Registered Nurse

Requisition Number: 2227257
Job Category: Nursing
Primary Location: Milford, MA

Doctor consulting nurse at nurse station.

$5,000 Sign-on Bonus for External Candidates

Opportunities with Reliant Medical Group, part of the Optum family of businesses. 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 Caring. Connecting. Growing together. 

   
Position in this function is responsible for the effective delivery and management of direct patient care utilizing the nursing process and adhering to standards of nursing practice.  Provides appropriate care to patients ranging within the ages of infants to geriatrics. Provides pre-visit and post-visit telephonic support and patient education, populating the Electronic Medical Record with historical information, lab findings, and preliminary orders to be reviewed by the physician at the next clinic visit.  Ad hoc visits to the clinical sites will also be scheduled to enhance coordination of team-based care.

  
Location: 101 Cedar St Milford, MA

Hours: 38.75 hours per week. Monday – Friday between 8:30am and 5pm

Department: Multi-specialty; Endocrinology, Dermatology, Cardiology, Orthopedics, ENT, Surgery, and Nephrology

  

Primary Responsibilities: 

  • Provides effective patient care directly to patients or through telephone management
  • Delivers care based on patient’s specific needs. Interviews patient and or significant other(s) on admission. Uses observation skills to assess patient, including physical, psychosocial and behavioral status. Identifies and prioritizes patient problems based on assessments
  • Plans for care collaboratively with the patient as well as multidisciplinary healthcare team. Involves patient and significant other(s) based on patient needs
  • Implements interventions. Evaluates or revises the plan based on patient needs or outcomes
  • Initiates nursing interventions that assist the patient to maximize health capabilities. Reassess and revise plan of care according to patient or significant other(s) education needs. Utilizes EMR tools to proactively ensure that all primary and secondary prevention services are accomplished in a timely fashion  

  

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: 

  • Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing or equivalent experience
  • Currently licensed as a RN in the State of Massachusetts
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

 

Preferred Qualifications:  

  • Phone triage experience
  • Epic computer experience
  • Experience with electronic medical records
  • Experience working in an ambulatory clinic setting
  • Knowledge of various software applications such as Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.
  • Proven excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills

      
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 employers 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.

Additional Job Detail Information

Requisition Number 2227257

Business Segment Optum Care Delivery

Employee Status Regular

Job Level Individual Contributor

Travel No

Country: US

Overtime Status Non-exempt

Schedule Full-time

Shift Day Job

Telecommuter Position No

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