NP/PA;Home Primary Care - Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, NH
UnitedHealth Group
- Manchester, NH
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Performs an initial comprehensive assessment on all newly enrolled patients and provides ongoing care thereafter
- Develops a patient management care plan upon enrollment and updates it as needed when changes in condition warrant or following hospitalization
- Meets with patients and/or their legal representatives to review newly developed or modified care plans; involves the PCP or supervising physician in these meetings, when applicable
- Comfortable with basic procedures of nursing care, including IV placement, blood draws, injections, foley catheters, nasal packing, wound care, etc. New hire and annual skills check/training provided
- Prescribes appropriate diagnostics and interventions to avoid unnecessary acute admissions
- Completes follow-up and post-discharge assessments according to documented standard operating procedure
- Consults with hospital, emergency or post-acute clinical team following notification of patient transfer
- Educates patients and/or their legal representatives in disease processes affecting patients and ways to manage them effectively, as well as to promote wellness
- Actively participates in ongoing meetings pertaining to patient care and clinical excellence
- Implements HEDIS measure campaigns and other quality initiatives to ensure the highest standards of care and to promote the improvement of care management and delivery
- On-call for caseload during business hours. Participation in clinical after hours on-call program on rotational basis
- Keeps current on relevant medical and nursing research, technology, and related issues by attending continuing education courses, professional meetings and journal reviews
- Practices in accordance with the respective state laws and regulations governing the practice of advanced practice nursing or physician assistants
- Completion of Nurse Practitioner of Physician Assistant accredited program
- Current state RN/NP or PA license
- Certification through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), or National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
- Access to reliable transportation; if you are driving a vehicle, you must comply with all the terms of the Optum Motor Vehicle Safety policy
- 2+ years of clinical experience, primary care, home-based medical care, geriatrics or palliative care of emergency/urgent care
- Knowledge of long-term care, community resources and cost-effective alternatives regarding patient care delivery systems
- Knowledge of CPT, ICD-10 and HCPC codes
- Knowledge of clinical standards of care
- Awareness of NCQA requirements, CMS guidelines, Medicaid/Medicare contracts and benefit systems