- Join a practice committed to exceptional patient care
- Friendly and knowledgeable staff, including medical doctors, physical therapists and medical technicians
- Provide a broad range of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic modalities
Practice Features:
- Provide an extensive set of services including:
- Objective and Definitive Medical Evaluations
- Therapeutic Modalities (Electrical Muscle Stimulation, Ultrasound, Paraffin Therapy)
- Heat/Cold Therapy
- Exercise Rehabilitation (Utilizing Aerobic and Weight/Strength Conditioning Exercises)
- Pain Management
- Electrodiagnostic Studies (EMG/NCV Studies).
Responsibilities:
- Examining patients that may need to undergo physical therapy.
- Diagnosing pain as a result of an injury, disease, or a disabling condition.
- Determining and implementing appropriate treatment plans for patients.
- Recommending and performing various medical procedures, such as trigger point injections, soft tissue, and joint injections to treat pain and improve physical functioning.
- Leading a team of medical professionals, including physical therapists, in order to optimize patient care.
- Monitoring ongoing progress and health of patients, and changing treatment plans, as necessary.
- Performs or monitors the performance of electrodiagnostic testing (EMG – NCV).
- Counseling patients and their families and helping them adapt to lifestyle changes.
- Orders clinically appropriate testing such as X-rays, Cat Scans Ultrasounds and MRIs.
- Recommends consultation with orthopedists, neurologist, psychologists, spine specialists and pain management.
- Performing initial evaluations to determine a patient’s need and ability to participate in the rehabilitation process.
- Conducting periodic re-evaluations of patients to determine progress and for change or discontinuance of treatment.
- Prescribes appropriate orthotic devices as clinically indicated. Checks for proper fitting of such devices.
- Keeps complete medical records of all services provided and the patients’ progress.
- Documents ranges of motion with a handheld goniometer.
- Performs other duties as requested.
Knowledge & Experience:
- Experience working in an outpatient Musculo-skeletal practice preferred.
- Knowledge about the different types of physical rehabilitation treatments and programs for different injuries.
- Leading a team of physical therapists, physical therapy assistants and monitoring their job performance based on patient care.
- Ability to treat patients of all ages.
- Experience with injections and writing prescriptions.
- Working with patients on determining pain management strategies
Education & Training:
- M.D./D.O.
- Board-Certified or Board-Eligible with American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPMR)
Skills & Abilities:
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Wonderful bedside manner.
- Excellent communicator who can empathize with patients.
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients.
- Effective interpersonal skills, problem-solving and analytical skills
- Basic computer skills
- Ability to understand the urgency of the needs of your patients.
- Detail-oriented, organized, personable, compassionate.
Physical Requirements:
- Duties require extensive standing and walking.
- Requires lifting, positioning, pushing, and/or transferring patients.
- Must be able to lift up to 35 lbs.
Compensation:
- W2 Base Salary Commensurate with Skills/Experience, Starting at $250k salary
- Employee Benefits + Paid-time off + Paid Company Holidays
- Additional quarterly bonus based on RVU productivity.
You’ll find plenty of outpatient physiatry practice opportunities when you search the Openings listed on the website of Farr Healthcare.