Physician (Family Practice / Internal Medicine), Outpatient Clinic - Optum Care Nevada

UnitedHealth Group•Las Vegas, NV

4d•$245,000 - $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 improving healthcare. As part of the Optum Care Delivery team, you will contribute to making healthcare better for everyone, supported by the resources of a global organization. The role involves working collaboratively with talented peers in a diverse and inclusive environment, aiming for the Quadruple Aim. The position offers the fulfillment of advancing community health while contributing new practice ideas. The practice emphasizes compassionate, appropriate, and effective patient care, with employees demonstrating professionalism, ethical conduct, and sensitivity to a diverse patient population. A systems-based practice approach is utilized, showing awareness and responsiveness to the larger healthcare system and effectively leveraging system resources for optimal patient value. The position is employed by Southwest Medical, part of Optum.

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.

Nice To Haves

Patient population can be customized for interest areas.

Responsibilities

Manage your own panel of adult patients, including geriatrics and some older adolescents.
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 showing sensitivity to a diverse patient population.
Demonstrate awareness of and responsiveness to the larger context and system of health care and the ability to effectively call on system resources to provide care that is of optimal value.