Adult Medicine Physician

UnitedHealth Group•Henderson, NV

9h•$237,500 - $384,000•Onsite

About The Position

Optum NV is seeking a Family Practice or Internal Medicine Physician to join its team in Las Vegas, Nevada. This employed practice position with Southwest Medical is part of Optum Care Delivery. The physician will provide compassionate, appropriate, and effective care to promote health and treat health problems, while practicing professionally and sensitively with a diverse patient population. The physician will work with other physicians in teams while managing an individual patient panel, generally Monday through Friday. The panel includes adults of all ages, including geriatric patients and some older adolescents, and may be customized around the physician’s interests. The role is supported by modern clinic buildings, an electronic medical record environment, full-time management staff, digital radiology, and onsite laboratory services across 14 Las Vegas-area clinic locations. Senior patients also have access to Lifestyle Centers. The organization describes its practice as systems-based, with an emphasis on understanding the broader healthcare system and using its resources to provide care of optimal value. The position offers an attractive base salary, sign-on bonus, bonus plan, and comprehensive benefits. Compensation for this specialty generally ranges from $237,500 to $384,000 in total cash compensation, including base pay and bonus; the amount depends on factors such as local labor markets, education, and work experience, and may increase with productivity and performance. Southwest Medical, part of Optum, is a multispecialty group of physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants serving southern Nevada through clinical locations that include healthcare centers, urgent care clinics, convenient care centers, and an outpatient surgery center. Optum describes its environment as collaborative and supportive, with opportunities to practice autonomously, contribute practice ideas, and receive development for other roles.

Requirements

Family Medicine or Internal Medicine residency training.
Board certified or board eligible.
Ability to obtain a Nevada license, DEA, and Pharmacy license.
Medical knowledge of established and evolving biomedical, clinical, epidemiological, and social behavioral sciences, and the ability to apply that knowledge to patient care.
Interpersonal and communication skills that support effective information exchange and collaboration with patients, their families, and other health professionals.
Possession of, or ability to acquire, sufficient computer skills to effectively use Electronic Medical Records in practice.
Practice-based learning and improvement involving investigation and evaluation of one’s own patient care, appraisal and assimilation of scientific evidence, and improvements in patient care.
Pass a drug test before beginning employment.

Responsibilities

Manage an individual panel of patients while working with other physicians in teams.
Provide patient care for an adult population of all ages, including geriatric patients and some older adolescents.
Treat health problems and promote health through compassionate, appropriate, and effective care.
Apply medical knowledge to patient care.
Communicate and collaborate effectively with patients, their families, and other health professionals.
Evaluate personal patient care, appraise and assimilate scientific evidence, and make improvements in patient care.
Use healthcare system resources to provide care of optimal value.