Physician Team Lead-Urgent Care, Optum NV

Southwest Medical, part of the Optum family of businesses, is seeking a Team Lead Urgent Care Physician to join our team 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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Supervise providers with respect to administrative functions including productivity, patient satisfaction, professional behavior, compliance with medical records and other administrative duties.
• Responsible for onboarding and ongoing teaching and support for providers at assigned site
• Liaison between OnDemand Medicine division and OptumCare leadership and site providers.
• Responsibilities include scheduling providers for entire site and adjusting schedules as needed, reviewing timecards, filling open shifts, as well as attending monthly leadership meetings
• Oversee patient care services and be first point of contact for patient feedback or any issues related to policies and procedures.
• Engage, assess, diagnose, and treat patients presenting for care.
• Using sound medical judgment, triage and direct patients to alternative levels of care for presenting problem and/or follow-up.
• Use resources of the site to engage providers and patients in addressing wellness and gaps in preventive care, in accordance with evidence-based practice and standards of care
• Utilize technology to thoroughly document visits and treatments in a timely and comprehensive manner in accordance with OptumCare and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrate and reinforce value of On Demand Medicine services during each visit.
• Maintain service level standards for response, visit time, and patient satisfaction, as well as currency with evidence-based practice standards
• Provide clinical triage support to medical group patient services team as needed, as well as staffing support to OptumCare/On Demand Medicine team as needed.
• Support and embrace Quadruple Aim of high-quality care, accessible care, controlled costs, and high patient and provider and staff satisfaction.
• Support and embrace C-I-Care program.

Position Highlights:

• Providers work primarily three 12-hour work weeks on-site in one of our urgent care clinics, with some weekends, nights and holiday shifts distributed evenly among the staff.
• Attractive base salary, sign on bonus, and comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and life insurance, STD/LTD, professional liability, matching 401K, paid vacation, CME, and eight company paid holidays.

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:

• Board Certified MD or DO in related field of medicine with experience treating all ages
• Unrestricted DEA and state license in NV or ability to obtain prior to employment
• Minimum of 3 years of clinical experience in an urgent care setting is ideal
• Intermediate level of proficiency in PC-based work, including basic Microsoft Word and Outlook
• Proficiency in EMR
• Experience in a leadership or administrative role preferred, but not required

The salary for this role is $222,500 to $376,500 annually based on full time employment. 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.

OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment