Part Time NP/PA, Senior Community Care - Spokane Valley, WA

About the job

Optum Home & Community Care is hiring a part-time nurse practitioner or physician assistant for its Senior Community Care (SCC) team in Spokane Valley, Washington. The clinician cares for the program's highest-risk health plan members living in nursing homes, assisted living and senior housing.

SCC is an integrated care program that coordinates clinical care for members who live in assisted living, nursing homes or senior housing. Optum Home & Community Care says its care model addresses each person's physical, mental and social needs.

What you'll do

• Do comprehensive assessments: review past medical history, reconcile medications, take vital signs and perform a physical exam
• Perform point-of-care testing and evidence-based screenings when appropriate
• Support members through a short-term sub-acute rehabilitation stay
• Keep documentation accurate and complete, including ICD 10 conditions
• Communicate and work with the interdisciplinary care team
• Hold conversations about advanced illness and advance care planning
• Counsel and educate patients and caregivers

What you need

• Nurse practitioners need active certification from ANCC or AANP in one of these: Family, Adult, Geriatric, or Adult-Gerontology Primary Care
• Physician assistants need current NCCPA certification and a state license
• An active, unrestricted license in the state where you will practice, or the ability to get one by your start date, with no current disciplinary actions or practice limits
• An active, unrestricted driver's license and access to reliable transportation
• Current DEA registration or prescriptive authority, or the ability to get it after hire as state rules allow; the posting says it is not needed for Patient Connect but is needed for ISNP and IESNP
• Able to get a collaborative practice agreement, if your state requires one
• Able to move through varied settings and position yourself as the work requires
• Passing a drug test before starting work

Preferred

• At least 1 year working as an APC, preferably in long-term care
• Experience in home care, senior living, long-term care or geriatric medicine
• Experience caring for patients whose behavioral, social or functional needs are complex
• Understanding of geriatrics, chronic illness, advanced illness and end-of-life discussions
• Comfort with electronic medical records and technology

Schedule

• Part-time
• No on-call, weekend or holiday work required

Benefits

• A choice of student loan repayment or a sign-on bonus
• A comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Employee stock purchase and 401k contribution