Description du poste
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
PRINCIPALES MISSIONS :
The VA Pittsburgh Health System (VAPHS), Division of Pain Medicine is seeking a board-certified or board-eligible pain management physician to join the interdisciplinary Pain Management Team at University Drive VA Medical Center. The position serves all VAPHS-associated facilities through onsite and virtual care. The division is part of the Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine service line and serves western Pennsylvania, including the Altoona, Butler, and Erie VHA facilities and associated Community Based Outpatient Clinics. Duties include but are not limited to: Clinical Provides comprehensive pain evaluation, diagnosis, and longitudinal management for Veterans with chronic non-cancer pain, post-surgical pain, neuropathic pain, and complex regional pain syndromes; performs neuromusculoskeletal and functional assessments, differentiates musculoskeletal, neuropathic, and centralized pain, and interprets imaging to identify pain generators. Delivers care using a biopsychosocial framework, integrating pharmacologic, procedural, behavioral, rehabilitation, and Whole Health/complementary and integrative modalities, including rehabilitation plans, bracing, orthotics, assistive devices, and DME. Provides consultative services via e-consult, SCAN-ECHO, telehealth, and clinical video telehealth as assigned. Manages medications for chronic pain, focusing on polypharmacy reduction, opioid risk stratification, and non-opioid analgesics and adjuvants. Manages opioid therapy, including adjustments and tapers, in compliance with the VA/DOD Long-term Opioid Therapy Clinical Practice Guideline and VHA policies. Coordinates care with the PMT, including addiction medicine, behavioral medicine, rehabilitation medicine, pharmacy, nursing, and Whole Health team members; participates in interdisciplinary case conferences, huddles, and complex case reviews. Coordinates transitions of care with Primary Care, Specialty Care, Mental Health, Palliative Care, and Community Care providers. Performs pain-related procedures within credentialed privileges, including trigger point and peripheral joint injections, caudal, epidural, and spinal blocks, diagnostic/therapeutic nerve blocks (peripheral, cranial, costal, plexus, ganglion), neuroablative radiofrequency modalities, and percutaneous/subcutaneous neurostimulator electrode implantation. Obtains informed consent; follows procedural safety standards, universal protocol, and time-out; applies radiation-safety principles (ALARA); manages procedural complications and sedation/anesthesia coordination per facility policy. Responds to inpatient consultation requests for acute, post-operative, and chronic pain, performing bedside evaluation, recommending management (including opioid-sparing regimens, rehabilitation, safe opioid continuation or tapering at discharge, and interventional techniques), communicating recommendations to the primary team, and providing follow-up. Adheres to Message Manager, encounter completion, and documentation timeliness standards; completes CPRS documentation, orders, and consults; maintains compliance with VHA clinical performance measures, licensure, DEA registration, and required VA training. Administrative Supports and coordinates the Integrative Pain Medicine service by evaluating service needs, managing clinical workloads and staffing resources, and linking clinical improvements to operational efficiency. Serves on institutional and regional pain commit