Nurse Practitioner Long Term Care - Tippecanoe and Montgomery Counties, IN

We're fast becoming the nation's largest employer of Nurse Practitioners; 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.

You've taken your skills to an advanced level. You bring an enormous store of compassion and dedication to your work. Now, it's time to join one of the largest communities of Nurse Practitioners in the country as we build new solutions for an ever growing patient base. 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 of businesses.

In this role, you will represent Optum as you provide primary care to patients in long term care settings; coordinate with their Primary Care Provider and facility staff to deliver high quality care on site. You'll interact closely with the facility staff and providers throughout the community; educating, building relationships and showing leadership in how to best address the complex needs of the patient and family. This is a flexible, autonomous role that creates enormous satisfaction for the NP as you impact the care and comfort of our aging population.

In addition, you will do Patient Connect visits which are a onetime assessment of members who are in Skilled Nursing Facilities for rehabilitation after a recent hospital stay. This onetime assessment will be used to help the interdisciplinary team manage the members health care and health prevention needs.

This is a fulltime position serving various locations in the Tippecanoe and Montgomery Counties, IN area.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide preventative and primary care for patients in assigned long term care facilities
• Work with primary care physicians to provide the best care possible
• Collaborate with the nursing staff and the patients' families
• Work with the facility's utilization review process
• In this role, you'll also explore and learn more about palliative care

Consider this. Success in the role requires learning how to strike a balance between clinical and customer service / business mindset. Your work within these independently owned / operated long term care facilities means that you represent us not just with our members and their families but also with the employees and leaders of each facility. Balancing how to work with, educate, and service the facilities' staff while also providing the members with the clinical and caring attention can be a challenge.

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:

• Certified Nurse Practitioner through a national board
• Current unrestricted license in IN or the ability to obtain in state(s) in which practicing
• Unrestricted DEA (license to prescribe narcotics / level II info here) per state regulations (unless prohibited in state of practice) or the ability to obtain
• 1+ years of experience in a long term care setting, community setting or critical care
• 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
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain positive customer relationships
• Proven adaptability to change

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to lift up to 40 pounds
• Access to reliable transportation that will enable you to travel to client and / or patient sites within a designated area

The salary range for this role is $89,800 to $176,700 annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment