Ophthalmologist - Optum NY - Bethpage
Overview
- Location
- Bethpage, New York
- Source-listed pay
- $285,000 – $592,500
- Practice
- Multispecialty group practice · Ambulatory surgery center and community hospitals
Not yet verified against the original posting
Role summary
Optum NY is seeking an Ophthalmologist to join a team-based, multispecialty group practice in Bethpage, NY with access to ambulatory surgery centers and community hospitals, serving adult and pediatric patients. The compensation model is guaranteed and competitive, based on quality rather than quantity, with bonus eligibility and annual increases.
What the posting highlights
- Team-based care model with clinical and non-clinical support staff and optometrists
- Care setting: Ambulatory surgery center and community hospital privileges
- Patient population: Adult and pediatric patients
SalaryDr summary based on the original posting
Posted base pay vs physician-reported total comp
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Compensation
- Employer-listed pay
- $285,000 – $592,500
- Pay context
- Source-listed pay · not yet verified
- Evidence
- ant to be part of something better? Compensation for this specialty generally ranges from $285,000 - $592,500. Total cash compensation includes base pay and bonus and is based on several factors incl
- Observed
- 1 mo ago
- Compensation model
- Hybrid
Employer
Optum
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Facility & Community
- Practice setting
- Multispecialty group practice
- Facility type
- Ambulatory surgery center and community hospitals
- Patient population
- Adult and pediatric patients
- EHR
- Not stated in posting
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Questions to ask the employer
- Is $285,000–$592,500 base salary only, or expected total compensation including bonus and productivity?
- The posted range is wide — what specifically places a candidate at the top versus the bottom of it?
- What is the call schedule, and is call compensated separately or built into the base?
- How many weeks of PTO and CME time are included, and is unused time paid out?
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Work Design
- Inpatient / outpatient
- ambulatory surgery center and community hospital privileges
- Coverage model
- team-based care model with clinical and non-clinical support staff and optometrists
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
Source & Verification
- Source
- Aggregated (ym_careers)
- Salary label
- Pay not verified
- First seen
- 1 mo ago
- Last verified
- 2 days ago
- Extraction confidence
- 80%
Full description
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 whileCaring. Connecting. Growing together.
Position Highlights:
- Collegial multispecialty group practice with a large referral base
- Focus on team-based care.
- Excellent support staff and dedicated practice management systems.
- Supported by an excellent multi-disciplinary team that includes radiology.
- Offers access and privileges to an ambulatory surgery center.
- Adult and pediatric patient population.
- Practice features multiple Ophthalmologists and is fully supported with a team of clinical & non-clinical staff as well as Optometrists.
- Practice comprehensive ophthalmology with fellowship trained physicians that specialize in small-incision cataract surgery, screening and treatment of diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, retinal vascular diseases, floaters, central serous retinopathy, and inflammatory eye diseases.
- Clinicians in this department will have access to privileges in ambulatory surgical centers and community hospitals.
- Providers are supported to practice at the peak of their license.
- We recognize that if you want to provide good care and do it well, you can't do it alone - this is the foundation of the team-based care model.
- The culture is one of clinical innovation and transformation.
- We are influencing change on a national scale while still maintaining the culture and community of our local care organizations.
- Guaranteed, competitive compensation model based on quality, not quantity, with significant earning potential, annual increases, and bonus eligibility.
- Financial stability and support of a Fortune 5 Company.
- Robust retirement offerings including employer funded contributions and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP for UHG Stock).
- Physician Partnership opportunities and incentives.
- Comprehensive benefits plan inclusive of medical, dental, vision, STD/LTD, CME and malpractice coverage.
- Robust clinician learning and development programs.
Optum Tri-State was formed in 2022 by bringing together Riverside Medical Group, CareMount Medical and ProHealth Care. The regional alignment combines resources and services across the care continuum - from preventative medicine to diagnostics to treatment and beyond - and features 70 specialties, working in 360 medical practices and more than 55 urgent care locations across New York, New Jersey, and Southern Connecticut. As a Patient Centered Medical Home, Optum Tri-State can provide patient-focused medical care to the entire family. This dynamic position would afford you the opportunity to join a regional, interdisciplinary care team of over 2,100 providers who serve nearly 2 million patients. Our doctors and clinicians have access to the latest medical information and technology, which lets them spend more time with patients, provide better care and realize better outcomes. With Optum, we've found that putting clinicians at the center of care is the best way to improve lives. Our physician-led organizations are some of the most dynamic and progressive health care organizations in the world. You will find our team working in local clinics, surgery centers and urgent care centers, within care models focused on managing risk, higher quality outcomes and driving change through collaboration and innovation. Learn more at http://www.workatoptum.com/provider
Required Qualifications:
- Unrestricted licensure in the state of New York or has New York application in process
- Board Certification or board eligibility in Ophthalmology
- Active and unrestricted DEA License or ability to obtain prior to start
At OptumCare, we've found that putting clinicians at the center of care is the best way to improve lives. Our physician-led organization is one of the most dynamic and progressive health care organizations in the world, serving almost 20 million people through more than 58,000 aligned physicians and advanced practice clinicians. You will find our team working in local clinics, surgery centers and urgent care centers, within care models focused on managing risk, higher quality outcomes and driving change through collaboration and innovation. Learn more at http://www.workatoptum.com/provider.
Would you thrive with Optum Care?
- Do you practice evidence-based medicine?
- Are you seeking a practice focused on patient-centered quality care, not volume?
- Are you a team player - comfortable delegating and empowering teams?
- Are you constantly seeking better ways to do things
- Do you want to be part of something better?