Senior Clinical Quality RN - Hybrid in Las Vegas, NV

Hybrid role working in the office/field 3 days a week and remote/home 2 days a week and which is contingent upon the business needs. This does require travel in the field to provide offices approximately 35% of time in rural & outlier areas. For those who want to invent the future of health care, here's your opportunity. We're going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. The Sr. Clinical Quality Consultant RN will drive consistency, efficient processes and share best practices, in a collaborative effort with the provider and large or complex groups, designed to facilitate a minimum 4 STAR quality performance. The Sr CQC will participate in quality improvement initiatives, attend monthly or joint operating committee meetings, develop recommendations for quality remediation plans and create tools and databases to capture relevant data for each region. This position will work collaboratively with each regional/market team and their leadership in a matrix relationship. This position may serve as the team lead for the clinical quality consultants in the assigned market and has responsibility for the network's quality performance. This position follows a hybrid schedule with three in-office days per week. Primary Responsibilities: • Develop market business plans to motivate providers and large or complex group leadership to engage in improving Stars measures to be 4 STARS or higher • Provide analytical interpretation of Stars and HEDIS reporting, including executive summaries to plan and provider groups • Be the primary subject matter expert for all STARS-related activities within their assigned market(s) working within a matrix relationship which includes Quality corporate operations and Regional/Market operations • Lead or participate and present in weekly, Monthly, Bi-monthly, Quarterly and/or Annual business Review meetings related to STAR activities which summarize provider and large group performance and market performance as requested by or required by Quality or Regional leadership • Analyze and evaluate provider and large group structure and characteristics, provider group/provider office operations and personnel to identify the most effective approaches and strategies • Assist in developing training and analytical materials for Stars and HEDIS 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 Registered Nurse Nevada license • BLS Required • 4+ years of healthcare experience, including experience in a managed care setting • 2+ years of experience in provider facing interactions, including provider education • 2+ years of experience with data analysis and/or quality chart reviews. Ability to review data and provide recommendations for improvement • Ability to travel 35% locally with occasional overnight travel Preferred Qualifications: • Undergraduate degree, postgraduate degree • 2+ years of experience in HEDIS/Star programs, preferably in a clinical quality consultant role • Billing and CPT coding experience • Clinical data abstraction experience • Experienced using Microsoft office applications, including databases, word-processing, and excel spreadsheets. Proficient in Excel • Medicare experience Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer 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 us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $72,800 to $130,000 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable. 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. OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations. OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.