Optum Physician Pathways Program

Get ready to put your training into practice with the Physician Pathways Program at Optum. As a part of the Optum network, Optum New Mexico located in Albuquerque is seeking career-minded final-year 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. At Optum, we are transforming healthcare nationally while providing physician-led care locally. Work with the largest care delivery organization in the world and start doing your life’s best work.(sm)

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

* 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 New Mexico 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 Optum different?

* Providers are supported to practice at the peak for their license

* As one of the most dynamic and progressive health care organization in the country, Optum consistently delivers clinical outcomes that meet or exceed national standards

* We promote a culture of clinical innovation and transformation

* We are a top performer of the Quadruple Aim initiative in New Mexico


* Lower Costs

* Improved Outcomes

* Patient Experience

* Clinician Well-Being


* We are influencing change on a national scale while still maintaining the culture and community or our local organizations


Required Qualifications* M.D. or D.O.

* Must be transitioning into the final year of a Family Medicine / Internal Medicine residency or early into the final year


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 must 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.