Family Medicine Physician – Riverside Medical Group – Jersey City, NJ

Job description

As a National Committee for Quality Assurance “Level III- Patient Centered Medical Home,” Riverside is able to provide patient-focused precision medical care to the entire family and is committed to providing patients with the highest quality medical care.

In addition to providing the highest quality of care, Riverside offers its patients the best hours of operation of any private practice in the country. Patients have around-the-clock access to a health-care team and have the benefit of same day and walk in appointments. As an advocate for prenatal health and education, Riverside offers prenatal classes every weekend free of charge. Riverside believes in giving back to their community and the patients they serve through health fairs, charitable giving/foundation, and free medical education.

As a part of the OptumCare network, Riverside Medical Group is seeking a Family Medicine Physician to join our growing team in New Jersey with multiple practice locations available. At Optum, we are transforming healthcare nationally while providing physician-led care locally. Work with the largest care delivery organization in the world and start doing your life’s best work.(sm) 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Direct and manage a complete continuum of high-quality care within the care team
• Offer comprehensive wellness exams
• Schedule and administer follow-up examinations
• Educate patients in health management and disease prevention, recommending specialists for treatment outside of capacity
• Offer birthing services

Compensation & Benefits Highlights:

• Multiple medical, dental and vision options to choose from
• Paid STD, LTD, Life and AD&D insurance
• Robust retirement including employer funded contributions and employee stock purchase plan
• Company paid malpractice insurance

What makes an OptumCare organization different?

• 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

Would you thrive with OptumCare?

• 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?

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:

• Unrestricted licensure in the state of New Jersey or has New Jersey application in process
• Board Certification or board eligibility in Family Medicine
• Active and unrestricted DEA License or ability to obtain prior to start
• Active New Jersey CDS License or ability to obtain prior to start
• 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

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.