Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Urgent Visits - Plymouth / Wareham, MA - $10K sign-on!
Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: Plymouth
Posted on: June 22, 2022
Job Description:
***$10,000 SIGN-ON BONUS for full-time, External Hires***
-Landmark Health, part of the Optum and UnitedHealth Group family
of businesses, was created to transform how healthcare is delivered
to the most medically vulnerable members in our community. Our
medical group provides home-based medical care to chronically ill
patients, many of whom are ill-equipped to navigate our
overwhelming healthcare system.Because many of our patients are
frail and elderly, we deliver care primarily in the comfort of
their home. Our Program is also offered to eligible patients at no
incremental financial cost to them. We are not a fee-for-service
practice; we benefit economically only if we deliver high-quality
patient outcomes and satisfaction. As a result, our clinical teams
can spend quality-time caring for a smaller number of patients,
giving all patients the space, respect, compassion and care they
deserve.Our model is finding success throughout the country; we are
now the nation's largest risk-based, in-home medical group, with
operations in numerous markets and states across the country.At
Landmark, our interdisciplinary teams collaboratively manage our
complex patient panels. These teams are led by Physicians, Nurse
Practitioners, and Physician Assistants, with supporting care
provided by RN Nurse Care Managers, Social Workers, Pharmacists,
Behavioral Health, and other employed team members.The Urgentivist
primarily provides medical care and management to members served by
the Landmark program who request urgent visits to the NCM on call.
- This position prescribes appropriate diagnostics and
interventions to avoid unnecessary transfers and acute admissions,
and communicates and collaborates with the assigned Landmark
primary provider and interdisciplinary team in achieving patient's
care goals.Primary Responsibilities:
- Working with the NCM, schedules patients for maintenance visits
in a way and volume that allows for prompt response to urgent
patient requests during normal business hours
- Following the visit promptly communicates with the PCP and
specialist as needed along with communicating findings to their
primary assigned Landmark provider
- Manage patient care with the primary objective of delivering
proactive chronic disease care and significantly reducing avoidable
hospitalizations
- Diagnose, prescribe, and treat within the scope of the Provider
and consistent with standards of care
- Participate in regular management/interdisciplinary team
meetings to coordinate and collaborate on patient care needs
- Completes the required documentation in a timely manner
allowing the care team access to the care provided and a note to be
generated to the PCP
- Participate in a rotated on-call program for home-based patient
support after-hoursAs a Provider with Landmark Health, now part of
the Optum family, you will benefit from the following:
- Excellent compensation and benefits including a robust bonus
program, market-leading Paid Time Off (PTO), CME reimbursement,
mileage reimbursement, and more
- A team-based clinical environment, where you will find
mission-driven clinicians who are passionate about fixing our
broken system of care
- An outcomes-oriented model, where more value is placed on
high-quality clinical outcomes than on productivity
- Geriatric expertise - Landmark invests significantly in
provider education, with a particular focus on geriatrics and
home-based medical careYou'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:
- Completion of Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
accredited program
- Current unrestricted state license and current state driver's
license
- Knowledge of CPT, ICD-9 and HCPC codes
- Knowledge of clinical standards of care
- Passion for geriatric patient care
- Comfortable with conducting house calls
- Access to reliable transportation to conduct patient visits
required; if you are driving a vehicle, you must comply with all
the terms of the Landmark Motor Vehicle Safety policy
- Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential job function of this
role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID-19 booster
doses must also comply with those state requirements. UnitedHealth
Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as
well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of
vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to employment to
ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential
job functions with or without reasonable accommodationPreferred
Qualifications:
- 2+ years clinical experience
- Awareness of UM standards, NCQA requirements, CMS guidelines,
Milliman guidelines, and Medicaid/Medicare contracts and benefit
systems -To protect the health and safety of our workforce,
patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its
affiliate companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19
vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some
roles and locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including
boosters, as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres
to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as
well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will
obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to
employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform
all essential job functions with or without reasonable
accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may
result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of
employmentCareers with Optum. -Here's the idea. We built an entire
organization around one giant objective; make health care work
better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's
large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health
and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our
first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to
serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses,
brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas
on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest
potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams
against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible
ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do
-your life's best work.(sm)**PLEASE NOTE** -The Sign-On Bonus is
only available to external candidates. -Candidates who are
currently working for a UnitedHealth Group, UnitedHealthcare or a
related entity in a full time, part time, or per diem basis
("Internal Candidates") are not eligible to receive a Sign On
Bonus.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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