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$5,000 Sign on Bonus being offered for external candidates*** Optum Home & Community Care, part of the UnitedHealth Group 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) product, we work with a team to provide care to patients at home in a nursing home, assisted living for senior housing. 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. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. The Senior Community Care (SCC) program is a longitudinal, integrated care delivery program that coordinates the delivery and provision of clinical care of members in a facility setting. The Optum Care Team RN within SCC provides care to our highest-risk health plan members and is part of an interdisciplinary team consisting of an Advanced Practice Clinician (APC) and a Patient Care Coordinator (PCC). In this role you will have the ability to achieve work life balance. No on-call, no weekends, and no holidays required. Primary Responsibilities:
- Ensure accurate and complete documentation
- Communicate and collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team
- Collaborate and communicate with PCC to support APC care and scheduling of member
- Assist the provider / team with various care coordination activities
- Assist the provider / team with benefit determination associated with Medicare part A, part B, and part D benefits
- Collaborating with the primary APC and facility to identify and respond to patient change in condition
- Assist the provider / team with therapy coordination
- Participate in facility-based meetings
- Schedule and participate in family conferences, team meetings, and team case presentations
- Coordination of training, tracking, and compliance with quality measures
- Assist in creating and conduct in-services for selected audiences
- Assist Providers in assuring complete and accurate documentation and coding, medication reconciliation, nursing rounds, assessment, and patient documentation
- May write verbal orders from Provider in the chart in compliance with the state RN practice laws, and in compliance with individual nursing facility practices
- Assist in managing members through an acute medical situation or an exacerbation of a chronic condition, including testing, diagnostics, interventions
- Assist in managing members during a short term sub-acute rehabilitation episode
- Associate degree or higher in Nursing (RN)
- Active and unrestricted license in the state which you reside, or ability to obtain by start date
- Certified in Basic Life Support
- Ability to complete physical requirements, including lifting a 30-pound bag and ability to perform physical assessment
- Access to reliable transportation
- Ability to travel in between facilities
- 1+ years of clinical experience in practice (acute care setting)
- Experience in meeting the medical needs of patients with complex behavioral, social and/or functional needs
- Saline Lock insertion experience
- Understanding of Geriatrics and Chronic Illness
About the Company
UnitedHealth Group
Minnetonka, MN, United States
UnitedHealth Group is a health care and well-being company that’s dedicated to improving the health outcomes of millions worldwide. We are... Read more