Chief of Pain Management in Harlingen, Texas
Updated 11/03/25
$280,000
– $350,000
yearly
2601 Veterans Drive, Harlingen, Texas, 78550, United States
Physician
Physiatry/Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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Job at a glance
Degree Required
MD/DO
Residency/Fellowship/Externship
Position Type
Full-Time
Work Environment
Outpatient
Visa Sponsorship
Yes
Job description
Job description
The VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System, Harlingen Texas is seeking a Physician (Chief of Pain Medicine) responsible for the overall operations of the Pain Management Program. In this position you will be responsible for the overall clinical care provided within the Pain Medicine Service. Ensure that clinical and administrative functions are integrated in order to provide optimal utilization of available resources to include responsibility for the quality and timeliness of services provided, customer service, as well as compliance with applicable standards.
Compensation:
- A Recruitment/Relocation Incentive may be authorized for a highly qualified candidate.
- Salary: Between 250K and 340K
- This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP).
Job Responsibilities
Advise leadership on policy implications, key issues, and relationships to both internal and external interest groups, and recommends courses of action. Maintain interdepartmental relations with other services to accomplish medical center goals. Coordinate and negotiate resolutions to complex problems; prepare special reports and responses, Congressional responses, and other correspondence service related as necessary. Coordinate with other disciplines concerning total patient care using professional knowledge and skill in applying a wide range of concepts, principles, and methodology.
Qualifications
Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.
Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification.
Working Hours
On Call requirements: Not Required
Skills
The City of Harlingen is the Capital of the Rio Grande Valley and is known as “The Tropical Playground of Texas”. Harlingen is located in Cameron County, about 30 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, offering a rich diverse culture of activities for all to experience. RGV offers warm weather year-round and a very reasonable cost of living. This year Harlingen had a cost of living that is 20% less than the national average this is partially due to the absence of a state income tax, very affordable housing and cheaper food and merchandise costs.
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Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is America’s largest integrated health care system, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 medical centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics), serving 9 million enrolled Veterans each year.
In addition to the honor of serving America’s Heroes, a career at VHA provides a robust total reward$ package (see full brochure here) and offers many benefits including:
• Flexible work schedules and shifts
• Low patient-provider ratios
• Robust insurance coverage
• The ability to work anywhere in the country with one active license
• Stable employment with competitive salary and regular pay increases
• 50 days annual paid time off (26 days paid annual leave, 13 days paid annual sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays) in addition to other leave options including paid parental leave
• Generous education support programs, including loan repayment and reimbursement
• Unprecedented federal retirement benefits including a traditional pension (5 years’ vesting) and a federal 401K (TSP) with up to 5% in employer contributions
• VA’s Diversity, People & Culture
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