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Medical Director for Pain Services
Dallas, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Pain Management
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Permanent/Full-Time
Locums/Travel
Part-Time/Contract
Work Environment
Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)
Academic/Training Program
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Wisconsin, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
1/18/15
Highly Ranked University Hospital | Academic Leadership
Merritt Hawkins, the nation’s leading academic physician recruitment firm, invites you to consider this leadership opportunity located in one of the most sought after communities in the country. Be an integral faculty member for a world-class university, a thriving medical center and one the country’s leaders in Pain Care. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is recognized as one of the premier institutions in the country, both for its educational programs and for its cutting-edge research and the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics is frequently cited in publications listing the nation’s best healthcare providers.
The Medical Director for Pain Services will serve in a leadership role, directing a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and coordinated Pain Services Program for the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics in Madison: a 566-bed facility that ranks among the finest academic medical centers in the country.
- With more than 1,200 UW Health physicians and 85 outpatient clinics, UWHC also offers 6 Intensive Care Units (trauma and life support, pediatric, cardiac, cardiothoracic, burn, neurosurgery) with 83 total beds. UWHC is one of only 2 organizations in Wisconsin with designated Level I adult and pediatric trauma centers
- Ranked in the top 50 U.S. hospitals in seven medical specialties, U.S. News & World Report, “America’s Best Hospitals 2012.” Ranked as “high-performing” in five additional specialty areas and as the top hospital in Wisconsin
- UW Health Pain Management—a nationally recognized organization for its top-quality clinical care and comprehensive services for Pain Management, provides acute and chronic-pain management for hospital inpatients, Pain and Headache Clinics, interventional pain care, cancer pain and palliative care, Rehabilitation and Health Psychology
- Preferred candidate will have
- Board certification in their respective specialty, as well as board certification/eligibility by an accredited Board of Pain Management
- Prior pain leadership experience in an academic medical center is preferred
- Lean Six Sigma certification
- Experience in a teaching/training center