Field Based Senior Community Care - Care Navigator - Brick, NJ
Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: Brick
Posted on: June 25, 2022
Job Description:
$1,500 Sign On Bonus For External CandidatesEnergize your career
with one of Healthcare's fastest growing companies. - - You dream
of a great career with a great company - where you can make an
impact and help people. - We dream of giving you the opportunity to
do just this. - And with the incredible growth of our business,
it's a dream that definitely can come true. Already one of the
world's leading Healthcare companies, UnitedHealth Group is
restlessly pursuing new ways to operate our service centers,
improve our service levels and help people lead healthier lives. -
We live for the opportunity to make a difference and right now, we
are living it up.This opportunity is with one of our most exciting
business areas: Optum - a growing part of our family of companies
that make UnitedHealth Group a Fortune 10 leader.Optum helps nearly
60 million Americans live their lives to the fullest by educating
them about their symptoms, conditions and treatments; helping them
to navigate the system, finance their healthcare needs and stay on
track with their health goals. No other business touches so many
lives in such a positive way. And we do it all with every action
focused on our shared values of Integrity, Compassion,
Relationships, Innovation & Performance.The Senior Community Care -
Care Navigator is a trained healthcare resource that partners with
and supports Optum Advanced Practice Clinicians (APCs). The Care
Navigator assists in care coordination activities, administrative
tasks and support for members residing in skilled nursing
facilities and/or assisted living centers. - The role includes
strong technical skills, communication and collaboration with the
clinical team, facility staff and members and their
families.Primary Responsibilities:The Care Navigator will be
responsible for:
- Supporting APC(s) with overall coordination of member care, at
the direction of the APC
- Functioning as part of a collaborative team
- Data entry and member chart management for:
- New members
- Post hospital visits
- Pre-visit updates
- Health maintenance updates
- Stars
- Lab results
- Medication entry
- Obtaining medical records following hospitalizations and
physician appointments
- Obtaining consult notes, hospital discharge summaries, lab
results
- Obtaining updates on members receiving Part A & B therapy
- Uploading lab results, medication changes, new member
information into the EMR
- Assisting with scheduling of member appointments and
transportation
- Arranging facility and member education
- Building facility relationships
- Supporting virtual family communication and/or virtual clinical
visits for APC by holding and operating an iPad during the
visits
- Tasks for Skilled Nursing Facility member may include:
- Tracking skilled days and assisting with completion of
DSTs
- Other tasks within scope, as assigned by the APC
- Tasks for Assisted Living Facility members may include:
- Assisting members to utilize benefits
- Transitions to SNF (calling for SNF Bed, gathering medical
records & sending to SNF, sending orders, arranging
transportation)
- Coordinating Home Health and DME
- Other tasks within scope, as assigned by the APCYou'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:
- High School Diploma / GED (or higher)
- 3+ years Clinical or Medical Record Experience
- Knowledge of medical terminology and working within E.H.R.
platforms
- Experience working in cross functional, inter and
multi-disciplinary teams
- Access to reliable transportation that will enable you to
travel to client and/or patient sites within a designated area
- Ability to travel 100% of the time between -nursing homes
and/or assisted living communities
- Ability to travel to Brick, NJ
- Flexible business/early evening hours, 8hr workday with 1 hour
lunch, hours may vary between 8am-7pm
- Experience in Microsoft Word (edit, create & save documents),
Microsoft Excel (adding, sorting & filtering data) and Microsoft
Office (email, folders, attachments and calendaring)
- Experience and proficiency with EMRs
- Understanding or experience with medical team
collaboration
- Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential job function of this
role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID-19 booster
doses must also comply with those state requirements. UnitedHealth
Group will adhere to all -federal, state -and local regulations as
well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of
vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to -employment to
ensure compliance. -Candidates must be able to -perform all
essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
-Preferred Qualifications:
- Certified Nursing Assistant certification or Certified Medical
Assistant certification -
- Experience with CMS compliance -Soft Skills:
- Strong communication skills required
- Excellent administrative and organizational skills required:
- Ability to multitask and prioritize multiple
deliverablesUnitedHealth Group requires all new hires and employees
to report their COVID-19 vaccination status.Military & Veterans
find your next mission: We know your background and experience is
different and we like that. UnitedHealth Group values the skills,
experience and dedication that serving in the military demands. In
fact, many of the values defined in the service mirror what the
UnitedHealth Group culture holds true: Integrity, Compassion,
Relationships, Innovation and Performance. Whether you are looking
to transition from active duty to a civilian career, or are an
experienced veteran or spouse, we want to help guide your career
journey. Learn more at Learn how Teresa, a Senior Quality Analyst,
-works with -military veterans and ensures they receive the best
benefits and experience possible. -Careers with Optum. Here's the
idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective;
make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes
to how we use the world's large accumulation of health - related
information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage
pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond
the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the
UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of
the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has
to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means
working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges
that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and
a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.SM**PLEASE
NOTE** The sign on bonus is only available to external candidates.
Candidates who are currently working for a UnitedHealth Group,
UnitedHealthcare or related entity in a full time, part time, or
per diem basis ("Internal Candidates") are not eligible to receive
a sign on bonus.Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere:
UnitedHealth Group 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.UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free
workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before
beginning employment.Keywords: #RPO, #RED
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