Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician

Acadia Healthcare•Murfreesboro, TN

About The Position

We are looking for a Full or Part Time Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician to join our team at Trust Point Behavioral Hospital in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. TrustPoint Hospital is a state-of-the-art treatment center that provides an array of medical and psychiatric services on both an inpatient and outpatient basis. Our quiet, yet convenient location in Murfreesboro, Tennessee offers exceptional care to patients who require acute physical medicine and rehabilitation, adult, adolescent and geriatric psychiatry, and medical psychiatry. Overview Evaluates and treats patients with disorders or disabilities in the muscles, bones, and nervous system, including neck or back pain, sports and work injuries, stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, spasticity, and any other disability or disorder that affects function. For more details please contact - [email protected] or call/text 615.861.7581

Requirements

Medical Degree (MD or DO): Graduation from an accredited medical school.
Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R).
Licenses/Certifications Current license to practice medicine, by the state in which the facility(s) operates.
Additional specific DEA credentials may be required, per state and facility regulations or policy.

Responsibilities

Document examination results, treatment plans, and patients' outcomes.
Examine patients to assess mobility, strength, communication, or cognition.
Assess characteristics of patients' pain such as intensity, location, or duration using standardized clinical measures.
Provide inpatient or outpatient medical management of neuromuscular disorders, musculoskeletal trauma, acute and chronic pain, deformity or amputation, cardiac or pulmonary disease, or other disabling conditions.
Monitor effectiveness of pain management interventions such as medication or spinal injections.
Develop comprehensive plans for immediate and long-term rehabilitation including therapeutic exercise; speech and occupational therapy; counseling; cognitive retraining; patient, family or caregiver education; or community reintegration.
Coordinate physical medicine and rehabilitation services with other medical activities.
Perform electrodiagnosis including electromyography, nerve conduction studies, or somatosensory evoked potentials of neuromuscular disorders or damage.
Prescribe physical therapy to relax the muscles and improve strength.
Consult or coordinate with other rehabilitative professionals including physical and occupational therapists, rehabilitation nurses, speech pathologists, neuropsychologists, behavioral psychologists, social workers, or medical technicians.
Prescribe therapy services, such as electrotherapy, ultrasonography, heat or cold therapy, hydrotherapy, debridement, short-wave or microwave diathermy, and infrared or ultraviolet radiation, to enhance rehabilitation.
Instruct interns and residents in the diagnosis and treatment of temporary or permanent physically disabling conditions.
Diagnose or treat performance-related conditions such as sports injuries or repetitive motion injuries.
Prescribe orthotic and prosthetic applications and adaptive equipment, such as wheelchairs, bracing, or communication devices, to maximize patient function and self-sufficiency.
Conduct physical tests such as functional capacity evaluations to determine injured workers' capabilities to perform the physical demands of their jobs.