Physician (Spinal Cord Injury)

Job Title

Physician

Duties

Physicians managing spinal cord injury (SCI) patients have a broad, multidisciplinary role that spans acute stabilization, rehabilitation, and long-term care. Their duties are designed to optimize recovery, prevent complications, and improve quality of life. Duties includes but are not limited to:

• Provides expert level clinical care in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Service specific evaluations, diagnose, and treatment including using telehealth modalities.
• Utilize effective communication skills at all levels to enhance team functioning, patient care coordination, and leadership.
• Provide clinical care for all general rehabilitation populations.
• Provide consultation to professional staff within Facility and community providers concerning clinical assessment findings and appropriate patient treatment plans.
• Develop, implement and document the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Service treatment plan for an assigned caseload of patients, including prompt completion of clinical reminders.
• Provides education to patients, family members and significant others.
• Develops innovative educational materials and processes to enhance the expertise of providers from a wide array of backgrounds, within the Polytrauma System of Care, medical center, university, the community, and within VISN 8.
• Monitor local performance in the national performance measures and develop processes to ensure completion of those measures.
• Liaisons with other health care programs, if necessary, to effectively coordinate service or patient care.
• Attends and participates in administrative and informational meetings held by the Service Line Director, or designee.
• Provides clinical supervision & instructions for PM&RS residents, as well as medical students as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Note: Work schedules are determined and approved by the supervisor. The incumbent may be required to work various shifts on a permanent or temporary basis based on facility/patient care needs).