Physician / Urgent Care / Pennsylvania / Locum or Permanent / Physician Urgent Care - Pleasant [...]

OptumCare; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as an Urgent Care Physician, where you will provide essential healthcare services in a supportive and collaborative environment. This role offers the opportunity to work with a dedicated medical team, ensuring patients receive high-quality care. Enjoy competitive compensation, flexible scheduling, and a culture that values your contributions. With a focus on community health and patient satisfaction, this position allows you to make a meaningful impact while advancing your career. Experience the satisfaction of helping patients get healthy and return to what matters most in their lives.

Benefits

CME reimbursement

Comprehensive health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with matching

Short and long-term disability

Company-paid life insurance

Flexible scheduling

Holiday pay at 1.5x shift rate

Opportunities for career growth

Qualifications

• Full licensure and board certification required.
• Experience in urgent care or emergency medicine preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide urgent care services including suturing and splinting.
• Interpret digital X-Rays and perform incisions and drainage.

Skills

Suturing

Splinting

Initial interpretation of digital X-Rays

Incisions and drainage

Education

Medical Degree

Board Certification in Urgent Care

Job description

As a part of OptumCare, the largest network of medical groups in the nation, MedExpress is seeking a full-time Urgent Care Physician to join our team in Pleasant Hills, PA. At Optum, we are transforming healthcare nationally while providing physician-led care locally.

Position Highlights

1. Open 8 am - 8 pm, 7 days per week
2. Providers typically work 12-hour shifts
3. Average patient load: 3-4 patients per hour
4. Full licensed medical team and support staff
5. Responsibilities include:
   • Suturing
   • Splinting
   • Initial interpretation of digital X-Rays
   • Incisions and drainage

What makes an OptumCare organization different?

• Providers are supported to practice at the peak of their license
• Patients are treated like family, focusing on helping patients get in, get healthy, and return to what’s important
• We influence change on a national scale while maintaining local culture and community

Compensation and Benefits Highlights

• Competitive pay and incentive bonuses
• CME reimbursement
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with matching
• Short and long-term disability, company-paid life insurance
• Company-paid malpractice coverage
• Flexible scheduling
• Holiday pay at 1.5x shift rate on days worked
• Opportunities for career growth and professional development
• Supportive and appreciative culture

Careers with MedExpress

At MedExpress, we deliver quality, convenient, affordable healthcare and strive to exceed our patients' expectations. Our neighborhood medical centers are open every day from 8 am to 8 pm, with a full medical team and no appointments necessary, helping patients get in, get healthy, and return to what’s important. We offer a broad scope of services including urgent care, wellness and prevention, and employer health services. As part of the Optum and UnitedHealth Group family, we work together to help people live healthier lives and improve the healthcare system. With over 250 centers nationwide and administrative offices in Morgantown, WV, and Pittsburgh, PA, you can join our elite team almost anywhere. Start doing your life's best work.SM

Please Note: The sign-on bonus is available only to external candidates. Current employees of UnitedHealth Group, UnitedHealthcare, or related entities are ineligible.

Diversity and Equal Opportunity

Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, or other protected characteristics. Optum is a drug-free workplace.