Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician

Job Description

Description

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center is seeking a full-time Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician in beautiful Vancouver, Washington.

PeaceHealth is seeking a passionate BC/BE Physiatrist to join our Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation collegial physician team. Our team is dedicated to determining the cause of pain or limitations and then developing the best plan of management. Working together with primary care physicians, specialists, psychologists, nurses, and therapists, they help their patients return to their highest levels of independent functioning. PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center offers a 14-bed (all private rooms) hospital-based physical rehabilitation program specifically designed to help patients become as independent as possible following an injury or illness.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable in an inpatient and outpatient setting, with experience and willingness to perform electrodiagnostic studies (EMG and NCV) and hopefully offer Botox treatment for spasticity, TPI, SI Injections, Prolotherapy, and Suboxone. This unique opportunity has tremendous for growth of the program introducing sports medicine, ongoing community engagement with the free clinic, and teaching opportunities with residents both inpatient and outpatient.

Highlights about the practice:

• Join an established practice of 3 experienced providers and 1:1 MA
• Clinic Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Schedule: 1.0 FTE – In Clinic with 36 patient contact hours weekly
• 1:4 Call: One week month: Monday – Friday Evening Home Call. Saturday & Sunday 24-hour inpatient rehabilitation coverage
• Outpatient practice seeing ~10-20 patients daily, PT, OT, ST, Ultrasound, Labs, and Radiology onsite, Acute inpatient rehabilitation unit established in 1993, CARF accredited since 1996, and CARF Stroke Specialty Program Designation since 2005
• Level II trauma rehabilitation designation with comprehensive rehabilitation continuum

Experiencing Vancouver:

• Vancouver is a robust city with over 196,000 residents and you will be in a community voted as the friendliest walking & bicycling city in the United States! The city is known for its naturally beautiful scenery, abundant outdoor recreation, diverse cuisine, art walks, contemporary boutiques, and a vibrant farmers market- all nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the Cascade Mountains on the north bank of the Columbia River. 2018 will showcase Vancouver’s new 7.3-acre waterfront park that will feature shopping, dining, housing units, professional office space, water sports access, parks and a 90-cable pier overlooking the Columbia River. 
• Sports fanatic? Cheer for professional basketball, soccer, and baseball organizations. You will also take allegiance to many of the flagship universities just a quick drive away! 
• Home to a community of strong education and high scoring schools. Many high schools were given top accolades in the state of Washington.
• Just 10 minutes away from Portland International Airport and Washington state has no income tax! 

Hospital Highlights:

• PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center is a 450-bed hospital with a Level II trauma center. SWMC is one of the largest employers in Clark County. 
• Last year there were more than 275,000 outpatient clinic visits and 17,000 inpatient discharges.
• Over 850 active medical providers with most specialty services provided locally.

PeaceHealth Culture & Benefits:

• Guaranteed First Year Income: $314,745.00 
• Along with a generous employment bonus, relocation assistance, CME, and educational loan reimbursement for those who qualify. 
• PeaceHealth has approximately 17,000 caregivers, a medical group practice with more than 3,400 clinicians, and 9 medical centers serving both urban and rural communities throughout the Northwest. Serving the community’s healthcare needs for more than 70 years, PeaceHealth St. John is a community-governed, nonprofit organization established by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace in 1943. 
• Clinician Well-Being Program with third party peer counseling available. 
• Integrated and physician-led medical group. 
• Excellent Retirement/medical/dental/vision/disability/life/wellness benefits 

About PeaceHealth:PeaceHealth, based in Vancouver, WA, is a not-for-profit Catholic health system offering care to communities in Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. PeaceHealth has approximately 17,000 caregivers, a multi-specialty medical group practice with more than 3400 providers and 10 medical centers serving both urban and rural communities throughout the Northwest. In 1890, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace founded what has become PeaceHealth. Today, PeaceHealth is the legacy of the founding Sisters and continues with a spirit of respect, stewardship, collaboration, and social justice in fulfilling its Mission. Get a feeling for the Spirit of PeaceHealth through this three-minute video, and visit us on Facebook or LinkedIn!

To learn more about working at PeaceHealth and the Vancouver community, along with our benefits offered, please visit our homepage www.peacehealth.org/careers.

If you are interested in this career opportunity, please contact Lyndse Clark. 

Email: [email protected]

PeaceHealth is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified job applicants and employees without regard to the following statuses: protected veteran; qualified individual with a disability; race; ethnicity; religion; gender; pregnancy; gender identity; national origin; age; genetic information; sexual orientation; or any other protected status in accordance with local, state, or federal laws.

The above information is intended to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of caregivers assigned to this job.