Physician - Pain Management

The Physiatrist duties include the following duties:

• Provides a full range of PM&R specific evaluations to diagnosis and treat all general rehabilitation populations, including electrodiagnostic evaluations if qualified.
• Provides consultation to professional staff within Health Care System & community providers concerning clinical assessment findings and appropriate patient treatment plans.
• Develop, implement and document the PM&R treatment plan for an assigned caseload of patients, including prompt completion of applicable clinical reminders.
• Functions independently as a member of the Medical Staff, with full clinical privileges.
• Assumes complete professional responsibility for his/her clinical assessment findings, patient care decisions and documentation.
• Provides education to patients, family members and significant others.
• Complies with all CPRS documentation procedures, including timeliness of standards for documentation and proper patient check out procedures.
• Demonstrates knowledge about established and evolving biomedical, clinical and psychosocial sciences and their application in patient care.
• Demonstrate skills that result in effective information exchange and collaboration with patients, their families and professional associates
• Demonstrate a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities, adherence to ethical principles and sensitivity to diverse patient populations.
• Demonstrate awareness of and responsibility to larger context and systems of healthcare. Be able to call on system resources to provide optimal care.
• Provides education to professional staff.