Energize your career with one of Healthcare's fastest growing companies.

You dream of a great career with a great company - where you can make an impact and help people. We dream of giving you the opportunity to do just this. And with the incredible growth of our business, it's a dream that definitely can come true. Already one of the world's leading Healthcare companies, UNITEDHEALTH GROUP is restlessly pursuing new ways to operate our service centers, improve our service levels and help people lead healthier lives. We live for the opportunity to make a difference and right now, we are living it up.

This opportunity is with one of our most exciting business areas: OPTUM - a growing part of our family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group a Fortune 6 leader.

OPTUM helps nearly 60 million Americans live their lives to the fullest by educating them about their symptoms, conditions and treatments; helping them to navigate the system, finance their healthcare needs and stay on track with their health goals. No other business touches so many lives in such a positive way. And we do it all with every action focused on our shared values of Integrity, Compassion, Relationships, Innovation and Performance.

Together, we're removing the barriers that keep people from receiving the kind of quality healthcare that makes a difference. We focus on Integrity, Compassion, Relationships, Innovation and Performance as we empower people to achieve better health and well - being. As a FIELD BASED COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER (CHW), you will act in a liaison role with Medicaid members to ensure appropriate care is accessed as well as to provide home and social assessments and member education.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Create a positive experience and relationship with the member
• Keep the member out of the hospital by supporting regular visits to their primary physician
• Keep member actively engaged with their primary physician
• Support the member to ensure pick - up of their Rx
• Proactively engage the member to manage their care
• Provide member education
• Support transitions of care
• Help to keep members compliant with their care plans
• Partner with care team (community, providers, internal staff)
• Knowledge and continued learning of community cultures and values
• May conduct HRA assessments if needed

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma / GED (or higher)
• Must have resided within the Queens area
• Knowledge of culture and values of the community
• Field based experience
• Must currently reside within 30 miles of Queens, NY
• Ability to travel up to 60% of the time within 30 miles or 1 hour from home base
• Must have intermediate computer skills (be able to manipulate multiple programs)
• United States Citizenship
• Ability to obtain favorable adjudication following submission of Department of Defense eQuip Form SF86

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in Social Work and / or Health Care Administration
• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Certified Nursing Assistant / Home Health Aide, Medical Assistant
• Bilingual in Spanish and English
• Experience working in Managed Care
• Knowledge of Medicaid population

Please Note: In order to be considered for this position, you must be able to obtain an SF86 Position of Trust which is only available to U.S. Citizens. Our Facilities Security Officer will initiate this process post-offer acceptance. Failure to obtain this will result in termination from this role.

CAREERS WITH OPTUM. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So, when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health - related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. OPTUM, part of the UNITEDHEALTH GROUP family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do YOUR LIFE'S BEST WORK.

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.

A Fortune 6 company, we're focused on helping people live healthier lives while making the health system work better for everyone. Here, we seek to empower people with the information, guidance and tools to make personal health choices. We work harder and we aim higher. We expect more from ourselves and each other. And, at the end of the day, we’re doing a lot of good for more than 142 million people worldwide.