Associate Chair of Psychiatry

Optum; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 340,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CME time

PTO

Retirement plan

Malpractice insurance

Partnership opportunities

Job summary

Reliant Medical Group, part of the Optum family, seeks a physician leader to guide psychiatry across eastern and central Massachusetts. You will bridge medical practice with administration while advancing patient care, outcomes, and service line metrics.

The role offers a 0.5 FTE admin and 0.5 FTE direct patient care split, with opportunities for physician partnership within OptumCare and strong support from a national clinical network.

Qualifications

• MD or DO with experience leading MD and APC psychiatry clinicians.
• Board Certification in Child/Adolescent Psychiatry or General Adult Psychiatry.
• Eligibility for full licensure in state of Massachusetts.
• Basic Life Support (BLS)

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex situations and develop effective strategies.
• Contribute to Service Line strategy development, setting goals and metrics.
• Lead clinical operations, bridging the gap between medical practice and administrative functions.
• Monitor patient outcomes and identify areas for improvement.
• Advocate for patient needs.
• Forecast budget needs and manage financial performance.
• Collaborate with a talented team of professionals.
• 0.5 FTE for administrative duties (20 hours weekly) and 0.5 FTE for Direct Patient Care duties (20 hours weekly).

Skills

MD/DO leadership

Board Certification

BLS

ACLS

Education

MD or DO

Job description

Reliant Medical Group, part of the Optum family of businesses, is seeking a dynamic, highly skilled, and experienced physician leader to join our team in the eastern and central regions of the state. 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:

• Analyze complex situations and develop effective strategies
• Contribute to Service Line strategy development, setting goals and metrics
• Lead clinical operations, bridging the gap between medical practice and administrative functions
• Monitor patient outcomes and identify areas for improvement
• Advocate for patient needs
• Forecast budget needs and manage financial performance
• Collaborate with a talented team of professionals
• 0.5 FTE for administrative duties (20 hours weekly) and 0.5 FTE for Direct Patient Care duties (20 hours weekly)

Compensation & Benefits Highlights:

• Straight salary based on quality, not quantity
• Dedicated CME time and allowance
• Excellent PTO package
• Robust retirement package including employer funded contributions
• Company paid malpractice insurance and tail coverage
• Physician partnership opportunities within OptumCare

What makes an Optum organization 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

Reliant Medical Group joined Optum in 2018, to be part of the greater vision to make health care better for everyone. At Reliant, you're part of a community-based, multi-specialty, clinician-led medical group in Central and Boston Metro-west Massachusetts. Where everyone works collaboratively on a common purpose: improving the quality, cost?and experience of health care. Supported by a patient-centric business model - integrated care teams focus on the best patient care, rather than volume. Recognized nationally for an innovative, sustainable care model we offer a full range of outpatient primary care and over 30 different specialties including hospital medicine, comprehensive radiology services, and urgent care. Together, we're making health care work better for everyone.

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• MD or DO with experience leading MD and APC psychiatry clinicians
• Board Certification in Child/Adolescent Psychiatry or General Adult Psychiatry
• Eligibility for full licensure in state of Massachusetts
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) may be required based on specialty

OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

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