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Optum's Pacific West region is redefining health care with a focus on health equity, affordability, quality, and convenience. From California, to Oregon and Washington, we are focused on helping more than 2.5 million patients live healthier lives and helping the health system work better for everyone. At Optum Pacific West, we care. We care for our team members, our patients, and our communities. Join our culture of caring and make a positive and lasting impact on health care for millions.

The LPN Care Coordinator is responsible for performing a wide variety of patient care activities to support a defined patient population, program and/or services. The LPN Care Coordinator will work within the scope of licensure to implement patient-specific interventions that include but are not limited to closing gaps in care, transition of care follow up, health coaching, and promotion of effective utilization of services.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Telephonic outreach to patients, caregivers and members of the patient's care team during post-acute care transition
• Performs medication reconciliation
• Proactive outreach to patients to ensure their healthcare goals are being met and care gaps are being addressed
• Enlisting a team approach by working collaboratively with the family, primary care provider and other members of the healthcare team to ensure coordination of services
• Assist patients with ongoing self-management goal setting utilizing Motivational Interviewing skills
• Facilitates follow-up appointments
• Facilitate access to community services
• Solid computer skills are necessary to be able to track patient's adherence with their plan of care in electronic charts, as well as to utilize data reports from payers and registries to identify patients who need outreach services
• Attend staff meetings as required
• Maintain strictest confidentiality
• Perform other 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:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Current Oregon LPN license
• Current healthcare level BLS/CPR certification or the ability to obtain within 30 days of employment
• 3+ years of recent clinical LPN experience or less LPN experience with other/related healthcare experience
• Knowledge of community resources
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of information technology
• Current Oregon driver license in good standing and reliable & insured transportation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience participating in a team-based model
• Experience in motivational and health coaching with patients

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.

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