Pain Medicine - Physician

Job Description

Join our Team at the Department of Veterans VA Medical Center in San Francisco, CA as a Physician – Pain Management!

The San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAHCS) Anesthesiology Service requires a Pain Medicine Physician, trained in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) with fellowship training in Pain Medicine, to provide comprehensive diagnostic, therapeutic, and consultative pain management services to Veteran patients, many with multiple co-existing diseases and complex chronic pain conditions. Duties include outpatient interventional and chronic pain clinic management, inpatient acute pain service consultation, and management of patients with implanted pain-management devices. The incumbent practices exclusively in pain management and does not provide general operating room anesthesia coverage.


Duties include but not limited to:

1. Acute Pain Service (Inpatient):
a. Inpatient consultation and management of patients on the Acute Pain Service.
b. Placement and management of lumbar or thoracic epidural catheters or peripheral nerve blocks or catheters.
c. Treatment of acute pain with intravenous or intramuscular injections.
d. Coordination of pain management plans with surgical, medical, and nursing teams for hospitalized patients.

2. Outpatient Chronic Pain Management Attendings with board certification in pain management may also have credentials for the following:
a. Assessment of, consultation for, and treatment planning for patients with chronic pain, including performance of history and physical examination.
b. Longitudinal management of patients in the outpatient chronic pain clinic.
c. Treatment of chronic pain via interventional procedures, and/or use of regional anesthetic techniques.
d. Development and oversight of multidisciplinary, biopsychosocial pain management plans in coordination with Pain Services, primary care, psychiatry/psychology, and other services as needed.

3. Teaching:
a. Supervision and education of Pain Medicine fellows, including direct oversight of fellow-performed procedures, case-based teaching, and evaluation of fellow clinical competency.
b. Participation in didactic teaching conferences for the Pain Medicine fellowship program.

Benefits and Features

• Expected Salary Range from $350K - $400K (negotiable based on candidate's qualifications, credentials and experience)
• Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Authorized
• Work Schedule: Full-time. Schedule will be coordinated with hiring manager
• 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

We encourage you to consider VA employment in San Francisco, CA. We offer both a mission you can put your heart into and a home for fun, new experiences. Join a team that values a healthy home/work life balance and be rewarded by your role in keeping the promise to those who served.