Spanish Required - HouseCalls Nurse Practitioner - El Paso County, TX - Nurse Practitioner
Company: UnitedHealth Group Inc
Location: El Paso
Posted on: May 6, 2024
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Job Description:
Spanish Required - HouseCalls Nurse Practitioner - El Paso
County, TX
$40,000 Student Loan Repayment or $20,000 Sign-on Bonus for
external candidates!
Please Note: This role requires car travel to member homes in El
Paso county - mileage reimbursed.
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 HouseCalls product, we provide annual
clinical assessments to patients in the comfort of their homes.
This important preventive care helps identify and reduce health
risks for patients, in addition to coordinating appropriate
follow-up care to improve health and well-being.
We're connecting care to create a seamless health journey for
patients across care settings. Join us to start Caring. Connecting.
Growing together.
In this role you will have the ability to achieve work life
balance. Flexible scheduling offered where providers can flex their
time over the 7-day work week. No on-call, no weekends and no
holidays required.
Primary 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
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:
* Active NP license or ability to obtain by start date. Licensure
must be unencumbered, free of any open/unresolved disciplinary
actions including probation or restrictions against privilege to
practice
* 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
* 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
* Bilingual in Spanish and English
* Reliable transportation to complete home visit assessments
Preferred Qualifications:
* 1+ years of clinical experience in highest level of education,
clinical setting
* Experience in gerontology, cardiology, internal medicine, or
endocrinology
* Home Health care or home visit experience
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.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin,
protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation,
gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information,
or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are
required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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