ERG | NY | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Physicians

Recovery is not a discharge date. It is the difference between a patient who leaves dependent and one who walks works and lives on their own terms. As the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician you will own that differencesetting the functional plan aligning the team and measuring whether people actually get better. This role matters because delayed decisions fragmented orders and vague goals cost patients mobility dignity and time.

• Complete timely function-focused evaluations that produce a clear diagnosis prognosis and rehabilitation plan patients and families can act on.
• Lead interdisciplinary rounds so therapy nursing and case management execute one coordinated plan and discharge goals stay realistic and met.
• Cut preventable setbacksfalls pressure injury uncontrolled pain and avoidable readmissionsthrough early orders follow-up and escalation.
• Deliver indicated procedures including injections spasticity management or electrodiagnosis with documented functional benefit.
• Close the loop with referring physicians so consults transitions and post-acute handoffs are complete and safe.
• Improve at least one care pathway each year using outcome length-of-stay and patient-function data.
• Raise team standard by teaching residents therapists or advanced practice clinicians in daily practice.

You will practice in a multidisciplinary rehabilitation serviceinpatient outpatient or bothalongside physical occupational and speech therapy nursing and care coordination. Support includes a modern electronic record diagnostic access procedure capability and clinical staff sized to a defined panel. You report to the medical director or service chief with administrative help for scheduling credentialing and documentation so clinical time stays clinical.

• M.D. or D.O. and completion of an accredited Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency.
• Board certification or active board eligibility in PM&R plus a current or obtainable state medical license.
• Proven management of complex neurologic musculoskeletal or medically complex rehabilitation patients.
• Procedural skill matched to the service such as joint or soft-tissue injection botulinum toxin or electrodiagnosis.
• Clear communication and timely documentation with patients families and referring clinicians.
• Eligibility for hospital privileges and DEA registration where medications are part of care.

• Success is defined by function restored not visits billed.
• A real interdisciplinary team executes the plan you set.
• Protected time for procedures teaching and qualitynot an after-hours second job.
• Competitive pay benefits and a path into clinical leadership.
• A recruiter who stays with you from first conversation through credentialing and start.

If restoring independence is the work you want to own send your CV. You will get a clear next step not silence.