Job Description

Get ready to put your training into practice with the Physician Pathways Program at Optum. As a part of the Optum network, Optum is seeking career-minded final-year Primary Care Residents and Fellows ready to get a head start on their clinical career with a forward-thinking organization that is transforming the future of care.   Optum is a clinician-led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live.

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 while   Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

  Position Highlights:

• Receive a generous guaranteed salary in your final year of training
• Enhance the experience of your final months of training and eliminate the burden of job searching 
• Learn how to operate and thrive in a value-based care model in a system that is driving population health initiatives nationally
• Grow exposure to the Quadruple Aim framework and various understandings of care settings
• Mentorship from experienced physicians within your future practice easing transition from training into practice
• The customized program will be completed at Optum Tri-State facilities in New Jersey and/or virtually with deep exposure to primary and specialty care the practice environment that will require a commitment of only a few hours per month. 

What makes an Optum Career Different?

• Be part of a best-in-class employee experience that enables you to practice at the top of your license  
• We believe that better care for clinicians equates to better care for patients 
• We are influencing change collectively on a national scale while still maintaining the culture and community of our local care organizations 
• Practice medicine autonomously in an ambulatory setting partnering with primary care, with a sustainable and thriving national health care organization

• M.D. or D.O.
• Must be transitioning into their final year of residency or fellowship or early into their final year. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Preferred candidate will be a local physician resident in New York. 

Nationwide Telecommute Residents Only : The salary range for this role is $35,000 to $75,000 year.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare is an 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.  

OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.  

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