Physician Director of Pain Management

The Pain Management Program Director is responsible to the Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R).The position requires the pain medicine physician to provide direction oversight and leadership to the Comprehensive Pain Care Division of the Pain Management Opioid Safety and PDMP program office (PMOP). The incumbent will assist in clinical educational and administrative aspects of clinical care to the addition the position requires working knowledge of interventional pain management techniques acute pain care and chronic pain care. Further the incumbent directs plans assists and collaborates with all members of the PMOP program office to ensure appropriate and safe pain care for service members and veterans cared for at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Functions independently as a member of the Medical Staff with full clinical privileges. Assumes complete professional responsibility for clinical assessments patient-care decisions and documentation.
• Complies with local and national performance standards for Pain Management.
• Administers the facilitys Pain Management programs including operating workgroups and subcommittees. This encompasses expansion and submission of research proposals accreditation maintenance and resource and financial management of approved Pain Management funds and non-VA monies.
• Ensures that all programs within the clinical services comply with Pain Management policies with the applicable JCAHO NCQA FDA ORO and other accreditation standards.
• Collaborates with Quality Management on quality assurance and performance improvement activities for all programs with the Service Line
• Serves as the Medical Centers liaison to headquarters Office of Pain Management to include submission of proposals reports and correspondence pertinent to the Pain Management programs function and serving on special task forces or as contract supervisor when assigned.
• Integrates the work of the Pain Management Program with other services in an atmosphere conducive to the delivery of quality and efficient health care.
• Qualifies for and maintains a faculty appointment at Albany Medical College.
• Other duties as offers a comprehensive total rewards package.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the Required Documents section of this announcement.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.
• Current full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State Territory or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia.
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) b) OR
  (2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA)OR
  (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States) which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences.
  Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as Physician Resident Providers (PRPs). PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis. PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; rather they are to have a scope of practice that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision. Additionally surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.