Physician / Family Practice / Connecticut / Locum or Permanent / Internal Medicine Primary Care Physician - ProHealth Physicians - Wethersfield, CT Job at OptumCare

ProHealth Physicians, a part of OptumCare, is Connecticuts leading health care delivery organization. ProHealth is focused on reinventing health care to help keep people healthier and feeling their best. Our family of primary care providers and specialists care for more than 360,000 people statewide. We are privileged to be trusted by our patients with their health and well-being.

Our premier group currently employs 250 Physicians and 150 APCs in the specialties of family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, neurology, rhinology, otology, laryngology, facial plastics, gastroenterology, cardiology, sleep medicine, behavioral and developmental pediatrics.

As a part of the OptumCare network, ProHealth Physicians is seeking an Internal Medicine primary care physician to join our team in Wethersfield, CT. At Optum, we are transforming healthcare nationally while providing Physician-led care locally. Start doing your life's best work with the largest care delivery organization in the world.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Examine diagnoses and treats patients for acute injuries, infections and illnesses

• Counsel and educates patients and families about acute and chronic conditions or concerns

• Document items such as: chief complaint, past medical, family, and social history, review of systems, examinations, medications, allergies, assessment and plan

• Formulate diagnostic and treatment plans

• Prescribe and administer medications, therapies and procedures

• Order lab and imaging tests to determine and manage an immediate treatment plan and provides advice on follow up

• Be responsible for the coordination of care with specialists and appropriate ancillary services

• Complete all documentation and paperwork in a timely manner

• Maintain quality of care standards as defined by the practice