Job Description

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 and Physician Assistants; 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 and Physician Assistants.

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 and Physician Assistants who bring compassion and passion, energy and focus to their work every day.

This role is within our SNF Patient Connect program.  Optum Senior Community Care provides the Patient Connect Program for United Healthcare members in a short stay/transitional setting with focus on reduction in 30-day hospital readmissions, improved completeness and coding accuracy of diagnosis and medical record documentation, increased closure of STAR/HEDIS quality measures, improved completion rates of Advanced Care Planning Directives, and improved patient and family satisfaction and discharge and post discharge support.   The Optum practitioner will provide a one time comprehensive health assessment for the member in collaboration with the case management team to support better care coordination and health outcomes.  This is an autonomous role that creates enormous satisfaction for you to impact the care and support of our population.  

This is a per diem position, serving Lee County, FL. Per diem employees are required to have availability for a minimum of 10 hours per week with a maximum of 960 hours a year.  Flexible schedule – days, evenings, weekends.

If you want more meaning in your career – as a clinician or a business professional – take this opportunity and apply. 

Primary Responsibilities: 

Work with primary care physicians to provide the best care possible
Collaborate with the nursing staff and the patients’ families
Collaboration with case management team
Documentation, coding and gap closure

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 and unrestricted license in the state of Florida
Certified Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistants through a national board

For NPs: Graduate of an accredited master’s degree in Nursing (MSN) program and board certified through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) or the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioners (AG AC NP), Adult/Family or Gerontology Nurse Practitioners (ACNP), with preferred certification as ANP, FNP, or GNP 
For PAs: Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant degree program and currently board certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

1+ years of hands-on post grad experience
Current active DEA licensure/prescriptive authority or ability to obtain post-hire, per state regulations (unless prohibited in state of practice) 
Access to reliable transportation that will enable you to travel to SNF facilities within a designated area 
Ability to lift a 30-pound bag in and out of car and to navigate stairs and a variety of dwelling conditions and configurations  
Availability to work 10 hours per week
Ability to gain a collaborative practice agreement, if applicable in your state

Preferred Qualifications: 

Understanding of Geriatrics and Chronic Illness 
Understanding of Advanced Illness and end of life discussions  
Proficient computer skills including the ability to document medical information with written and electronic medical records