Telephonic Nurse Practitioner (Part-Time) - New England License

Primary Responsibilities

• Available on provided telephonic platform, both taking and placing calls to coordinate and manage care for members between care givers, facilities, hospitals, primary care providers and the Optum field colleagues
• Available to use video platform based on clinical need
• Working hours should be performed in a secure location as patient privacy is required
• Utilize EMR proficiently to provide acute care to members during all shifts and holiday hours
• Care Delivery
• Deliver cost-effective, quality care to members
• Manage both medical and behavioral, chronic, and acute conditions effectively, and in collaboration with a physician or specialty provider
• Utilizes evidenced based practice guidelines
• Care Coordination
• Coordinate care as members transition through different levels of care and care settings
• Maintain monitoring of the needs of members and families while facilitating any adjustments to the plan of care as situations and conditions change
• Review orders and interventions for appropriateness and response to treatment to identify the most effective plan of care that aligns with the patients' needs and wishes
• Address and be able to have advanced care plan conversations with members and families
• Evaluate the plan of care for cost effectiveness while meeting the needs of members, families, and providers to decrease high costs, poor outcomes and unnecessary hospitalizations

Required Qualifications

• Education: NP: Graduate of an accredited Master of Science Nursing or Doctor of Nursing Practice program
• Active and unrestricted license in the state which you reside, as well as the States of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, or Rhode Island, and ability to obtain in other required locations.
• Ability to gain a collaborative practice agreement, if applicable in your state
• New hires who are eligible and have not applied prior to hire date, must apply to practice autonomously or without supervision within 1 month of hire. If not eligible to practice autonomously or without formal supervision at hire, the APC must begin working towards meeting the requirement within 1 month of hire, if applicable, and apply for approval to practice autonomously or without formal supervision within 3 months of becoming eligible
• Active Nurse Practitioner certification through a national board: NP: Board certified through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners or the American Nurses Credentialing Center, with certification in one of the following: Family Nurse Practitioner, Adult Nurse Practitioner, Gerontology Nurse Practitioner, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
• Current, active DEA licensure/prescriptive authority or ability to obtain post-hire, per state regulations (unless prohibited in state of practice)
• Ability to work scheduled shifts in accordance with scheduling policies
• Proficient computer skills including the ability to document medical information with written and electronic medical records