Job Description

Optum is a physician-led, close-knit team that has been long-respected in Southern California. We are passionate about patients. We are leading the state of California toward better healthcare practices. And we are looking for amazing doctors like you. 

As part of our continued growth, Optum is looking for a Full Time Nocturnist to join our team in the Inland Empire. The clinicians we seek are those who practice medicine with a focus on patient care, not volume. We want our clinicians to take the time needed to truly address the patient’s needs. 

If you’re looking to join a physician-led community that is making a difference in healthcare, Optum is the place for you. 

Position Highlights:
• Hospitals: Redlands Community Hospital and San Gorgonio
• 7 on, 7 off schedule, 12 hr. shifts (6pm-6am or 7pm-7am)
• 12-18 patients per shift
• Intensivist on-site to manage ICU at all times
• No procedures
• Strong support staff
• Acute Care NP on-site
• Conducts hospital rounds on all patients referred to the service.
• 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
Conduct hospital rounds on all patients referred to the service
• 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

Required Qualifications:
• Unrestricted California State Medical License
• Current California DEA certificate
• Board Certified Internal Medicine
• 1+ years’ experience preferred
• EMR proficient
• Self-starter with ability to practice with a high degree of independence
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

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
• 7 PTO days, plus 1 Floating Holiday
• Employee Wellness Program

Careers with Optum. Here’s the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world’s large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life’s best work.(sm) 

About Us: 
We’re changing health care for the better by improving access to affordable, high quality care, and working together to improve the patient experience. That takes passion, commitment, intense focus and the ability to contribute effectively in a highly collaborative team environment. All this together is your time to do your life’s best work. SM 

Job Tags

Full time, Shift work,

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