Primary Care Physician - Optum - Golden, CO
Overview
- Location
- Golden, Colorado
- Schedule
- Possibility of 4-day work week
- Source-listed pay
- $237,500 – $384,000
- Practice
- Clinic
Not yet verified against the original posting
Role summary
OptumCare Colorado is seeking a Primary Care Physician in Golden, CO for outpatient primary care with about 18-20 patients daily and a 2000 patient panel. The job includes supervising APPs, a possible 4-day work week, and compensation includes a guaranteed base salary for two years plus bonuses and signing bonus.
What the posting highlights
- Care setting: Outpatient primary care
- Patient population: Primary care patients with acute and chronic conditions
- APP collaboration or supervision is noted
SalaryDr summary based on the original posting
Posted base pay vs physician-reported total comp
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Compensation
- Employer-listed pay
- $237,500 – $384,000
- Pay context
- Source-listed pay · not yet verified
- Evidence
- are under a population health model Compensation for this specialty generally ranges from $237,500 - $384,000. 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
- Clinic
- Patient population
- Primary care patients with acute and chronic conditions
- EHR
- Not stated in posting
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Questions to ask the employer
- Is $237,500–$384,000 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
- Schedule
- Possibility of 4-day work week
- Patient volume
- Average/Goal of 18 - 20 patients per day
- Panel size
- 2000
- Inpatient / outpatient
- Outpatient primary care
- Admin burden
- 4 Admin Hours per week
- Supervises APPs
- Yes
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
Source & Verification
- Source
- Aggregated (ym_careers)
- Salary label
- Pay not verified
- First seen
- 1 mo ago
- Last verified
- today
- Extraction confidence
- 90%
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:
- Dragon and AI charting available
- EPIC EMR system
- Practice Manager on-site
- Each clinician has a dedicated MA
- Possibility of 4-day work week
- 36 Patient Contact Hours / 4 Admin Hours
- 2000AveragePatient Panel per Physician
- Full spectrum of primary care procedures
- Average/Goal of 18 - 20 patients per day
- The culture is one of cohesion and clinic transformation.
- We are influencing change on a national scale while still maintaining the culture and community or our local organizations.
- Guaranteed base salary for two years
- Quality and productivity bonuses available
- Competitive sign-on bonus
- Med/Den/Vis, STD, LTD, 401k with match
- Professional liability at no cost to clinician
- PTO accrual model with the ability to borrow future PTO
- CME Reimbursement & Time Off
- Stock Purchase Option/Executive Savings Plan
- Paid Parental Leave
- Adoption Assistance
- Bright Horizons Back-Up Care™: In-home back-up child and adult/elder care
- Bright Horizons College Coach™: Tuition Payment Planning & More
- Stride Well-being Programs to help with health and lifestyle goals
- Physician Partnership Program
- As a Primary Care Physician, you will provide full scope primary care services.
- Examine diagnose and treat patients for acute and chronic conditions or concerns injuries, infections, and illnesses
- Counsel and educate patients and families about acute and chronic conditions or concerns
- Complete timely and thorough documentation using our EMR system
- Formulate diagnostic and treatment plans
- Prescribe and administer medications, therapies, and procedures
- Order lab and imaging tests to determine and manage an immediate treatment plan and provide advice on follow up
- Responsible for the coordination of care with specialists and appropriate ancillary services
- Completes all documentation and paperwork in a timely manner
- Maintain quality of care standards as defined by the practice
- Supervise Physician Assistants / Nurse Practitioners as needed
Required Qualifications:
- Unrestricted CO state license, or the ability to obtain prior to start date
- Current DEA certificate, or the ability to obtain prior to start date
- BC/BE in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine, or ability to obtain prior to start date
- Current BLS, ACLS certification, or the ability to obtain prior to start date
- 1+ year working in outpatient primary care
- Experience in providing patient care under a population health model
Application Deadline:This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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.