Pain Management Physician (Internal Medicine)

Pain Management Physician - Internal Medicine

Locations: Rancho Mirage, San Jacinto or Victorville, CA

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule

• In-person: Monday to Friday 8 am - 5 pm
• On-call rotation every 5 weeks: weekends 5pm-7pm

Salary: $250,000 -$350,000

Our Story

Our mission is to bring care that’s whole, human, and healing. Blending medical, behavioral, and lifestyle support into a single plan because restoring life takes more than a prescription.

Following an evidence-based bio-psycho-social approach to pain management, our team of medical doctors, psychologists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, dietitians, community health workers and massage therapists work together within a revolutionary transdisciplinary model to care for the whole person.

We are looking for a compassionate Internist, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician, Addiction Physician, Family Medicine Physician, or Internal Medicine Physician with an interest in pain management with a bio-psycho-social approach to join our rapidly growing practice in Rancho Mirage, San Jacinto or Victorville, CA.

Joining our collaborative team, you will be responsible for the medical management of patients as well as for referrals to the transdisciplinary care model which includes Mental Health, Physical Reconditioning and Complementary and Alternative Medicine therapies.

This opportunity is perfect for a physician seeking to practice in a multi-disciplinary, holistic model of care. The schedule will be clinic-based, seeing patients and performing procedures. Procedural training (as permitted by the specialty Board) can occur on site.

Job Duties

• Instructs and counsels patients regarding procedures performed; always promotes wellness and health maintenance.
• Provides relief from acute or chronic pain through medications, provides nerve blocks, electrical stimulation, or other advanced interventional techniques.
• Supervises up to four nurse practitioners and physician assistants, ensuring that the team is identifying candidates for interventional procedures.
• Cares for a medically complex and emotionally challenging patient population that requires empathy and the ability to de-escalate.
• Performs other duties as assigned, consistent with the above responsibilities.
• Willing to practice at other Lifekind Health locations if and as requested.

Required Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited School of Medicine
• Graduate of an accredited Pain Medicine fellowship program
• Valid board certification as a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
• Valid medical license in California.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team environment
• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment (30+ patients per clinic day and 25+ procedures per procedure day)
• Excellent medical and procedural skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Credential from Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP)

Benefits

• 4 weeks’ vacation upon hire, plus holiday paid time off
• Health, Dental, Vision Insurance (PPO- 90% paid by employer/50% for dependents)
• 401k
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health savings account

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lifekind Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, religion, color, sex, pregnancy, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, ancestry, age, marital status, physical or mental disability or any other protected class, political affiliation or belief.