RN Healthcare Manager WellMed Apollo Beach at UnitedHealth Group | The Muse (2024)

Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 AM - 5 PM

Work Location: WellMed at Apollo Beach, FL

Primary Responsibilities:

• Works with the providers and clinic staff to identify patients at high risk
• Supports longitudinal care of the patient with chronic care conditions by:
  • Performing assessment of health conditions
  • Performing medication reconciliation
  • Conducting Motivational Interviewing and Self-Management Goal setting
  • Providing patient education, creating referrals to appropriate agencies and resources
• Supports transition of the patient with chronic care conditions from inpatient to outpatient setting, by:
  • Performing assessment of transitional needs
  • Performing medication reconciliation
  • Establishing and reviewing contingency plan
  • Providing patient education
  • Assisting with post discharge needs such as prescriptions, transportation, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), appointments
• Coordinate with providers to establish or update plan of care
• Performs accurate and timely documentation in the electronic medical record
• Participates in daily huddles and Patient Care Coordination (PCC) meetings
• Prepares accurate and timely reports, as required, for weekly meetings
• Maintains continued competence in nursing practice and knowledge of current evidence-based practices
• May perform clinical tasks within their scope of practice

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.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing or Associate's degree in Nursing with 4+ years of experience
• Registered Nurse with an active and unrestricted license to practice in the state of employment
• Current BLS certification
• 2+ years of experience in a physician's office, clinical or hospital setting
• Knowledge of chronic diseases, especially COPD / asthma, diabetes, CHF and IHD
• Proficient computer skills to work efficiently with electronic medical records

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience related to patient education and / or motivational interviewing skills and self-management goal setting
• Proven excellent verbal and written skills
• Proven excellent organizational and prioritization skills
• Proven solid interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to interact productively with individuals and with multidisciplinary teams

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: OptumCare 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.

OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.