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Geriatrician
Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

Job Summary

Occupation Physician
Specialty Family Practice-Geriatrics
Degree Required MD/DO
Position Type Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment Hospital Clinic/Private Practice
Location Torrance, California, United States
Visa Sponsorship No

Job Description

Last Update: 7/22/20
Overview:

HealthCare Partners is looking for a Full-Time Geriatrician to join our Palliative Care team in Torrance, CA. 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, HealthCare Partners is the place for you. Our initial online application process will take you less than two minutes to complete!

Position Details:

  • Clinician to join our newly redesigned Palliative Care Program
  • Plenty of growth and leadership opportunities
  • Monday - Friday : 8am - 5pm
  • Average Patients Per Day ~10-12 PPD | 60 mins for new patients and 30 min follow up appointments
  • Patient Mix : >65 with chronic medical conditions eg. CHF, COPD, Diabetes
  • No weekends or nights required but must be open to being on call
  • Shard call with all high risk providers, one weekend every fifteen weeks but do not need to be home bound
  • Majority of the time will be in an office setting but will do some home, SNF, Hospital visits
  • Dedicated support staff : Care Partner or Social Worker assigned to each patient depending on needs
  • Support in Clinic : NP, MA, LVN, and Pharmacist to clinic panel size of 300 patients

Requirements:

  • Unrestricted California State Medical License
  • Current California DEA certificate
  • BC/BE in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine

Preferences :

  • ​Critical Care, Palliative, or Geriatrics Boarded MD/DO with previous experience highly preferred
  • Previous experience in a managed care setting and working with chronically ill patients
  • Medical Spanish preferred but not required

Benefits:

  • Robust Benefits Package and Bonuses
  • Leadership Pathways and Partnership
  • Supplemental Compensation
  • CME Reimbursement and Related Time Off
  • Paid License Renewals
  • Malpractice Tail Coverage
  • Volunteer Opportunities
  • 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. Optum 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. Here you’ll find incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(SM)

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum and its affiliated medical practices are Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum and its affiliated medical practices is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.