Chief Nursing Officer - Optum, Home & Community Care Delivery

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Connecting. Growing together. With these values to guide us, our people are committed to making a meaningful difference in the lives of those we are honored to serve. Integrity Compassion Inclusion Relationships Innovation Performance Chief Nursing Officer - Optum, Home & Community Care Delivery Requisition number: 2394656 Job category: Senior Leadership Team Primary location: Lafayette, Louisiana Date posted: 10/13/2026 Overtime status: Exempt Travel: No Share this job Facebook X LinkedIn Email 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 in making healthcare work better for everyone through people-led, responsible AI while Caring. Connecting. Growing together. The Chief Nursing Officer, Home & Community Care Delivery , is the senior clinical nursing executive responsible for advancing clinical excellence, nursing practice, clinician enablement, workforce readiness, quality performance and care delivery consistency across Optum Health's Home & Community Care Delivery platform, including HouseCalls, Senior Community Care, Care Transitions, Home Health, Hospice and Care at Home . This leader is accountable for leading a best-in-class clinical delivery team, setting patient care standards, and ensuring nursing strategy is tightly connected to operational execution, affordability, quality, patient experience and growth. The role establishes and sustains enterprise-wide nursing standards, clinical practice expectations, onboarding and development models and care delivery consistency across legacy and acquired organizations. The Chief Nursing Officer also leads the clinical workforce lifecycle experience, ensuring clinicians are prepared, supported, developed, and retained through solid onboarding, enablement, education, competency models, preceptor programs and professional development infrastructure. You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week. Primary Responsibilities: Enterprise Clinical and Nursing Leadership Serve as the senior clinical and nursing executive across H&CCD Establish and standardize nursing standards, care delivery expectations, and clinical practice consistency Lead a best-in-class clinical delivery organization and define patient care standards Partner with medical and operational leadership to operationalize evidence-based, treat-in-place care models Clinical Workforce Enablement and Learning Infrastructure Lead the end-to-end clinical workforce learning lifecycle, including onboarding, education, instructional design, training delivery and development Own and evolve the APEX Program to support practice at top of license and clinical readiness Build and scale clinical mentor, CDS, peer mentor and preceptor models Advance academic partnerships, reskilling strategies and workforce development pathways Patient Experience, Clinical Coordination and Care Delivery Model Improve patient experience through enhanced coordination across product lines and reduced duplication Partner across leadership to design and deliver high-performing care models Support affordability strategies that reduce medical spend while improving care quality Drive performance across patient experience, engagement, utilization, and retention metrics Quality, Regulatory, Policy and Clinical Performance Provide executive leadership for clinical quality, regulatory audits and compliance Ensure adherence to federal, state, payer and accreditation requirements Own clinical audit readiness and remediation strategies Lead enterprise-wide clinical performance management, outcomes and policy governance Clinician Experience, Retention and Workforce Strategy Drive a differentiated clinician experience to attract, engage and retain top clinical talent Ensure a seamless lifecycle from onboarding through development, career progression and leadership pipeline Partner with the People Team on recruitment, retention, career pathways, engagement and culture Lead enablement strategies that improve readiness, performance and workforce sustainability Integration, Scale, and Enterprise Partnership Lead or support integration of acquired entities into a common clinical and operating model Align standards, workforce practices and performance expectations across entities Serve as a key member of the H&CCD and Optum Health leadership teams Partner with enterprise stakeholders to support value-based care, growth and affordability strategies Decision Authority The Chief Nursing Officer has decision authority for: Clinical leadership and nursing strategy across H&CCD Patient care standards and clinical practice expectations Clinical incentive plans Clinical audits and audit readiness Clinical protocols and operating model implementation Workforce deployment and clinical enablement structures Approval of remediation plans for quality and performance issues Success Measures Improved clinical quality, regulatory performance and audit outcomes Solid patient experience, NPS and member engagement Improved utilization management and affordability outcomes Performance against HEDIS / STARS and clinical outcome measures Clinician onboarding effectiveness, enablement, retention and engagement Successful integration and alignment across care delivery entities 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: RN required; MSN, DNP, or PhD strongly preferred 15+ years of senior healthcare leadership experience in complex care delivery environments 10+ years of experience leading large, geographically distributed clinical workforces 10+ years of experience in regulatory, quality and compliance requirements Proven ability to integrate clinical leadership with operational execution Track record of scaling care models while improving outcomes, experience and cost performance Enterprise nursing leadership experience at national scale Experience integrating acquired healthcare organizations Experience in value-based or payer-provider environments Solid executive presence with boards, regulators and enterprise stakeholders *All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy 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). 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