Primary Care Physician (FM/IM) - Southwest Medical
About The Position
Optum NV is seeking a Family Practice Physician to join Southwest Medical in Las Vegas, Nevada. This employed practice position is part of Optum’s clinician-led care organization and offers clinical resources, data, and organizational support. The physician will provide compassionate, appropriate, and effective care focused on treating health problems and promoting health, while working professionally and sensitively with a diverse patient population. The physician will work with other physicians in teams while managing an individual patient panel Monday through Friday. The panel is primarily adults of all ages, including geriatric patients and some older adolescents, and may be customized to areas of interest. The practice operates across 14 Las Vegas-area clinic locations, with modern facilities, electronic medical records, full-time management staff, digital radiology, and onsite laboratory services. Seniors may also use the organization’s Lifestyle Centers. The role uses a systems-based approach to care, drawing on health-system resources to provide care of optimal value. The position offers a base salary, sign-on bonus for eligible external candidates, bonus plan, comprehensive benefits, and flexible scheduling, with reduced FTE options available. A differential is available for supervision of extenders.
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 their application 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 investigation and evaluation of personal patient care and appraisal and assimilation of scientific evidence.
Responsibilities
- Manage an individual panel of patients while working with other physicians in teams.
- Provide compassionate, appropriate, and effective care to treat health problems and promote health.
- Apply biomedical, clinical, epidemiological, and social behavioral 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 and system resources to support effective, high-value care.
- Carry out professional responsibilities ethically and sensitively with a diverse patient population.
Benefits
- Attractive base salary and bonus plan.
- $100,000 sign-on bonus for external candidates.
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- 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.
- Flexible scheduling and reduced FTE options.
- Differential for supervision of extenders.
- UnitedHealth stock options and an equity stock purchase program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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