Medical Director-Physiatrist (PM&R) | Luling Specialty & Rehab Hospital

PAM Health Specialty and Rehabilitation Hospital of Luling•Luling, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Physician will report to the Chief Medical Officer for clinical matters and the Hospital Chief Executive Officer or his or her designee for administrative matters. This full-time role involves providing professional medical services to patients of assigned hospital(s), focusing on physical and rehabilitation medicine. Responsibilities include rounding, consultations, collaborating with leadership and staff on patient care policies, and identifying/resolving clinical concerns. The role requires evaluation, diagnosis, consultation, and management of patients with physical and/or cognitive impairments, including pain management, co-morbidity management, diagnostic and therapeutic injection procedures, and electro-diagnostic medicine. The physician will also assess and stabilize patients with emergent conditions, perform physical examinations, and develop treatment plans. This includes admitting patients, performing general history and physical examinations, pre-admission assessments, and reviewing/approving plans of care. The role also involves performing prompt, courteous, and competent professional services, potentially including administrative duties, and maintaining accurate medical records in compliance with regulatory standards. This includes preparing documents such as Pre-Admission Screenings (PAS), Individualized Plan of Care (IPOC), leading interdisciplinary team conferences, Progress Notes, Admission Orders, and the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI).

Requirements

Must possess M.D. or D.O. degree from an accredited medical school.
Must hold current state medical license.
Current practice in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Inclusiveness
Stewardship and Resource Management
Communication
Decision-Making
Problem-Solving
Quality Improvement
Teamwork
Strategic Planning and Organizing

Nice To Haves

Certification, Current certification or active participation in the examination process leading to certification in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation or the American Osteopathic Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, is preferred.
Prior experience as Medical Director/leadership preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide professional medical services on a full-time basis to patients of assigned hospital(s).
Collaborate with the Facility’s leadership, staff, and other practitioners and consultants to help develop, implement and evaluate patient care policies and procedures.
Help Facility to identify, evaluate and address/resolve medical and clinical concerns and issues that affect patient care, medical care or quality of life.
Evaluation, diagnosis, consultation and management of patients with physical and/or cognitive impairment and disability.
Assess, stabilize and determine disposition of patients with emergent conditions consistent with Medical Staff Policy regarding Emergency and Consultative call services.
Perform the general history and physical examination.
Perform pre-admission assessment.
Perform day 4 Plan of Care Review and approve of pre-admission screening.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Procedure.
Performing prompt, courteous and competent professional services in accordance with generally accepted professional standards.
Performance of administrative services may be reasonably required.
Responsible for preparation and maintenance of complete and accurate medical and other records in accordance with generally accepted medical practice and in compliance with mandated regulatory, legal and/or accrediting standards.
Assist with medical education as requested. This may include curriculum development, supervision and performance evaluations, daily rounds, lectures, demonstrations, informal discussions, and continuing education to attending Medical Staff, the nursing staff, and the therapy staff.