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As a Maternity LPN Care Coordinator working with Medicaid members you’ll wear many hats, and work in a variety of environments. Sometimes, you’ll interact with members leaving the hospital – possibly with new medications or diagnoses. Or perhaps you’ll perform home visits, assisting members with safe, effective transitions from care environments to where they live. You may also act as an intermediary between providers and members – serving in numerous roles, such as educator, evaluator, service coordinator, community resource researcher and more. The result? Fewer hospitalizations, ER visits and costly service gaps; and a less stressed, more effective health care system for us all. Want more flexibility, want more autonomy? Work from your own home and coordinate a visiting schedule that is mutually beneficial to you and the members we serve.
What makes your clinical career greater with UnitedHealth Group? You’ll work within an incredible team culture; a clinical and business collaboration that is learning and evolving every day. And, when you contribute, you’ll open doors for yourself that simply do not exist in any other organization, anywhere.
If you are located in Kansas City, MO, area, you will have the flexibility to work remotely* as you take on some tough challenges. Travel required about 10 percent of the time based on business needs.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Provide a complete continuum of quality care through close communication with members via phone interaction or in-person interaction
- Support members with condition education, medication reviews and connections to resources such as Home Health Services and WIC
- May require some field work- meeting members in homes, facilities if difficult to engage telephonically or at the request of management
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:
- Current, unrestricted LPN license in MO
- 3+ years of clinical experience in a hospital, acute care, home health/hospice, direct care or case management
- 2+ years of clinical experience in Maternal/Child Health
- Computer / typing proficiency to enter / retrieve data in electronic clinical records; experience with email, internet research, use of online calendars and other software applications
- Reliable transportation and the ability to travel within assigned territory to meet with members and providers
- Ability to travel about 10% of the time
- Access to high-speed internet from home
- Dedicated workspace from home
Preferred Qualifications:
- Certification in Case Management (CCM)
- Case Management experience
- Home care / field-based case management
- Medicaid, Medicare, Managed Care experience
- Experience with vulnerable subpopulations include children and youth with special health care needs, adults with serious mental illness, children with serious emotional disturbances, members with substance use disorders and members with other complex or multiple chronic conditions
*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy
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.
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