The Long Beach VA Healthcare System is hiring one Interdisciplinary Pain Clinic Medical Director with the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Healthcare Group. The incumbent is responsible for providing pain management services and leading an interdisciplinary team to meet pain management requirements. The overall objective is to develop a comprehensive, multicultural, integrated, system-wide approach to pain management, reducing pain and suffering to improve the quality of life for Veterans.

Duties

The Interdisciplinary Pain Clinic Medical Director is responsible for all assigned clinical, educational, and administrative duties and requirements. The incumbent is expected to promote and provide educational endeavors for residents and staff as well as participate in a variety of meetings. This is a full-time position. The major duties of this position include but are not limited to: Collaborate with multidisciplinary team on management of chronic pain patients. Develop and implement treatment recommendations for a wide range of pain syndrome diagnoses with the patient, his/her family, primary caregivers, and other specialties. Discuss diagnoses with the patient, his/her family, primary caregivers, and other specialties. Serve as a consultant to other clinicians and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of other medical and mental health care providers to optimize and coordinate care. Diagnose and treat moderately complex pain patients including interventional procedures and medication management. Responsible for providing pain services in appropriate clinical settings including neuromusculoskeletal assessment and clinical interventions of joints and soft tissues as appropriate. Where appropriate, provide electrodiagnostic (NCV, EMG) services as appropriate for our EMG patients. Responsible for the completion of all assigned clinical, educational, and administrative duties and requirements. Responsible for ensuring all patient care concerns in IPC (PATS-R, Congressional inquiries, clinical appeals, secure messaging) are completed timely. Responsible for adhering to metrics on productivity, utilization, labor mapping, clinician bookability, clinic building, and revisions of all interventional pain clinic providers. Responsible for evaluation of staffing, equipment, and space needs for IPC services including planning for expansion of services as indicated. Responsible for adhering to and carrying out all standard operating procedures, policies, protocols, directives, and guidelines. Supervision and teaching of residents and fellows training in pain medicine. Supervision of IPC providers including performance appraisals, oversight of time and attendance, and disciplinary actions if needed. Responsible for educating and evaluating medical trainees. Responsible for professional development and continuing education. Responsible for meeting VA performance measures for the timely completion and accuracy of patient care documentation including, but not limited to: notes, consultations, orders, consents, etc. Ensures Quality Assurance of Service and the delivery of healthcare by complying with the VA Directives and Hospital Policies, and by properly documenting and reporting any incidents and risks associated with patient safety. Prepares any data compilation presentations as required by ELT and supervisors (access meetings, business planning). Ensures DMS huddles meet current requirements on facility metrics and participation. Participates in any assigned committee or meeting. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards. 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: 7:00 am - 5:30 pm, 4 days per week

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation. Basic 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 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. Additional Requirement: Pain Fellowship Training Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-2 Physician Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office. Physical Requirements: VA Handbook 5019/1, Part II, Pre-Placement Physical Examinations and Evaluations.

Education

1. Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted, or
2. Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association for the year in which the degree was granted.
3. For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, facility officials must verify with the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) that the applicant has met the requirements for certification, and must obtain a copy of the ECFMG certificate if claimed by the applicant. [If the applicant does not claim an ECFMG certificate, facility officials must still confirm that the medical school meets (or met) ECFMG eligibility requirements for the year the candidate graduated.]

Contacts

• Address Long Beach VA Medical Center 5901 East Seventh Street Long Beach, CA 90822 US
• Name: Keri Shoemaker
• Phone: (562) 826-8000 X16994
• Email: [email protected]