Board-Certified Family Medicine Physician | Optum, NV

Southwest Medical, part of the Optum family of businesses, is seeking a dynamic Board Certified Family Medicine Physician with experience in graduate medical education to join the VHS FM Residency as a full time "Core Faculty Physician" in the family medicine ambulatory continuity clinic in Las Vegas, NV. Optum is a clinician-led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live.

As a member of the Optum Care Delivery team, you'll be an integral part of our vision to make healthcare better for everyone.

At Optum, you'll have the clinical resources, data and support of a global organization behind you so you can help your patients live healthier lives. Here, you'll work alongside talented peers in a collaborative environment that is guided by diversity and inclusion while driving towards the Quadruple Aim. We believe you deserve an exceptional career, and will empower you to live your best life at work and at home. Experience the fulfillment of advancing the health of your community with the excitement of contributing new practice ideas and initiatives that could help improve care for millions of patients across the country. Because together, we have the power to make health care better for everyone. Join us and discover how rewarding medicine can be while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Position Highlights and Responsibilities:

• Candidate must have a passion for providing clinical and educational guidance through resident oversight and didactic offerings as well as maintain active scholarship in concordance with ACGME requirements.
• Candidate must be proficient in basic outpatient procedures.
• Physician will spend 60% of his or her time devoted to the residency and 40% of time maintaining a patient population of his or her own within the family medicine continuity clinic on the fourth floor of our Oakey and Decatur office building.
• Patient care is outpatient based though hospital credentialing is required and provided for teaching faculty.
• Faculty member will contribute to the growth and expansion of a primary care curriculum within a culture focused on innovation, compassionate relationships, integrity and excellence in performance maintaining the quadruple aim with the support of a diverse energetic and well trained team of medical assistants and an LPN supervisor and state of the art technological support.
  
• The VHS FM residency is currently in its 5th year and is an innovative collaboration between VHS, Touro University, and Optum Care NV.
• This position offers a privileged opportunity of leadership as part of the growth of a novel and unique training program in an underserved area.
• Candidate should be flexible and adaptable to a new program and the innovation and challenges entailed.

What makes an Optum Career different:

• Be part of a best-in-class employee experience that enables you to practice at the top of your license
• We believe that better care for clinicians equates to better care for patients
• We are influencing change collectively on a national scale while still maintaining the culture and community of our local care organizations
• Practice medicine autonomously, with the support, not restrictions, of a sustainable and thriving national health care organization

Compensation & Benefits Highlights:

• Med/Den/Vis, STD, LTD, United Health stock options
• Continuing Medical Education allowance with time off
• Professional Liability Insurance
• Excellent PTO package
• Generous retirement program including employer funded contributions (401K)

Southwest Medical, part of Optum, is a multi-specialty group of Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants at clinical locations including health care centers, urgent care clinics, convenient care centers and an outpatient surgery center. SMA offers patients compassion, innovation, and quality care throughout southern Nevada. Together, we're making health care work better for everyone.

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Must be Board Certified in Family Medicine
• License to practice without restriction by the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners or ability to obtain NV license
• 2+ years of faculty experience
• Maintain current knowledge of and compliance with ACGME Institutional and Program Requirements - www.acgme.org
• Maintain accurate and complete program files in compliance with institutional records retention policies
• Ensure that residents comply with periodic survey by ACGME (ACGME Resident Survey)
• Have previous leadership/administrative experience
• Be willing to combine Clinical/Administrative and Diagnostic (teaching) Responsibilities (50/50)
• Have strong administrative and team building skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Must have participation as an active faculty member in an ACGME-accredited family medicine residency program and graduate medical education administrative experience

Salary range for this role is $226,000 to $366,000 annually based on full time employment. Salary Range is defined as total cash compensation at target. The actual range and pay mix of base and bonus is variable based upon experience and metric achievement. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.