Job Listing
Physician - Chief of Pain Management
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 3 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Authorized Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Authorized Learn more.
- →EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.
- →Clinical Duties: Direct Patient Care: Assess, diagnose, and treat veterans suffering from sub-acute and chronic pain conditions.
- →Develop and implement individualized pain management plans for referred patients from Primary Care and Specialty Services.
- →Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Work collaboratively with other healthcare providers, including primary care physicians, mental health professionals, physical therapists, and pharmacists, to provide comprehensive care.
- →Patient Education: Educate patients and their families about chronic pain management strategies, including medication use, physical therapy, and lifestyle modifications.
- →Including the Stepped care model focusing on wellness and self management.
- →Medication Management: Monitor and manage the usage of pain relief medications, including opioids, to ensure appropriate use and reduce the risk of dependency and side effects.
- →Ensure prescribing with use of the state prescription monitoring system.
- →Engage in the Opioid Safety Initiative at the facility level.
- →Optional Procedural Interventions: Evaluate for, perform and supervise office based minor interventional procedures such as nerve blocks, trigger point injections, and other minor surgical interventions.
- →Review referrals for radiofrequency ablative treatments, epidural and intrathecal medication management, infusion pump management and refills as appropriate, joint injections, etc.
- →Administrative Duties: Program Development: Develop and implement clinic policies, procedures, and protocols to ensure high standards of care and compliance with VA guidelines.
- →Collaborate with facility Pain Management Opioid Safety Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Coordinator.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
Job ID: 105d31eb-6778-4366-978c-9530f5dcc347
Posted via USAJobs