Pain Medicine APP (NP/PA)

Inova is looking for a dedicated Pain Medicine APP to join the team. This role will be Full Time, M-F 8:00am - 4:30pm.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:[KS3]

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.

• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.

• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.

• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.

• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities

Pain Medicine APP Job Responsibilities

• Seeing a mix of new patients and establish patients to collaborate and support 1 physician at the Loudoun pain clinic as well as supporting additional physicians at other locations in Fairfax and Fair Oaks as needed.
• Obtain comprehensive medical and pain histories
• Performed focused physical exams (spinal, motor and musculoskeletal)
• Management and assessment of Acute and Chronic (mostly) pain management
• Recommend pharmacology options such as non-opioid management
• Patient education

Care coordination to include:

• Assessing behavior comorbidities referring to pain psychologist on staff when appropriate
• Rehabilitation
• Procedural interventions
• Neurosurgery referrals

Procedures if interested: Trigger point and joint injections

Common conditions managed:

• Chronic low back pain
• Neck pain
• Radiculopathy
• Spinal stenosis
• Degenerative disc disease
• Neuropathic pain
• Post surgical pain

Additional Requirements

• Work schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
• Education: Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program. Master's degree required.
• Experience: Minimum of one year of clinical experience as an Advanced Practice Provider preferred. Prior experience in Pain Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Orthopedics, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology, Primary Care, or a related specialty is preferred. Experience evaluating and managing patients with acute and chronic pain conditions is desirable.
• Payer Credentialing: Ability to successfully complete the credentialing process by third-party payors and Ability to enrolled as a CMS Medicare/Medicaid payor

• Medical Staff Credentialing: Successful completion of credentialing for Medical Staff membership and appropriate clinical privileges sufficient to perform all required services

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior APP experience in Neurosciences, Pain Medicine, Spine or Psychiatry.