Physician (Family Practice / Internal Medicine), Outpatient
About The Position
Optum NV is seeking a Family Practice or Internal Medicine Physician to join Southwest Medical in Las Vegas, Nevada. This employed outpatient practice role is part of Optum Care Delivery, a clinician-led organization. The physician will work with other physicians in teams while managing an independent panel of patients. The adult patient population includes patients of all ages, including geriatrics and some older adolescents, and may be tailored to the physician’s areas of interest. The role offers flexible scheduling options and a modern clinical setting with electronic medical records, full-time management staff, digital radiology, and onsite laboratory services across 14 Las Vegas-area clinic locations. The practice provides compassionate, appropriate, and effective patient care and operates with a systems-based approach to delivering care. The position includes a base salary, bonus plan, sign-on bonus for external candidates, and a comprehensive benefits package.
Requirements
- Residency training in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine.
- 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 it to patient care.
- Interpersonal and communication skills that support effective information exchange and collaboration with patients, families, and other health professionals.
- Possess or acquire sufficient computer skills to effectively use electronic medical records.
- Practice-based learning and improvement skills, including evaluating personal patient care, appraising and assimilating scientific evidence, and improving care.
Responsibilities
- Manage an independent panel of patients while working with other physicians in teams.
- Provide compassionate, appropriate, and effective care for health problems and promote patients’ health.
- Apply medical knowledge to patient care.
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with patients, their families, and other health professionals.
- Investigate and evaluate personal patient care, appraise and assimilate scientific evidence, and improve patient care.
- Use electronic medical records in clinical practice.
- Demonstrate awareness of and responsiveness to the broader health care system and use system resources to provide care of optimal value.
Benefits
- Sign-on bonus of $100,000 for external candidates.
- Bonus plan and performance-based incentives.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage.
- Professional liability insurance.
- Matching 401(k) and employer-funded retirement contributions.
- Relocation costs.
- 23 days of paid time off.
- One week of paid CME time with a $4,500 allowance.
- Nine paid holidays.
- UnitedHealth stock options and equity stock purchase program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
