Urgent Care Physician (UCC) - Per Diem
- Employer
- Optum
- Location
- Pasadena, California
- Posted Date
- Nov 17, 2022
- Reference
- 2134492
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- Specialty
- Urgent Care
- Position Type
- Permanent
Job Details
Life Changing Work
Want to make a real difference in the lives you touch? LOOK NO FURTHER.
Optum is looking for Per Diem or Part-Time Hospitalists to join our team in Pasadena, CA.
As the employer of more than 14,000 physicians in Southern California, alone, we're looking for clinicians who share our vision of creating a world where everyone can live healthier lives through accessible, affordable, and quality health care.
If you're looking to join a physician-led community that is making a difference in healthcare, Optum is the place for you.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Conducts hospital rounds on all patients referred to the service
- Communicates with families, referring physicians, specialists, administration, and hospital departments in the care and treatment of patients referred to the service
- Works with hospital and clinical staff to initiate and coordinate early discharge through collaboration with specialists, nursing staff, social services, utilization management, and other members of the interdisciplinary team
- Develops and maintains good working relationships with hospital departments and hospital administration
- Demonstrates a commitment to service by providing distinctive, personalized care and services by listening, anticipating, and responding to the needs of both internal and external (patients, family members, referring physicians/specialists, hospital staff, etc.) customers and striving to exceed customer expectations
- Serves as a liaison to other physicians, business office, and administration to maximize communication and increase knowledge of the hospitalist program benefits
- Attends and completes all specific competencies and annual organizational requirements
- Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to discuss patients' progress, variances, and achievement of expected outcomes and plan of care
- Assumes responsibility to ensure that all necessary documentation is accurate, complete, and timely, including medical records, billing/coding, and any other such documentation as requested by hospital from time to time
Required Qualifications:
- Active and unrestricted Medical license in State of California or ability to obtain
- Board eligible or certified in Internal Medicine
- Active and unrestricted DEA
- Ability to work 7am to 7pm on 2-6 shifts per month, as schedule by Clinical leaders
- Successful candidate must submit to TB testing and vaccinations required by company policy
- Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential job function of this role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID-19 booster doses must also comply with those state requirements. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation
Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
Company
As the largest network of medical groups in the country, Optum serves patients from coast to coast. Our more than 80,000 aligned physicians and advanced practice clinicians are working together to improve health care through:
Caring: We provide stability, flexibility and other resources that help you be your best.
Connecting: Harness the power of our national reach to make an impact on your community. Collaborate with our expansive network of fellow clinicians to discover new ways to deliver care.
Growing together: Get the resources you need to better serve your patients — and your career. No matter what direction you want, your career path at Optum is limitless.
Optum is a truly remarkable place to practice medicine.
Join the thousands of physicians who are
Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Learn more at WorkAtOptum.com/Providers
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