Family Medicine Physician

Job description

The Physician is responsible for the day to day clinical care of patients. The Provider manages the health of patients by providing preventive evaluations and wellness education, and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses/conditions. The Provider is responsible for the coordination of care with specialists and appropriate ancillary services.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Counsels and educates patients and families about acute and chronic conditions or concerns 
• Documents items such as: appropriate chief complaint, past medical, family, and social history, review of systems, examinations, medications, allergies, assessment and plan 
• Formulates diagnostic and treatment plans 
• Prescribes and administers medications, therapies, and procedures 
• Orders lab and imaging tests to determine and manage an immediate treatment plan and provides 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 
• Maintains quality of care standards as defined by the practice

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Current and unrestricted DEA certificate required 
• Effective communication skills
• Ability to work without direct supervision and practice autonomously 
• You will be provisioned with appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and are required to perform this role with patients and members on site, as this is an essential function of this role
• Employees are required to screen for symptoms using the ProtectWell mobile app, Interactive Voice Response (i.e., entering your symptoms via phone system) or a similar UnitedHealth Group-approved symptom screener prior to entering the work site each day, in order to keep our work sites safe. Employees must comply with any state and local masking orders. In addition, when in a UnitedHealth Group building, employees are expected to wear a mask in areas where physical distancing cannot be attained

Preferred Qualifications:

• Board Certified in Family Medicine 
• Managed Care/IPA/Health Plan experience 
• Bilingual in Spanish 

Company Description

Our mission is to help people live healthier lives and to help make the health system work better for everyone.A Fortune 6 company, we're focused on helping people live healthier lives while making the health system work better for everyone. Here, we seek to empower people with the information, guidance and tools to make personal health choices. We work harder and we aim higher. We expect more from ourselves and each other. And, at the end of the day, we’re doing a lot of good for more than 142 million people worldwide.Our biggest point of differentiation is our people - and the collective talent, energy, intelligence and drive our force of 305,000 individuals around the world bring to our mission every single day.