Pain Management Physician - Salem, Virginia

The Salem VA Medical Center is seeking Physicians with experience in Pain Management who possess the energy, compassion, and commitment to serve those who serve our Country. You will be given a chance to make a meaningful and personal contribution to the lives of truly special and deserving people - our Veterans!

The physician must be fully qualified to diagnose, treat, stabilize, and manage patients according to standard, usual, and acceptable methods, and techniques. He/she must complete and maintain both BLS and ACLS certification, with courses approved by the American Heart Association only. The physician will be required to maintain a weekday tour with assigned call sufficient to cover the needs of the Service as determined by the Chief, Medical Service, and the Chief of Staff. Required call coverage may include the physicians participation in the Third (3rd) Call Attending rotation. In addition to required coverage assignments, the physician will establish and maintain professional relationships clinic staff to include nursing employees assigned to their unit; other providers within Medical Service and with other services and facility management which result in improved patient care.

Duties

• Provides patient care to Veterans in the area of Pain Management in the form of consultative care. Incumbent provides medical diagnostic evaluation and initial assessment of patients which include but are not limited to completing a focused history, performing necessary physical examinations; as well as ordering, interpreting and integrating the results of pertinent laboratory investigations.
 
• Incumbent is responsible for ensuring adequate access to care is available for both newly consulted as well as returning patients via care provided in outpatient Pain Management clinics. The physician will provide a mix of both consultative and follow-up patient care as warranted by Veteran demand.
 
• Participates in the inpatient Pain Management consult service as assigned.
 
• The practitioner will provide both emergency consultative services and call coverage on a rotating schedule to be determined by the Section Chief, Pain Management.
 
• Provides evaluation and medical management of chronic pain conditions on an outpatient basis. Development and implementation of a treatment plan to include opioid and non-opioid pain management, appropriate testing, and non-invasive pain modalities.
 
• Incumbent provides interventional pain management procedures on both an inpatient and outpatient basis, including, but not limited to, the following.
 
• Cervical, thoracic or lumbar epidural steroid Injections
• Cervical or Lumbar facet/nerve block/ median branch blocks
• Sacroiliac joint injections
• Pulsed Radiofrequency
• Lumbar or thoracic para-vertebral sympathetic blocks
• Trigger point injections and piriformis injections
• Stellate ganglion blocks
• Occipital nerve blocks
• Botox® injections
• Trigeminal nerve blocks
• Illioinguinal or genitofemoral nerve blocks
• Spinal Cord Stimulator implantation, follow-up, and maintenance
• Both prepares for and presents lectures for student and resident didactic teaching, as needed.

• Both prepares for and presents lectures for student and resident didactic teaching, as needed.
 
• Prepares and presents at least one (1) Grand Rounds lecture yearly (rotating schedule).
 
• Demonstrate sound decision-making skills, both clinical and administrative, which bring credit to the profession and serve to enhance the distinctive and contributory role of physicians.
 
• Facilitate delivery of appropriate patient care in collaboration with other health professionals, medical center staff, and management.
 
• Engage in discussions of treatment plans with patients, family members, or other involved parties as appropriate, maintaining COBRA and HIPAA guidelines.
 
• Participates as a peer reviewer and/or conducts medico legal reviews when requested.
 
• Participates in rotation as the third call attending, as required.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized

Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Not Authorized

Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)

Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided

Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Work Schedule: 7:45 to 4:30pm Monday - Friday