Pain Medicine Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA)

Pain Medicine APP

Inova is looking for a dedicated Pain Medicine APP to join the team. This role will be Full Time, M-F 8:00am - 4:30pm primarily at our Loudoun Pain Clinic with possible travel to Fairfax East and Fair Oaks Pain Clinics when needed.

Inova Comprehensive Pain Centers offer a range of services for people living with acute or chronic pain. Through the combined expertise of a multidisciplinary team of pain and behavioral health specialists, we offer the most advanced treatment options currently available in a supportive, compassionate environment.

We focus on interventional pain procedures and supporting medications with an emphasis on nonopioid therapies to control and relieve pain. Many conditions are easily treated in our office with conservative therapies. For more complex cases, we have the expertise to offer the most advanced pain management techniques available.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities

Pain Medicine APP Job Responsibilities

• Seeing a mix of new patients and establish patients to collaborate and support 1 physician at the Loudoun pain clinic as well as supporting additional physicians at other locations in Fairfax and Fair Oaks as needed.
• Obtain comprehensive medical and pain histories
• Performed focused physical exams (spinal, motor and musculoskeletal)
• Management and assessment of Acute and Chronic (mostly) pain management
• Recommend pharmacology options such as non-opioid management
• Patient education, referrals to Neurosurgery, Behavioral Health, Rehab/PT, etc. when appropriate
• Procedures interventions if interested: Trigger point and joint injections
• Assessing behavior comorbidities and referring to pain psychologist on staff when appropriate

• Common conditions managed:

  • Chronic low back pain
  • Neck pain
  • Radiculopathy
  • Spinal stenosis
  • Degenerative disc disease
  • Neuropathic pain
  • Post surgical pain

Additional Requirements

• Work schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
• Education: Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program. Master's degree required.
• Experience: Minimum of one year of clinical experience as an Advanced Practice Provider preferred. Prior experience in Pain Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Orthopedics, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology, Primary Care, or a related specialty is preferred. Experience evaluating and managing patients with acute and chronic pain conditions is desirable.
• Payer Credentialing: Ability to successfully complete the credentialing process by third-party payors and Ability to enrolled as a CMS Medicare/Medicaid payor
• Medical Staff Credentialing: Successful completion of credentialing for Medical Staff membership and appropriate clinical privileges sufficient to perform all required services

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior APP experience in Neurosciences, Pain Medicine, Spine or Psychiatry.

Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.