Field RN or LPN- Urgent Mobile Care -Des Moines IA
Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: Iowa City
Posted on: September 14, 2023
Job Description:
$7,500 Sign-on Bonus for External Candidates Hours Monday-Friday
10am-7 pmOptum 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
Landmark product, we help bring home-based medical care to complex,
chronic patients. This life-changing work helps give older adults
more days at home. -We're connecting care to create a seamless
health journey for patients across care settings. Join our team,
it's your chance to improve the lives of millions while doing your
life's best work.(sm)This role primarily provides medical care and
management to patients served by the Homebased Medical Care program
who request urgent visits to the IDT team. This position also
participates in new patient engagement facilitation, post-discharge
visits, and other visits as needed for gathering information as
part of the IDT. Dedicated to improving the health and well-being
of patients, this position collaborates with the patient's
longitudinal provider and/or the PCP as needed to discuss immediate
and ongoing patient care needs.Primary Responsibilities:
- Practices in accordance with the respective state laws and
regulations governing the practice of registered nurses
- Responds to urgent / unscheduled patient needs with the purpose
of assessing acuity of illness and preventing hospitalization
through interventions delivered in the home when medically
indicated and desired by patient
- During the visit, promptly communicates with the longitudinal
provider and/or pod leader to discuss patient assessment and
receive/document/implement orders received
- Comfortable with basic procedures of nursing care, including IV
placement, blood draws, injections, foley catheters, nasal packing,
wound care, etc. Performed per the supervising HbMC provider's
direction, in all cases
- Completes the required documentation in a timely manner (goal:
during or immediately after the visit) allowing the care team
access to the care provided and a note to be generated for co-
signature
- Competency in care for core chronic disease condition of
internal medicine and their respective exacerbations (e.g. COPD,
Heart Failure, Diabetes, Kidney Disease, Wounds, Infections,
etc)
- Communicates to and participates in discussions with the
on-call and other team patients regarding urgent call matters that
may require close patient follow-up or alteration of the care
plan
- Completes follow-up and post-hospital assessments according to
documented standard operating procedures
- Implements appropriate diagnostics and completes interventions
received via verbal order from providers as appropriate, to avoid
unnecessary acute admissions
- Works with the medical leadership to develop quality
improvement programs and provides feedback regarding needed
equipment and training to ensure maximum value to the RN/LPN
Urgentivist position
- Educates patients and/or their caregivers in disease processes
and ways to manage them effectively
- Keeps current on relevant medical and nursing research,
technology, and related issues by attending continuing education
courses, professional meetings and journal reviews
- Perform related duties as necessary and other duties as
assignedYou'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:To perform this job successfully, an individual must
be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The
requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge,
skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be
made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions.
- Completion of Registered Nurse or LPN accredited program
- RN or LPN State Licensure
- 2+ years clinical experience
- Access to reliable transportation; if you are driving a
vehicle, you must comply with all the terms of the Optum Motor
Vehicle Safety policy
- FPreferred Qualifications:
- Experience in home health, geriatrics, ICU/ED, urgent care and
palliative care
- Knowledge of inpatient, skilled nursing, community resources
and cost-effective alternatives regarding patient care delivery
systems
- Knowledge of clinical standards of care, awareness about CMS
guidelines, and Medicare contracts and benefit systemsCareers with
Optum. Our objective is to make health care simpler and more
effective for everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects
of health, you can play a role in creating a healthier world, one
insight, one connection and one person at a time. We bring together
some of the greatest minds and ideas to take health care to its
fullest potential, promoting health equity and accessibility. Work
with diverse, engaged and high-performing teams to help solve
important challenges. -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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