Field RN Senior Community Care - Queens, NY

$58,300 - $114,300/Yr

Optum

Full-time

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

About the position

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.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate and complete documentation
• Communicate and collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team
• 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
• Collaborate with the primary advanced practice clinician (APC) and facility to identify and respond to patient changes 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
• Coordinate training, tracking, and compliance with quality measures
• Assist in creating and conducting 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

Requirements

• 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
• 3+ years of clinical experience in practice
• Proven ability to complete physical requirements, including lifting a 30-pound bag and ability to perform physical assessment
• Access to reliable transportation

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in meeting the medical needs of patients with complex behavioral, social and/or functional needs
• Understanding of geriatrics and chronic illness
• Proficient computer skills including the ability to document medical information with written and electronic medical records
• Proven ability to work with diverse care teams in a variety of settings
• Proven effective communication skills and time management

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution