Adult Medicine Physician (IM/FM)
About The Position
Optum NV is seeking a Family Practice or Internal Medicine Physician to join its team in Henderson, Nevada. This is an employed practice position with Southwest Medical, part of Optum. The physician will work with other physicians in teams while managing an individual panel of patients Monday through Friday. The adult patient panel includes patients of all ages, including geriatric patients and some older adolescents, and may be customized to the physician’s areas of interest. Physicians work in attractive, modern buildings and use an electronic medical record. The practice has full-time management staff, digital radiology, and onsite laboratory services across 14 clinic locations in the Las Vegas area. The role provides compassionate, appropriate, and effective care for health problems and the promotion of health. Physicians are expected to practice professionally, follow ethical principles, respond sensitively to a diverse patient population, and use system resources to provide care of optimal value. The position offers a base salary, sign-on bonus, bonus plan, relocation support, and benefits. Southwest Medical is a multispecialty group of physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants serving patients at clinical locations throughout southern Nevada. The role also offers opportunities for professional development and performance recognition.
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 this knowledge to patient care.
- Interpersonal and communication skills that support effective information exchange and collaboration with patients, families, and other health professionals.
- Possession of, or ability to acquire, sufficient computer skills to effectively use electronic medical records.
- Practice-based learning and improvement skills, including investigating and evaluating personal patient care and appraising and assimilating scientific evidence.
Responsibilities
- Manage an individual panel of patients while working with other physicians in teams.
- Provide care to an adult patient population that includes geriatric patients and some older adolescents.
- Provide compassionate, appropriate, and effective treatment of health problems and promote health.
- Carry out professional responsibilities in accordance with ethical principles and with sensitivity to a diverse patient population.
- Demonstrate awareness of and responsiveness to the broader health care system, using available system resources to provide care of optimal value.
- Investigate and evaluate personal patient care, appraise and assimilate scientific evidence, and make improvements in patient care.
- Effectively communicate and collaborate with patients, their families, and other health professionals.
- Use electronic medical records in clinical practice.
Benefits
- $100,000 sign-on bonus.
- Relocation package and relocation costs.
- Attractive base salary and bonus plan.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- Professional liability insurance.
- Matching 401(k) and employer-funded retirement contributions.
- 23 days of paid time off.
- One week of paid CME time with a $4,500 allowance.
- Nine paid holidays.
- UnitedHealth stock options.
- Equity stock purchase program.
- Comprehensive benefits package and incentive and recognition programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
