Physician Pathways Program - Gastroenterology - Auburn, MA or Remote

Reliant Medical Group, part of the Optum family of businesses, is seeking a 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. 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

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 nationally
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 within Reliant Medical Group sites in central Massachusetts 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 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:

M.D. or D.O.
Must be transitioning into their final year of residency or fellowship or early into their final year

Preferred Qualifications

Local physician resident in Massachusetts

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.

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