National Health Rehabilitation is an organization that provide acute level physiatry care in the sub-acute rehabilitation setting to maximize functional potential, reduce pain and optimize our patient's quality of life.

We are seeking to add an energetic PA or NP to join the PHYSIATRY/PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION consultation team. The Physiatry team will consult on geriatric patients in the inpatient nursing home setting. Physiatry focuses on patient’s functional limitations/barriers in therapy including but not limited to pain management, spasticity, decline in function etc. Supervising physician will provide clinical support and education.

Requirements: active __ license and DEA

Inpatient job description:

Consult on nursing home (short term and long term) patients with a multitude of limitations in function

Duties of practitioner will be to round on short term rehab patients twice a week, comprehensive documentation, construct a treatment protocol to optimize function and consider interventional pain mgt as needed.

Good history taking skills, proficient in note writing and exemplary interpersonal skills

Skills that can be taught by onsite Physiatrist:

Post-operative/orthopedic rehabilitation care

Post-neurological (brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury) rehabilitation care

Post-cardiopulmonary rehabilitation

Peripheral joint injections (knee, hip, shoulder, ankle, wrist, elbow) - will be trained

Pain Management (acute and chronic)