Pain Management/Anesthesiologist

DutiesSeeking a Physician, Pain Management Anesthesiologist to join a practice working in Pain Management & Rehabilitation Services. To be considered a strong partner, the ideal candidate will possess excellent evaluation and management skills as well as training in advanced interventional procedures.Effectively evaluates patients with chronic pain by developing and implementing goal-oriented treatment plans for complex patients in need of pain management.Provides peripheral joint injections and other intramuscular injections, performs advanced spine procedures including cervical, thoracic and lumbar epidurals, facet procedures/RFA, SCS.Utilizes all risk mitigation strategies when prescribing scheduled pain medications and adjuvant medications.Effectively provides diagnostic evaluation, examination, and interdisciplinary treatment planning to meet the pain care needs of Veterans.Confidently and professionally collaborates with multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teams of therapists, psychologists, social workers, pharmacists, APRNs, other physicians, nurses, etc. to meet a patient's complex rehabilitative needs.Collects data, analyzes data, implements changes based on analysis results in their specialty area.Participate in facility, regional, and national activities as subject-matter expert as needed to support the overall VA mission to provide outstanding comprehensive healthcare.Other duties as assigned.Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pmQualificationsBasic Requirements:United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), b) OR[(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), OR(3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States), which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences.Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs). PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e., not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis. PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; rather, they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision. Additionally, surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs.Proficiency in spoken and written English.Preferred Experience: Board Eligible/Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehab, or Anesthesiology.Compensation Information:$325000.00 / Annually - $360000.00 / Annually