Chief of Pain Management - Make a difference! Finger Lakes Region, NY - Guthrie Medical Group
Cortland, NY 13045
About the Job
Guthrie Medical Group seeks a qualified BC Physician to become the Service Line Chief of Pain Management
Highlights of the Position
Practice Description
Position Specifics
Special Equipment
Candidate Requirements
Highlights of the Position
- MD/DO along with Board Certification, five years or more experience preferred
- Position reports to the President of Guthrie Medical Group
- Northern Region role overseeing the development of a multidisciplinary pain program
- Proven track record of academic accomplishments and professional service necessary to ensure the continuation and enhancement of Pain Management service at Guthrie
- Must be willing to recruit, build, develop, and mentor staff.
- 0.4 FTE administration/0.6 FTE clinical (interventional pain preferred)
- Administrative responsibilities will require travel throughout the service area
- Minimal calls, primarily telephone calls when needed
- Established practice in the region with the ability to grow the program substantially
- Opportunity to collaborate with well-established Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Physical Therapy, and Physiatry providers
- Expansion due to volume and opportunity to establish a multi-disciplinary comprehensive pain program for the Guthrie system
Practice Description
- Procedures will be done at Guthrie Cortland Medical Center.
- Interventional aspects of pain management include fluoroscopic guided epidural steroid injections, facet injections, medial branch nerve blocks, and radiofrequency ablations
- Intrathecal infusion pump and spinal cord stimulator implantation experience are preferred.
Position Specifics
- A typical day will include seeing patients in the office, procedures in the surgical suite, or administrative time for the development of a multi-disciplinary comprehensive pain program for the Guthrie system.
- Support Staff: In the Pain Mgmt. Clinic: LPNs, Medical Office Assistants, and Point-of-Service staff
- Advanced Practice Providers
- For procedures suites: Conscious sedation qualified RNs and a Rad. Tech
Special Equipment
- Fluoroscopy C arm in the procedure suite
- Access to ultrasonic guides for peripheral nerve blocks
- Radiofrequency ablation machine and cryo-ablation machine
- Access to the Operating Room for spinal cord and infusion implants
- Clinical Trials/Research: Opportunities available for clinical trials or clinical research.
- SRNAs (Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists) may sometimes rotate through the Pain Clinic procedure rooms. Family Medicine residents may also rotate briefly to observe and learn.
Candidate Requirements
- Board certified (ACGME/AOA) in anesthesiology, neurology, PM&R, or psychiatry, with fellowship training in interventional pain management, interventional spine and musculoskeletal medicine, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience with a track record of leadership and clinical excellence.
- ABIPP and ABPM are optional but cannot be substituted for an ABMS-recognized Board.
Source : Guthrie Medical Group