Family Practice / Internal Medicine Physician | Optum Las Vegas, NV

UnitedHealth Group•Las Vegas, NV

59d•$226,000 - $366,000•Onsite

About The Position

Optum NV is seeking a Family Practice Physician to join their team in Las Vegas, NV. Optum is a clinician-led care organization focused on changing how clinicians work and live. As a member of the Optum Care Delivery team, you will be an integral part of their vision to make healthcare better for everyone. Optum provides clinical resources, data, and support from a global organization, enabling physicians to help patients live healthier lives. The role involves working alongside talented peers in a collaborative environment guided by diversity and inclusion, driving towards the Quadruple Aim. The organization aims to empower physicians to live their best lives at work and home, offering the fulfillment of advancing community health and the excitement of contributing new practice ideas that could improve care for millions. The position emphasizes a systems-based practice approach, demonstrating awareness and responsiveness to the larger healthcare system and effectively utilizing system resources for optimal patient care value. Southwest Medical, part of Optum, is a multi-specialty group of Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants serving southern Nevada with compassion, innovation, and quality care.

Requirements

Family Medicine or Internal Medicine Residency trained, board certified or board eligible.
Ability to obtain Nevada license, DEA, Pharmacy license.
Medical knowledge about established and evolving biomedical, clinical, epidemiological and social behavioral sciences and application of this knowledge to patient care.
Interpersonal and communication skills that result in effective information exchange and collaboration with patients, their families and other health professionals.
Possession of or acquisition of sufficient computer skills to effectively utilize Electronic Medical Records in their practice.
Practice-based learning and improvement that involves investigation and evaluation of their own patient care, appraisal and assimilation of scientific evidence and improvements in patient care.
Pass a drug test before beginning employment.

Responsibilities

Manage your own panel of patients.
Work with other physicians in teams.
Provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the treatment of health problems and the promotion of health.
Work with professionalism, carrying out professional responsibilities, adhering to ethical principles, and being sensitive to a diverse patient population.
Demonstrate an awareness of and responsiveness to the larger context and system of healthcare and the ability to effectively call on system resources to provide care that is of optimal value.
Practice medicine autonomously, with the support of a sustainable and thriving national health care organization.