Spokane, Washington
Fishers, Indiana
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Posted: 15-Aug-24
Location: Carson, California
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: 140798690
Optum CA, (formerly Legacy Healthcare Partners) is seeking a Hospitalist to join our team in Torrance, CA. 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:
- Schedule : 17 shifts per month at Torrance Memorial Medical Center
- Split days and nights, 60% of schedule will be night shifts (D & some C shifts)
- Day shifts (8a-6p), C shifts (5p-1a), D shifts (10p-7a)
- Conduct hospital rounds on all patients referred to the service
- Night shifts: Admitting; Physician to stay at hospital over night
- Provide patient care in a manner consistent with hospital medical staff by-laws and referring physician requests
- Communicates with families, referring physicians, specialists, administration and hospital departments in the care and treatment of patients referred to the service
- Work with hospitals and clinical staff, social services, utilization management and other members of the interdisciplinary teams
- Collaborates with 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
What makes an Optum organization 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:
- Robust Benefits Package and Bonuses
- Leadership Pathways and Partnership
- CME Reimbursement and Related Time Off
- 401K Matching after 1 year
- Paid License Renewals
- Malpractice Coverage
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Employee Wellness Program
Required Qualifications:
- Unrestricted California State Medical License
- Current California DEA certificate
- BE/BC Internal Medicine
- EMR Proficient
Preferred Qualifications:
- Self-starter with ability to practice with a high degree of independence
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
