Pain Anesthesiologist with Perioperative and Chronic Pain Expertise

Duke Health is offering a unique and innovative opportunity for pain management physicians seeking to provide clinical leadership and strategic direction that will define the future of pain management. Early identification and optimal balanced care will help achieve lasting results for patients in pain – through integrated pain care. This innovative model is one of the first in the country.

This position is 100% clinical and is part of our community-based practice. The clinical effort will be split between ambulatory care and interventional pain management procedures. The applicant must be a deep subject matter expert who can drive execution and change through collaboration and relationships. This role will be partnered with a variety of team members to drive results aimed at improved population health outcomes, lower per capita health care costs, and improved patient experiences with health care delivery.

This role will help contribute to a community-based program that achieves vastly improved clinical quality, service, and cost outcomes.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Be a critical part of our established community based integrated pain clinics: an innovative model that identifies patients at risk early and provides optimal care to ensure excellent outcomes.
•  A ‘whole patient’ approach with balanced multimodal analgesia, appropriate interventional procedures and enhanced complementary/non-pharmacological wellness.
• Manage a care team that includes advanced practice providers and licensed social workers, including training and establishing communication approaches
• Develop and implement a practice aggregation model with referring services
• Provide thoughtful leadership for telehealth expansion

Qualifications:

• Active/unrestricted MD or DO
• Board Certified in Pain Medicine preferred, background in Anesthesiology, Psychiatry, Physiatry & Rehabilitation, or Internal Medicine welcomed
• Ability to lead and work with a care team to enhance patient outcomes.
• Good understanding of quality improvement and risk management
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships
• Proven ability to work with people at multiple levels of the organization

Duke physicians enjoy competitive compensation and a generous benefits package.

The Triangle area of North Carolina includes Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, and is consistently rated among the best areas in the country to live!  With its array of family-friendly activities, exceptional schools and universities, premier shopping, and Research Triangle Park’s high-tech research and development center, Raleigh/Durham offers something for everyone!

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation, or military status. 

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

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