Nurse Practitioner - Care at Home, South Carolina Traveler

About the role

Optum Home & Community Care, part of the Optum family, is hiring a Nurse Practitioner for its Care at Home program in South Carolina. The role works with high-risk health plan beneficiaries in their homes as part of an interdisciplinary team, with no nights, weekends or holidays. It requires weekly travel throughout the state, up to 85% of the time, with Monday to Friday hours and home on weekends.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct in-home assessments: past medical history, medication reconciliation, vital signs and physical exam
• Perform evidence-based screenings and point-of-care testing as appropriate
• Manage members through acute situations or exacerbations of chronic conditions, including testing, diagnostics and interventions
• Manage members during short-term sub-acute rehabilitation episodes
• Ensure accurate documentation, including ICD-10 conditions
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team and hold advanced illness and care planning conversations
• Counsel and educate patients and caregivers

Required profile

• Nurse Practitioners: active ANCC or AANP certification in Family, Adult, Geriatric or Adult-Gerontology Primary Care
• Physician Assistants: current NCCPA certification and state licensure
• Active, unrestricted state licensure (or ability to obtain it by start date) without disciplinary actions or practice limitations
• Active, unrestricted driver's license and reliable transportation
• DEA licensure or prescriptive authority, or ability to obtain it after hire, unless prohibited in the state of practice
• Ability to obtain a collaborative practice agreement where applicable

Preferred qualifications

• 1+ years of clinical experience as an APC (family, geriatric or home health preferred)
• Experience in geriatric medicine, long-term care, senior living or home care
• Understanding of geriatrics, chronic illness, advanced illness and end-of-life discussions
• Proficiency with electronic medical records

What we offer

• $40,000 student loan repayment or $25,000 sign-on bonus
• Compensation generally ranging from $109,500 to $164,000, plus base pay, bonuses, benefits, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution
• Recognition programs and development opportunities