Nurse Intern – Infusion Therapy

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At Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, you will join a community-based, multi-specialty, physician-led organization where you will work with talented peers on a common purpose: improving the quality, cost, and experience of health care. Here, we focus on delivering the best patient care, rather than volume. Through innovation and superior care management, we support patients and your well-being as a team member. Join a team at the forefront of value-based care and discover the meaning behind.

The Nursing Internship Program is full-time, 40 hours per week for 10 weeks starting June 3, 2024.

The Nursing Internship Program is designed to provide nursing students the opportunity to gain hands on experience in areas within the nursing field outside of hospital bed-side patient care. During the experience you will get exposure to patient care needs through the healthcare continuum, enrichment opportunities such as the UHG Corporate Headquarters Experience, Day in the Life of a Nurse Series, Enterprise Foundations, networking, and student cohort connections. 

Primary Responsibilities

As a Nurse Intern, you will serve as a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care of patients. Under the supervision of our RNs and providers, you will learn how to:

• Administer IV therapy treatments in the coordination and effective use of peripheral vascular lines that require advanced nursing competencies.
• Be responsible for the appropriate utilization of resources and optimum quality of devices for positive patient outcomes.
• Develop, interpret, implement and document a plan of care for each patient. 
• Analyze patient information and laboratory data
• Triage patient problems during clinic visits and over the telephone. 
• Perform patient education, assessing the appropriateness of interdisciplinary services
• Document and record all medication doses, reactions and return visits in clinic chart
• Recognize patient circumstances and lab data which require referral and communications to PCP
• Travel with infusion staff to perform in-home infusion therapy (may vary by market)

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:

• Currently enrolled in an accredited RN Bachelors Degree program with graduation anticipated within 12 months of internship. 
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Must be available to work full-time, 40 hours per week during the duration of the summer internship program (from June 3 – August 9)
• Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without company sponsorship, now or in the future, for employment-based work authorization (F-1 students with practical training and candidates requiring H-1Bs, TNs, etc. will not be considered)

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA 
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge of clinical terminology 
• Experience with infusion therapy

Colorado Residents Only: The hourly range for Colorado residents is $16.00 to $20.05 per hour. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

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: 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.