Physiatry - Inpatient Medical Director

Physiatry - Inpatient Medical Director

MaineGeneral Medical Center is seeking an enthusiastic board certified or board eligible PHYSIATRIST with experience or strong interest in Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation. If you have great clinical and interpersonal skills, look no further! Join our team of dedicated and patient centered professionals in caring for patients throughout the Kennebec Valley region of the beautiful state of Maine.

Highlights of the Inpatient position include:

• Medical Director of Inpatient Physiatry with exciting opportunities to be involved in program development.
• Provide quality patient care in a state of the art 12 bed, private room hospital based Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit.
• Join an experienced and dynamic team of 3 Physiatrists and 4 APP's.
• A fully staffed and experience MaineGeneral nursing team.
• Weekend call (by phone) schedule of 1 in 4, on rotation with other physiatrists and in collaboration with high quality hospitalist team members. Exceptions requiring on-site call responsibilites, include occasional weekend admissions or emergent cases.
• Convenient access to hospitalist and specialist support as well as local resources.
• Access to expansive diagnostic services.
• Most common conditions include stroke, neurological disorders, Hip FX, amputation, spinal cord injury, deconditioning, multi-trauma, and brain injury.
• Ability to provide medical student/resident education, if desired.
• Collegial team with excellent patient support infrastructure and consistently positive patient reviews and successful rates of discharge.
• Use of Dragon software for dictation.
• Acute Stroke Ready Hospital Joint Commission Certification
• Stroke Rehabilitation Certification through the Joint Commission

• Outpatient clinic located within miles of the Alfond Center for Health
• Outpatient follow-ups and procedural opportunities, averaging two, half days per week
• Opportunity to perform EMGs, if desired
• Convenient access to ultrasound on site

Qualifications:

• BC/BE Physicial Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Patient centered commitment to excellence
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Inpatient Physiatry experience preferred
• Special interest in neurological rehabilitation preferred

MaineGeneral Health is Kennebec Valley's largest private employer with a strong commitment to positively impact the health of the community each day through services and involvement. The state-of-the-art, 198 bed MaineGeneral Medical Center at the Alfond Center for Health offers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services to patients from 88 cities and towns throughout the region. Live and work amidst the beauty of scenic central Maine where you are only a short drive away from the city of Portland, ski resorts, lakes and rivers, award-winning golf courses, abundant hiking and the beautiful Maine coast.