Older Adult Team-Based Primary Care - Everett, WA
- Employer
- Optum
- Location
- Everett, Washington
- Posted Date
- Nov 6, 2024
- Reference
- 2258568
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- Specialty
- Primary Care
- Position Type
- Permanent
Job Details
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. Personalized Primary Care for Older Adults
Be part of the solution: our current healthcare system often fails to provide coordinated, seamless care for our most vulnerable patients. We know there is a better way. Our collaborative care model integrates care across multiple disciplines, ensuring the patient is the focus. We care for medically complex patients both in the hospital and as their primary care provider. The Everett Clinic are looking for a growth minded physician with experience in internal medicine who is comfortable seeing their patients in the hospital and outpatient clinic, especially complex aging patients. You are interested in advancing patient and family comprehension and offering personalized care options. Position Highlights & Primary Responsibilities:
- The Personalized Care Team is a cutting-edge outpatient and home-based team that provides integrated, supportive care to a complex aging population, with a goal of reduced suffering, increased patient and family understanding, and optimized care.
- An interdisciplinary team comprised of physicians, resident physicians, palliative care clinicians, pharmacists, social workers, RN care managers, and care navigators.
- The team provides whole person care to complex patients across multiple settings, particularly near the end of life.
- You would work in concert with other physicians and collectively share management of the patient panel.
- This role will care for Medicare advantage patients in unique and innovative ways, including providing alternatives to hospitalization. For those who want to continue to work in the hospital, there are options to work in both spaces.
Required Qualifications:
- Unrestricted WA State Medical License or ability to obtain prior to employment
- Current WA DEA certificate or ability to obtain prior to employment
- Board Eligible/Board Certified Internal Medicine or ability to obtain prior to employment
- EMR proficient
- Positive attitude and strong work ethic
- Self-starter with ability to practice with a high degree of independence
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Managed Care experience
- 1+ years' experience post-training
- Experience with complex geriatric patients
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers 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 by law.
OptumCare 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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