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Position in this function is responsible for providing expert clinical and administrative leadership to teammates within a given department or multiple departments to ensure efficiency of operations and functions. Under the supervision of a clinician, this teammate is responsible for ensuring that all policies and procedures are followed related to patient clinical care and safety. Responsible for performing operational duties as required under the supervision of the Lead clinician, site administrator or designee.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Ensures appropriate staffing levels by scheduling on a daily and monthly basis within budgetary guidelines
• Ensures compliance in licensing, certification and competencies
• Evaluates nursing competencies and nursing decisions according to current nursing practice
• Functions as a resource and serves as a liaison between administration, clinicians, teammates, other departments, patients and vendors
• Conducts monthly teammate meetings to evaluate departmental needs and to communicate operational updates
• Maintains clinical standards outlined in the clinical operations policies and procedures manual
• Participates in educational programs to enhance nursing and management knowledge
• Uses, protects, and discloses Optum patients’ protected health information (PHI) only in accordance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards
• Assists with Quality Metrics, Comprehensive Health Assessment Programs (CHAPS) formally HCC research, telephone call procedures, and patient follow up procedures
• Participates in preparing department for internal and external site audits (facility site reviews) from SCAN, DHS, etc.
• May assists with site marketing activities (i.e. health fairs, senior Olympics, flu clinics and other events)
• Conducts monthly teammate meetings to evaluate departmental needs and to communicate operational updates
• Mentors and trains teammates in collaboration with the Site Administrator, lead clinician and people services department
• Coordinates with clinicians and ancillary departments to plan daily work assignments according to teammates abilities, clinician and patient schedules, patient flow and procedures
• Performs additional duties as assigned

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:

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college and/or a professional certification requiring formal education beyond a two-year college(or equivalent experience) 
• Graduate from an accredited school of Nursing
• Current California RN license
• Basic Life Support (BLS)for Healthcare providers from the America Heart Association
• 3+ years of clinical experience
• 2+ years of leadership experience (supervisor and above) with direct reports 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree
• Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS)certification 
• Pediatric advanced life support (PALS) certification
• Ambulatory care experience

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OptumCare is committed to creating an environment where physicians focus on what they do best: care for their patients. To do so, OptumCare provides administrative and business support services to both owned and affiliated medical practices which are part of OptumCare. Each medical practice part and their physician employees have complete authority with regards to all medical decision-making and patient care. OptumCare’s support services do not interfere with or control the practice of medicine by the medical practices or any of their physicians. 

California Residents Only: The salary range for California residents is $85,000 to $167,300. 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: 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.