Job Description

Optum NY, (formerly Optum Tri-State NY) is seeking a Physician to join our team in Middletown, NY. 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

• Collegial multispecialty group practice with a large referral base.
• Focus on team-based care, evidence-based medicine, value-based care.
• Excellent support staff and dedicated practice management systems.
• Physician-led, patient centered team-based care environment.
• Educate and empower your patients to take ownership of their health.
• Growth and Leadership Opportunities.
• Partner with sports medicine specialists and others to put patient care foremost.
• Reduce pain and restore function for your patients.
• Minimally invasive techniques and cutting-edge treatments to provide the best surgical outcome for all patients.

Primary Responsibilities:  

• Be part of a busy, well established, state-of-the-art practice.
• Positions offer a collegial environment with strong support from non-operative sports medicine, physiatry and pain management to enhance surgical referrals.
• Access to multiple surgical suites and privileges to ambulatory surgery centers as well as community hospitals with the da Vinci™ Robotics Surgery Systems and MAKO Robotics Surgery Systems to support the busies multi-specialty minimally invasive surgical programs in region.
• Hip arthroscopy, hip resurfacing, total hip replacement, anterior hip replacement, knee arthroscopy, knee replacement, revision knee replacement, and shoulder replacement.
• Offer same-day Total Hip and Knee Replacement surgery in our state-of-the-art Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) in Middletown, Warwick, and Newburgh, NY.

What makes an Optum Career different? 

• As the largest employer of Physicians in the country, we have a best-in-class employee experience and enable you to practice at the top of your license  
• We believe that better care for clinicians equates to better care for patients, and provide resources and support  
• We are influencing change on a national scale while still maintaining the culture and community of our local care organizations  
• We grow talent from within. No matter where you want to go- geographically or professionally- you can do it here  

Compensation & Benefits Highlights:

• Competitive compensation –guarantee and productivity bonus incentives
• Robust retirement package including employer funded contributions
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Company paid malpractice insurance with tail coverage
• Physician partnership & incentive opportunities with Optum
• Career Growth and Development support
• You will have access to collaborate in local and national clinical and advisory councils, a network of mentors, and the ability to attend annual clinical & cultural related events and forums.  

Required Qualifications:

• Medical degree from an accredited school of medicine.
• Board Certification in Orthopedic Surgery.
• Fellowship trained in Total Joint Replacement (Hip & Knee).
• Unrestricted licensure in the state of (NY) at time of employment.
• Active and unrestricted DEA license or ability to obtain prior to start.  

New York Residents Only : The salary range for this role is $543,656 to $835,094 per year. Salary Range is defined as total cash compensation at target. The actual range and pay mix of base and bonus is variable based upon experience and metric achievement. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

Optum NY/NJ was formed in 2022 by bringing together Riverside Medical Group, CareMount Medical and ProHealth Care. The regional alignment combines resources and services across the care continuum – from preventative medicine to diagnostics to treatment and beyond across New York, New Jersey, and Southern Connecticut. As a Patient Centered Medical Home, Optum NY/NJ can provide patient-focused medical care to the entire family. You will find our team working in local clinics, surgery centers and urgent care centers, within care models focused on managing risk, higher quality outcomes and driving change through collaboration and innovation. Together, we're making health care work better for everyone.

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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