Clinical Advisor / Nurse Practitioner (Chicago) Job in Chicago 60601, Illinois Us
UnitedHealth Group is an innovative leader in the health and well-being industry, serving more than 55 million Americans. Through our family of companies, we contribute outstanding clinical insight with consumer-friendly services and advanced technology to help people achieve optimal health.
We're looking for a Nurse Practitioner with experience working within nursing homes to join our Chicago area team as a Clinical Advisor. The Clinical Advisor will manage a caseload while coaching and mentoring other NPs in the field. This is an excellent opportunity to use your NP background in a new way while gaining supervisory experience, putting you in a great position for further advancement. Take your career to the next level, and apply today.
Key responsibilities of the Clinical Advisor, NP include:
- Work alongside other nurse practitioners in the field
- Plan, schedule and implement orientation plans for new NPs
- Foster the development of existing NP staff
- Coach and mentoring other NPs
- Build relationships with facility staff and physicians
- Educate NPs on the Evercare model
- Work with leadership related to developmental issues
Minimum requirements include:
- Current, unrestricted Nurse Practitioner licensure in Illinois.
- National certification as ANP, FNP or GNP
- Experience working with the geriatric population as a Nurse Practitioner
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to train others
- Ability to travel by car to various nursing home locations
Preferred assets include:
- Long term care experience
- Expertise in Evercare model
- Prior leadership experience
- Acute care experience
Evercare is now part of OptumHealth. OptumHealth is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.
If you want more meaning in your career - as a clinician or a business professional - think of OptumHealth as your calling.
By providing 58 million Americans with information, tools and solutions, we are helping to guide them through the health care system, financing their health care needs, and enabling them to achieve their personal health and well-being goals.
At OptumHealth, you will perform within an innovative culture that's focused on transformational change in the health care system. You will leverage your skills across a diverse and multi-faceted business. And you will make contributions that will have an impact that's greater than you've ever imagined.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.
