Internist Job at Optum in California

🌟 Make a Difference Across Communities – Join Optum CA as a Primary Care Physician! 🌟

Are you ready to bring compassionate care to diverse neighborhoods across Southeast Los Angeles County? Optum California is seeking a dedicated Primary Care Physician to serve in Huntington Park, Montebello, Alhambra, Long Beach, and Whittier. This unique role offers the opportunity to work across multiple clinics—each with its own character and community—giving you a dynamic, enriching experience every day.

Join a mission-driven team where your impact goes beyond the exam room. Whether you're passionate about health equity, community outreach, or clinical excellence, this is your chance to grow your career while making a real difference.

  Why Work With Us?

• Mission-Driven: Our mission is to help people live healthier lives and improve the health system for everyone.
• Local Care: Together, we will continue to provide the local care you know and deserve.
• Evidence-Based Practices: We advance evidence-based practices and align incentives to ensure people get the right care at the right time in the right place.
• Patient-Centered: We put patients at the center of their care journey, providing them with tools and information to actively participate in managing their health.
• Coordinated Care: Optum is dedicated to providing coordinated care, with clinicians and care teams working together to help you navigate the health system.

  Our Community

Optum Health serves the Southeast Region of Los Angeles County: Huntington Park, Montebello, Alhambra, Long Beach and Whittier. With us, you’re not just joining a team; you’re becoming part of a community that cares.

  Primary Responsibilities:

• Outpatient Primary Care: including office consults, annual visits, follow-up appointments and in-office procedures
• Appointment Schedule: Monday – Friday; 40 / 20 minutes for consults and follow-up appointments. No call, holidays or weekends.
• Average Patients per day: 20 patients
• Comfortable seeing pediatric to geriatric aged patients; general in office procedures
• Medical Assistant to support Physicians: rooming patients, vitals, RX refills, follow-up appointments

  Required Qualifications:

•   Board eligible/Board certified in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine
• Unrestricted California Physician License or ability to obtain prior to start
• Current BLS certification or ability to obtain prior to start
• Current California DEA certificate or ability to obtain prior to start
• EMR Proficient
• Demonstrated excellent communication skills and time management

  California Residents Only: The salary range for California residents is $244,000 to $341,300. The 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 education, work experience, certifications, etc. 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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer 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.