Healthcare Consultant for Wound and Ostomy Management (Hiring Immediately) Job at Optum, Boerne, TX

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  • Optum
  • Boerne, TX

Job Description

WellMed, part of the Optum family of businesses, is seeking a RN Wound Ostomy Consultant to join our team in San Antonio, TX. Optum is a clinician-led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live.

 

As a member of the Optum Care Delivery team, you’ll be an integral part of our vision to make healthcare better for everyone.

 

At Optum, you’ll have the clinical resources, data and support of a global organization behind you so you can help your patients live healthier lives. Here, you’ll work alongside talented peers in a collaborative environment that is guided by diversity and inclusion while driving towards the Quadruple Aim. We believe you deserve an exceptional career, and will empower you to live your best life at work and at home. Experience the fulfillment of advancing the health of your community with the excitement of contributing new practice ideas and initiatives that could help improve care for millions of patients across the country. Because together, we have the power to make health care better for everyone. Join us and discover how rewarding medicine can be while Caring. Connecting. Growing together

 

The Clinical Admin Nurse Consultant is responsible for clinical oversight, training, and compliance for wound ostomy therapy (for RNs LVNs/LPNs) in all markets. This position will assist with the integration of clinical practice guidelines to ensure policy and procedures are being followed based on the practice standards of RNs LVNs/LPNs as they relate to clinic compliance and competencies.

 

This position will be responsible for compliance related training, impacting quality improvement efforts, and championing activities impacting achievement of clinical and healthcare outcomes. Participates in market leadership discussions regarding clinical competency and participates in the development of reference and resource materials. The success of this position requires the ability to foster communication and teamwork between market management team and senior leadership.

 

The Clin Admin Nurse Consultant will identify and develop and facilitate training for RNs, LVNs/LPNs on clinical competencies, standards of care, and translate complex nuances into easy-to-understand terms. Leads new applications and approaches for activities related to clinical competency.

 

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Serves as subject matter expert on clinical practices to impact compliance on wound ostomy therapy. Keeps up-to-date on national and state compliance protocols and suggests changes to documentation. Collaborates with market providers to recommend policies, protocols, procedures, and standards which affect the care of patients receiving wound ostomy care
  • Coordinates auditing of patent charts to ensure proper documentation. Analyzes results and prepares findings for upper level management and executive review
  • Identifies training needs on wound ostomy therapy, develops, and facilitates training to RNs/LPNs. Provide training to new hires or existing staff, or may provide one-one training to staff as needed. May involve travel
  • Attend leadership meetings. Attend nurse forums, meetings, or in-service to include providing training and facilitate roundtable discussions.
  • Infrequently, on an ad-hoc basis, will visit patient home to evaluate difficult wound
  • Maintain RN licensure

 

In 2011, WellMed partnered with Optum to provide care to patients across Texas and Florida. WellMed is a network of doctors, specialists and other medical professionals that specialize in providing care for more than 1 million older adults with over 16,000 doctors’ offices. At WellMed our focus is simple. We’re innovators in preventative health care, striving to change the face of health care for seniors. WellMed has more than 22,000+ primary care physicians, hospitalists, specialists, and advanced practice clinicians who excel in caring for 900,000+ older adults. Together, we're making health care work better for everyone.

 

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:

  • Registered Nurse with a current unrestricted license
  • 5+ years of RN experience in a physician’s office, clinical, community setting, hospice or hospital setting
  • Experience in mentoring/training others
  • Proficient knowledge of wound ostomy care and wound ostomy management
  • Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access
  • Proven excellent verbal and written skills
  • Proven excellent organizational and prioritization skills
  • Access to reliable transportation that will enable you to travel to client and/or patient sites within a designated area
  • Willing or ability to occasional travel 

 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Wound care/ostomy certification
  • Current driver’s license
  • 2+ years of community health/home health experience 

 

Physical & Mental Requirements:

  • Ability to sit for extended periods of time
  • Ability to stand for extended periods of time
  • Ability to use fine motor skills to operate office equipment and/or machinery

Job Tags

Full time, Immediate start, Work from home,

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