RN Maternal Child Program Manager

Description UnitedHealth Group is an innovative leader in the health and well-being industry, serving more than 55 million Americans. Through our family of companies, we contribute outstanding clinical insight with consumer-friendly services and advanced technology to help people achieve optimal health. UnitedHealthcare is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.
 
When you work with UnitedHealthcare, what you do matters. It's that simple…and it's that challenging.
 
In providing consumer-oriented health benefit plans to millions of people, our goal is to create higher quality care, lower costs and greater access to health care. Join us and you will be empowered to achieve new levels of excellence and make a profound and personal impact as you contribute to new innovations in a vital and complex system.
 

• Responsible for the oversight of maternal child care in-patient and out-patient.
• Initiates new programs and processes to maintain quality delivery of care for pediatric and obstetrical patients.
• Acts as the maternal child expert for specific programs related to this population, i.e. vaccines, contracting and other areas vital to maternal child care.
• Participates in community outreach programs affecting the maternal child population.
• Performs analysis of data and reports to determine issues affecting maternal child programs and operations, and develops programs to address variances.
• Works collaboratively with primary care on site staff to ensure maternal child compliance and provides ongoing education to staff.
• Maintains visibility at all maternal child sites and for case management to provide on site expertise and observations.
• Develops guidelines and clinical practice programs for both in-patient and out-patient maternal child programs.  

Regardless of your role at UnitedHealthcare, the support you feel all around you will enable you to do what you do with energy, integrity, and confidence. So take the first step in what is sure to be a fast paced and highly diversified career.

Requirements Qualifications: 

• Demonstrated ability to develop and manage project plans and ability to motivate individuals who do not directly report to this position.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Competent with MS Office including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Minimum two years direct patient care nursing with a focus on pediatrics and or Obstetrics. Three to five years preferred.
• Minimum two years of project management experience.
• Critical Proficient in critical thinking skills of RN Supervisor.
• Ability to organize and prioritize tasks for self and department
• Ability to analyze data and develop strategic plan to implement positive change within department or team.
• Registered Nurse with active unrestricted license in the State of Nevada required.
• Bachelor's degree in healthcare or related field preferred or working towards completion of Bachelors degree.
• Must possess a valid Nevada driver's license and maintain personal auto insurance coverage.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace.  Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.