Physician - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - PMR (Mather

Job Title

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) Physician

The Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) Physician provides comprehensive rehabilitative and musculoskeletal care to Veterans in outpatient and inpatient settings. The incumbent evaluates, diagnoses, and manages patients with acute and chronic disabling conditions affecting function and quality of life. The physician delivers care consistent with VHA policies, national clinical practice guidelines, and the Stepped Care Model for Pain Management (SCM-PM) where applicable.

Care is delivered in coordination with an interdisciplinary rehabilitation team and may include inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient clinics, procedural services, consultative services, and telehealth.

• Provides comprehensive physiatric care to Veterans through clinical evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment planning in outpatient PM&R clinics, inpatient rehabilitation units (if applicable), and consultative settings.
• Manages musculoskeletal disorders, neurologic rehabilitation, spinal cord dysfunction, amputee rehabilitation, spasticity, and chronic pain conditions.
• Performs procedures within approved clinical privileges, including electrodiagnostic studies (EMG/NCS), musculoskeletal and spine injections, ultrasound-guided procedures, chemo-denervation, and other interventional procedures as credentialed.
• Performs medication management including opioids in accordance with VHA Opioid Safety Initiative (OSI) and opioid stewardship requirements.
• Implements non-pharmacologic pain management strategies and coordinates interdisciplinary rehabilitation care.
• Participates in telehealth services, supervises trainees, and engages in quality improvement and program development activities.
• Ensures documentation is completed accurately and timely in CPRS/EHR and that workload capture meets VHA requirements.
• Ensures ongoing provision of care that complies with the Organization Code of Ethics for VA.