Physician - Internal Medicine or Family Practice, Sumter, SC

Colonial Healthcare, part of the Optum family of businesses, is seeking a Family Practice or Internal Medicine Physician to join our team in Sumter, SC. 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.

We offer the following:

• Full- Time; work-life balance
• Autonomy to practice at the peak of your license
• Supported to grow your practice and patient panel
• Usage of electronic medical record system; eClinicalWorks
• Dedicated physician colleagues, advanced practice providers and ancillary support staff

Primary Responsibilities:

• Examines, diagnoses, and treats patients for acute injuries, infections, and illnesses
• Counsels and educates patients and families about acute and chronic conditions or concerns
• Formulates diagnostic and treatment plans
• Prescribes and administers medications, therapies, and procedures
• Orders lab and imaging tests to determine and manage an immediate treatment plan and provides advice on follow up
• Coordination of care with specialists and appropriate ancillary services
• Completes all documentation in a timely manner
• Maintains quality of care standards as defined by the practice

Compensation and Benefits Highlights

• Excellent compensation
• Sign on bonus
• Performance bonus eligibility
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• Excellent PTO package
• Company paid malpractice insurance
• Licensure and CME reimbursement
• Relocation assistance

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:

• M.D or D.O.
• Board Certification in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine
• Active unrestricted license to practice medicine in South Carolina or be willing to obtain
• Current DEA
• Experience using MS Word, Outlook, and Excel

Preferred Qualification:

• Experience with eClinicalWorks or Epic

About OptumCare:

At OptumCare, we've found that putting clinicians at the center of care is the best way to improve lives. Our physician-led organization is one of the most dynamic and progressive health care organizations in the world, serving over 17 million people through more than 45,000 aligned physicians and 9,000 advanced practice clinicians. 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. Learn more at ***.

Would you thrive with OptumCare?

• Do you practice evidence-based medicine?
• Are you seeking a practice focused on patient-centered quality care, not volume?
• Are you a team player - comfortable delegating and empowering teams?
• Are you constantly seeking better ways to do things?
• Do you want to be part of something better?

Colonial Healthcare, joined Optum in 2024, is a primary care medical practice with additional specialties and ancillary diagnostic services that focuses on families. Colonial Healthcare aims to enhance the overall quality of life for their patients. To achieve this objective, they adopted a patient-centric approach that focuses on providing continuous, high-quality care across the entire lifespan, ranging from childhood to adulthood. The organization emphasizes on incorporating cutting-edge medical advancements while maintaining strong ties to family values and nurturing relationships with their patients. Together, we're making health care work better for everyone.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.