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Compass Palliative Care
Los Angeles, California

Interventional Pain Physician MD/DO

Pain MedicineContract

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Job Description

Interventional Pain Physician MD/DO

Job Description

Compass Palliative Care, a leading California-based palliative care provider, is seeking an experienced Interventional Pain Physician (MD/DO) to provide pain management services in an outpatient pain clinic. The physician will primarily perform fluoroscopy-guided interventional pain procedures.

We are pleased to offer a flexible part-time schedule of 1 day per week.

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To

  • Evaluate and treat patients with acute and chronic pain
  • Perform fluoroscopy-guided interventional pain procedures
  • Develop treatment plans, provide follow-up care, and educate patients
  • Maintain accurate clinical documentation
  • Collaborate with the clinical team to ensure quality patient care

Requirements

  • MD or DO with training in Interventional Pain, PM&R, Anesthesiology, or a related specialty
  • Active and unrestricted California medical license
  • Active DEA license
  • Experience performing fluoroscopy-guided pain procedures
  • Current certification/qualification to perform fluoroscopy-guided procedures
  • Interventional Pain fellowship preferred
  • Job Type: 1099 Contract, Part-Time
  • Schedule: 1 day per week
  • Work Location: Clinic Setting

Key Responsibilities

The physician will evaluate and treat patients with acute and chronic pain while performing fluoroscopy-guided interventional procedures. They are also responsible for developing treatment plans, maintaining clinical documentation, and collaborating with the clinical team.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Interventional Pain ManagementPain assessmentTreatment planningPatient education

Pain Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Pain Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 68% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Pain Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 10.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Top contract/1099 Pain Medicine Jobs

28 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution27 jobs · 18 employers

12
<$515k
3
$515k-630k
7
$630k-745k
3
$745k-860k
2
$900k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks24 jobs · 18 employers

Sign-on bonus
75%
401k / retirement match
67%
CME allowance
46%
Loan repayment
21%
Relocation assistance
21%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Interventional Pain Physician

MASC Medical · Las Vegas, Nevada

$400k-$900k
#2

Physician - Anesthesiology - Up to $150K Sign On Bonus!

Med America · Dublin, Ohio

$275k-$900k
#3

Full-Time Physician - Interventional Pain Medicine

$650k-$850k
#4

Physician - Pain / Vascular Medicine - Procedural Training Provided

$450k-$800k
+ 26 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.3this job 2.8
Better work-life than 10% of Pain Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 131 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site

Living in Los Angeles

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$923k
Typical market rent
$2,778/mo
Residents’ average commute
31 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Compass Palliative Care

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Youngstown, Ohio

Benefits & Perks

Flexible Part-Time Schedule (1 day/week)
1099 Contract