Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Senior Living - Lane

Position Highlights

In Optum’s Senior Living Program, people are our priority – starting with our dedicated clinicians. We believe in supporting you both personally and professionally to help you reach your full potential. Our care model focuses on assisted living and other community-based settings, blending palliative care with internal medicine. The Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants within Senior Living provide care to our highest-risk patients and are part of an interdisciplinary team.

We offer extensive training in our unique approach, and because we are not fee-for-service, our focus is on quality patient outcomes, not volume. With a manageable expectation of approximately 4-6 patient visits per day, you’ll have the time to invest in your patients’ well‑being and build meaningful relationships.

• Conduct comprehensive assessments
• Manage patients through an acute medical situation or an exacerbation of a chronic condition, including testing, diagnostics, interventions
• Ensure accurate and complete documentation, including ICD‑10 conditions
• Communicate and collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team
• Conduct advanced illness and advanced care planning conversations
• Provide patients and caregivers with counseling and education
• Perform comprehensive assessments and document findings in a concise/comprehensive manner that is compliant with documentation requirements and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations
• Facilitate agreement and implementation of the patient’s plan of care by engaging the facility staff, families/responsible parties, primary and specialty care clinicians
• Coordinate care as patients transition through different levels of care and care settings
• Review orders and interventions for appropriateness and response to treatment to identify most effective plan of care that aligns with the patient’s needs and wishes
• Function independently and responsibly with minimal need for supervision

• As the largest employer of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants, we have a best‑in‑class employee experience and enable you to practice at the top of your license
• We believe that better care for clinicians equates to better care for patients
• We are influencing change collectively on a national scale while still maintaining the culture and community of our local care organizations
• We grow talent from within. No matter where you want to go–geographically or professionally–you can do it here

• Market‑competitive compensation model with both salary and incentive opportunities Rob ... retirement offerings including employer‑funded contributions to retirement plans and employee stock purchase plan
• Comprehensive benefits plan inclusive of medical, dental, vision, Short Term/Long Term Disability, and more Robust clinician learning and development programs
• Excellent Paid Time Off package
• Continuing Education (CE)
• Paid parental leave
• Mileage reimbursement
• Equipment stipend
• And more!

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.

• For Nurse Practitioners:
  • Graduate of an accredited Master of Science Nursing or Doctor of Nursing Practice program
  • Active and unrestricted Nurse Practitioner license in the state you reside, or ability to obtain by start date
  • 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
    • Adult‑Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
• For Physician Assistants:
  • Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant degree program
  • Active and unrestricted Physician Assistant license in the state you reside, or ability to obtain by start date
  • Board certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
• Active DEA licensure/prescriptive…