Optum - Monroe, LA
posted about 2 months ago
Full-time - Mid Level
Monroe, LA
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
About the position
Optum is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to join the HouseCalls team, focusing on providing annual clinical assessments to patients in their homes across several parishes in Louisiana. This role is integral to preventive care, helping to identify and reduce health risks while coordinating follow-up care to enhance patient well-being. The position emphasizes a holistic approach to healthcare, addressing physical, mental, and social needs, and offers a flexible work schedule without on-call duties, weekends, or holidays.
Responsibilities
- Conduct in-home assessments including an evaluation of past medical history, review of systems, medication reconciliation, vital signs, and comprehensive physical exam
- Perform evidence-based practice screenings including point of care testing (as appropriate)
- Identify diagnoses to be used in care management and active medical management in the furtherance of treatment
- Formulate a list of current and past medical conditions using clinical knowledge and judgment and the findings of your assessment
- Communicate findings in your assessment that will be used to inform member's PCP of potential gaps in care
- Identify urgent and emergent situations and intervene appropriately
- Educate members on topics such as disease process, medication, and compliance
Requirements
- Active ANCC or AANP national certification in Family, Geriatrics, Adult, Adult-Gerontology Primary Care, or Adult-Gerontology Acute Care certification, or the ability to obtain national certification and/or NP license in state of assignment by start date
- Licensure must be unencumbered, free of any open/unresolved disciplinary actions including probation or restrictions against privilege to practice
- 1+ years of clinical experience in highest level of education, clinical setting
- Ability to complete physical requirements of the job including lifting a 30-pound bag in and out of the car, navigating stairs and a variety of dwelling conditions, and sit, stand and kneel to perform physical assessment
- Proficient computer skills including the ability to document medical information with written and electronic medical records
- Reliable transportation to complete home visit assessments
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in gerontology, cardiology, internal medicine, or endocrinology
- Home Health care or home visit experience
Benefits
- $10,000 Sign-on Bonus for External Candidates
- Flexible scheduling
- Work-life balance
- No on-call, no weekends, and no holidays required
