseling and education regarding health maintenance, disease prevention, condition trajectory, diagnosis, treatment, and need for follow up as appropriate during each patient visit.

Conduct advanced illness and advanced care planning conversations to identify and prioritize the patient’s goals of care for treatment plan development Verify and document that the patient understands diagnosis, treatment and follow up recommendations Actively participate in organizational quality initiatives, peer support, and mentoring activities Participate in collaborative multidisciplinary team meetings to optimize clinical integration, efficiency, and effectiveness of service delivery Maintain credentials essential for practice, to include licensure, certification, and CME Demonstrate a commitment to the mission, core values and goals of UnitedHealthcare and its healthcare delivery including the ability to integrate values of compassion, integrity, performance, innovation and relationships in the care provided to our members 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.