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Medical Director, Rehab Hospital Physiatry Job, Knoxville

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  • Enjoy life as an internist is the primary doctor for the patients
  • Consistent ADC
  • No state taxes
  • Tremendous support from the management company
  • Work with a large rehab management company

Medical Director, PM&R rehab hospital in knoxville, TN with picture of Knoxville, TN skyline

Company Features:

  •  A leading provider of acute inpatient rehabilitation services with more than 300 hospital-based rehabilitation units, medical/surgical and outpatient therapy settings and more than 30 joint venture inpatient rehabilitation hospitals across the country.

 Facility Features: 

  • 3-year-old rehab program
  • 57-bed freestanding rehab hospital 8 miles from the acute care hospital
  • ADC-Upper 40’s
  • EMR=Cerner

Responsibilities:

  • Act as the consultant OR, if you prefer, act as the primary care doctor for the patients
  • Can do consults if interested
  • Medicine takes call so little PM&R call

Affiliation: 

  • Independent contractor
  • Year to year contract, can go for multiple years

Compensation: 

  • As an independent contractor – Fair market value for administrative services which is approximately $175/hour – $225/hour=$105,000 – $135,000/year

 Payor Mix:

  • 75% Medicare/managed Medicare, 25% commercial insurance

Referral Sources: 

  • Tri venture with the University and Tennova Healthcare

 Features of Affiliation :

  • Medical Director conference and quarterly WebEx training
  • A state-of-the art, electronic pre-admission screening tool
  • A central resource site with tools and resources for best practice documentation, compliance and ambassadorship
  • Peer physician support for “in-the-trenches” problem solving
  • 1:1 coaching and training
  • Excellent clinical colleagues – therapy and nursing staff trained in rehab medicine
  • Operations leader partnership – Program Director and CEO support to facilitate practice efficiency
  • A Medical Advisory Board to assist with program development and represent your Medical Director needs
  • Company culture of taking care of communities and employees evidenced by non-profit organization support to include providing monetary assistance to those experiencing financial hardship due to a catastrophic life event

COMMUNITY INFORMATION:

  • POPULATION: Knoxville’s population was 190,740,[16] making it the largest city in East Tennessee.  [17] It is the principal city of the Knoxville metropolitan area, which had a population of 879,773 in 2020
  • LOCATION: On the Tennessee River in eastern Tennessee
  • MUSEUMS: The Museum of East Tennessee History has interactive exhibits plus regional art, textiles and Civil War artifacts
  • James White’s Fort, built by the Revolutionary War captain, includes the reconstructed 1786 log cabin that was Knoxville’s first permanent building
  • EDUCATION: Home of the flagship campus of the University of Tennessee, whose sports teams, the Tennessee Volunteers, are popular in the surrounding area
  • ECONOMY: Home to the headquarters of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Tennessee Supreme Court‘s courthouse for East Tennessee, and the corporate headquarters of several national and regional companies.
  • RECREATION: As one of the largest cities in the Appalachian region, Knoxville has positioned itself in recent years as a repository of Appalachian culture and is one of the gateways to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
  • SHOPPING – Home to 182 shopping centers and factory outlets, and over 2,400 retail establishments. One regional mall (West Town Mall) is located within the city, and two others (Foothills Mall in Maryville and Oak Ridge City Center in Oak Ridge) are located within the Knoxville MSA.
    • Knoxville’s primary retail corridor is located along Kingston Pike in West Knoxville. This area is home to West Town Mall, the 358-acre Turkey Creek complex(half is in Knoxville and half is Farragut), and over 30 shopping centers.
    • Downtown Knoxville contains a number of specialty shops, clubs, and dining areas, mostly concentrated in the Old City, Market Square, and along Gay Street. Other significant retail areas are located along Cumberland Avenue on the U.T. campus (mostly restaurants), Broadway in the vicinity of Fountain City, and Chapman Highway in South Knoxville.
  • ARTS – Knoxville is home to a rich arts community and has many festivals throughout the year. Its contributions to old-time, bluegrass and country music are numerous, from Flatt and Scruggsand Homer and Jethro to The Everly Brothers.
    • The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra(KSO), established in 1935, is the oldest continuing orchestra in the southeast.[124] The KSO maintains a core of full-time professional musicians and performs at more than 200 events per year. Its traditional venues include the Tennessee Theatre, the Bijou Theatre, and the Civic Auditorium, though it also performs at several non-traditional venues. The Knoxville Opera performs a season of opera every year, accompanied by a chorus.[125] Knoxville was the location of Sergei Rachmaninoff‘s final concert in 1943, performed at Alumni Memorial Auditorium at the University of Tennessee.[126]
    • Knoxville’s underground music scene is rooted with the promotion by AC Entertainmentaround 1979.[127] AC Entertainment, a local entertainment group, sought to expand the city’s scene.[128] In the 1990s, noted alternative rock critic Ann Powers referred to the city as “Austin without the hype”.[129][130] Knoxville is home to a vibrant punk rock scene, having emerged from venues in the Old City district, specifically the Mill & Mine and Pilot Light venues.[131] Such punk and hardcore bands include UXB, the STDs, and Koro.[132][133][134] Knoxville hosts the Big Ears music festival since 2009. The festival, dubbed the “most ambitious avant-garde festival in America in more than a decade” in a 2014 Rolling Stone article, hosts musicians ranging from punk rock to chamber pop
    • The city also hosts numerous art festivals, including the 17-day Dogwood Arts Festivalin April, which features art shows, crafts fairs, food and live music. Also in April is the Rossini Festival, which celebrates opera and Italian culture. June’s Kuumba (meaning creativity in Swahili) Festival commemorates the region’s African American heritage and showcases visual arts, folk arts, dance, games, music, storytelling, theater, and food.
  • HEALTH – Knox County’s hospital system contains over 2,600 licensed beds in seven general use hospitals and one children’s hospital.

If you have any interest, skills or experience with inpatient physiatry jobs, you’re in luck. Interest in inpatient physiatry jobs has decreased over the years, making the need for skilled clinicians now more than ever. There is a great demand for qualified inpatient physiatrists, and Farr Healthcare can help you find the practice or facility of your dreams.

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