Physiatrist - Consults

Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital•Grand Rapids, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Mary Free Bed has a long-standing tradition of helping patients and their families rebuild their lives through comprehensive rehabilitation services. As a not-for-profit, nationally accredited rehabilitation hospital, Mary Free Bed offers inpatient, outpatient, sub-acute rehabilitation, orthotics and prosthetics, and home and community programs. The growing Mary Free Bed Network ensures patients across Michigan have access to their unique standard of care. The mission is to restore hope and freedom through rehabilitation. Mary Free Bed fosters a values-based culture emphasizing patient care, clinical variety, a family atmosphere, trust, and a proud tradition of service.

Requirements

M.D. or D.O. degree.
Board certified or board-eligible in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.
State of Michigan Medical License.
Current BLS Certification.
Must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in assigned department.
Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to age-specific needs and to provide the care needed as described in the department’s policies and procedures.

Nice To Haves

Experience in developing new treatment programs and new treatment paradigms.
Experience in the medical rehabilitation of seriously ill patients.
Published research in peer reviewed journals.

Responsibilities

Provides professional medical services in the specialty of physiatry to patients of Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in the following areas: Inpatients, Outpatients, Clinics.
Timely consultations at referring hospitals and facilities.
Performs invasive procedures within the normal scope of physiatry practice when adequate credentials and procedural guidelines, including staff education, are established.
Maintains medical records in a timely fashion and cooperates with billing, peer review, and compliance programs.
Provides oversight and education for students, residents, and any mid-level providers.
Maintains staff privileges at MFB and mutually agreed upon other hospitals, including duties required to maintain those privileges such as medical record completion, committee service, compliance, and citizenship.
Identifies and promotes opportunities for improvement of care and actively participates in MFB quality initiatives.
Monitors developments in the specialty field and promotes new programs that meet new program criteria.
Provides medical leadership to treatment teams treating assigned patients and promotes harmonious and effective team functioning.
Models professional behavior.
Enhances knowledge and understanding of capabilities and services of MFB among medical professionals and patient populations through regular participation in professional education sessions with network partners, discharge planning conferences at regional acute care hospitals, participation in ICU and other Rehab teams at network and regional acute care hospitals, and similar activities, community outreach, and programming opportunities presented or promoted by the Hospital.
Promotes the financial viability of Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital.
Promotes the development and dissemination of new knowledge, preferably in peer-reviewed journals.
Demonstrates excellent customer service and standards of behaviors as well as encourages, coaches, and monitors the same in team members.
Consistently promotes teamwork and direct communication with co-workers and deals discretely and sensitively with confidential information.
Contributes to quality improvement by identifying problems and seeking solutions.
Promotes patient/family satisfaction where possible; participates in departmental efforts to monitor and report customer service.