Section Chief of Pain Medicine (Physical Integrated Medicine Service)

Job Title

Physician

Job Description

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Performs and records history and physical examinations and records data from clinic visits.
• Evaluates, consults, develops diagnosis, and manages the chronic pain concerns of the Veteran.
• Enters progress notes in computerized medical record and completes workload documentation in a timely manner.
• Provides medical care encompassing the management of chronic and subacute pain conditions as well as acute on chronic pain syndrome, and refer from appropriate care medical, surgical and interventional treatment in these veterans.
• Orders diagnostic tests, medications, laboratory tests as medically relevant for each patient.
• Provides timely follow-up on results and patient inquiries, including and not limited to completion of view alerts, secure messages and other patient communications.
• Determines medical assessment and develops treatment plans according to accepted protocols in the management of chronic pain syndromes.
• Prescribes medications according to approved formulary, and in accordance with Federal and State Law, Provides basic interventional pain techniques as determined by the Chief of Pain Management.
• Educates patients concerning chronic pain conditions and recommended treatments.
• Consults other specialties as appropriate, according to service agreements

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 7:30am-4:00pm (Subject to change based on agency needs).