Regional Nurse Practitioner Traveler, Urgent Care- Mountain Home, Ar

Careers with MedExpress. At MedExpress, we believe in delivering quality, convenient, affordable health care and exceeding our patients’ expectations. Our neighborhood medical centers are open every day from 8-8 with a full medical team and no appointments necessary to help patients get in, get healthy, and get back to what’s really important. We provide a broad scope of services including urgent care, basic wellness and prevention, and employer health services. As part of the Optum and UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, we’re working together to help people live healthier lives and to help the health system work better for everyone. You can become part of our elite team almost anywhere with 250 MedExpress centers across the country and two administrative offices in Morgantown, WV and Pittsburgh, PA. Join us and start doing your life’s best work.(sm)

As a part of OptumCare, the largest network of medical groups in the nation, MedExpress is seeking a Full Time Urgent Care Traveling Independent Nurse Practitioner to join our team in Mountain Home, AR. At Optum, we are transforming healthcare nationally while providing Physician-led care locally.

Position Highlights

• Initial interpretation with digital X-Rays
• Splinting
• Open 8am- 8pm, 7 days per week
• Incisions and drainage
• Providers typically work 12 hour shifts
• Responsibilities include:
  • Suturing
  • Splinting
  • Initial interpretation with digital X-Rays
  • Incisions and drainage
    
• Full licensed medical team and support staff
• Average patient load = 3-4 patients per hour
• Suturing

What makes an OptumCare organization different?

• Patients are treated like family. We focus on helping patients get in, get healthy, and get back to what’s really important.
• Providers are supported to practice at the peak of their license
• We are influencing change on a national scale while still maintaining the culture and community locally.

Compensation/Benefits Highlights:

• Competitive pay and well deserved incentive bonuses
• Holiday pay 1.5x shift rate on days worked
• Short and long term disability, company paid life insurance
• Company paid malpractice coverage
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision
• Flexible Scheduling
• 401k with matching
• Supportive and appreciative culture
• CME reimbursement
• Upward career growth and professional development

Required Qualifications:

• Unrestricted DEA license (or willing to obtain prior to start)
• Certification by one of the Nurse Practitioner certifying bodies (ANCC or AANP) as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
• Must be willing and able to assist at other centers
• 2+ years of experience working independently as a Nurse Practitioner
• Must be CPR certified (or willing to obtain prior to start)
• 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
• DOT certification (or ability to obtain within the first 60 days of employment)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Clinical experience working as a provider in an emergency medicine or urgent care setting

To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment.

About OptumCare:

At OptumCare, we’ve found that putting clinicians at the center of care is the best way to improve lives. Our physician-led organization is one of the most dynamic and progressive health care organizations in the world, serving over 17 million people through more than 45,000 aligned physicians and 9,000 advanced practice clinicians. You will find our team working in local clinics, surgery centers and urgent care centers, within care models focused on managing risk, higher quality outcomes and driving change through collaboration and innovation. Learn more at www.workatoptum.com .

Would you thrive with OptumCare?

• Do you want to be part of something better?
• Do you practice evidence-based medicine?
• Are you a team player - comfortable delegating and empowering teams?
• Are you constantly seeking better ways to do things?
• Are you seeking a practice focused on patient-centered quality care, not volume?

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.