Physician (Pain Management-PMOP Coordinator)

Job Title

The Martinsburg VA Medical Center has been improving the health of the men and women who have so proudly served our Nation. Located in the heart of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, the Martinsburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) can be found on 175 acres in historic Berkeley County and has a service area of more than 70,000 Veterans in West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Medical Center, part of the VA Capitol Health Care Network (VISN 5), offers a comprehensive range of services, including internal medicine, ambulatory surgery, audiology and speech pathology, dental, nursing home, nutrition, podiatry, prosthetics, women's health, mental health and rehabilitation medicine. Patient care is provided through an integrated primary care concept, and each veteran is assigned to a team of health care providers that follows the patient's care both as an inpatient and an outpatient. It is the mission of the Medical Center to honor America's Veterans as heroes by providing the highest quality health care. The employees of the Martinsburg VAMC are dedicated to improving the quality of life for eligible veterans through excellent health care. 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

Duties

• Responsible for Initial patient evaluation.
• Manages acute and chronic medical conditions in an outpatient setting to include; follow up care post treatment, consultation with other services as needed, and optimizing patient safety and quality.
• Serves on the Interdisciplinary Pain Care Committee representing PACT.
• Functions as a Pain and Opioid Safety subject matter expert during PACT case presentations and staff meetings.
• Assists in compiling VISN, facility, site and community pain resources that can assist PACT pain care management.
• Works closely with Primary Care, pain specialty and facility leadership to facilitate roadmap implementation.
• Serves as a liaison to PACT for information around national initiatives and tools (Stepped Care for Opioid Use Disorder Train the Trainer (SCOUTT) initiative, CARA mandates, opioid safety, and facility pain teams.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm

US Department of Veterans Affairs