Physiatrist

Physiatrist Position

To provide physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) patient care; to provide PM&R leadership and to coordinate rehabilitation team care, to participate in administrative and quality assurance functions as requested.

Required Qualifications:

• Member of active medical staff at Hospital for Special Care - required.
• Board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - required.

Physical Demands:

• Job physically demands sitting, generally 2-4 hours per day, standing, with or without rests 6-8 hours a day and lifting to various degrees 1-10 lbs. frequently, 11-50 lbs occasionally and over 50lbs rarely.

Work Demands:

• Job generally performed inside with room temperature environment at times with significant external stimuli, with frequent exposure to body fluids/blood borne pathogens.
• Job also involves at times significant psychological stress due to the dealing with very medically complicated and tragically disabled patients.

Cognitive Demands:

• Job involves significant amount of time problem solving regarding diagnosis and decision making for treatment plans for patients.
• Also, extensive communication to patient and family along with treatment team and medical colleagues.

Essential Functions:

• Act as rehabilitation attending physician in direct patient care in the inpatient and outpatient programs through providing initial consultation and clinical reviews.
• Write orders for rehabilitation services.
• Direct the Rehabilitation Team Review and Family Meetings.
• Interact with medical attending physicians and referring physicians to ensure continuity of medical care.
• Document rehabilitation progress. Provide active management direction for the person's rehabilitation program ensuring it is consistent with the person's predicted outcomes.
• Participate in Physiatry Medicine rotating inpatient coverage as well as chronic care consultative coverage.
• Plans/implement all interventions/interactions with an awareness of cultural, ethnic, religious, language, and age related/developmental needs of each patient.
• Have regular, direct contact with the person, based on the rehabilitation and medical needs of the person served.
• In coordination with the hospital's employee health services staff, provide medical treatment to hospital employees eligible for employee health services through the hospital's employee health services program.
• Participate in medical staff and rehabilitation physician meetings, assist in policy formulation and plan activity to advance the Department of PM&R at Hospital for Special Care.
• Participate in department peer review and quality assurance activities.
• Represent PM&R on selected hospital wide committees.
• Provide high quality education for medical students, residents and geriatric fellows in rehabilitation services.

The above accountabilities represent work performed by this position and are not all-inclusive.

Compensation & Benefits:

At Hospital for Special Care, we are committed to supporting the health, financial well-being, and professional growth of our team members. The wage range for this position is $42.02 to $525.30. Eligible employees may participate in a comprehensive benefits package that includes employer-subsidized medical and dental, vision insurance; a 403(b) retirement savings plan with an employer match of up to 6%; paid time off; employer-paid life insurance; short-term and long-term disability insurance; a Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions; Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA); an Employee Assistance Program (EAP); tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities; voluntary benefits, including pet insurance; employee wellness programs with access to our onsite fitness and aquatics center; an employee referral bonus program; and meaningful employee recognition and appreciation initiatives. Eligibility for certain benefits is based on scheduled hours worked.