Physician, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (Associate Professor)

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Job Title: Physician, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (Associate Professor)

Division: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

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Location: Houston, TX

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FLSA Status: Exempt

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Summary

The position will include clinical efforts in General Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation including Inpatient Rehabilitation Services, Consult services, and Outpatient clinic services. This position may serve as the Medical Director of an Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit.

The physician’s scope of practice shall be revisited by the physician, chief of service, and the department chair periodically, and in good faith for purposes of expanding the physician’s general physical medicine and rehabilitation practice.

The physician shall comply with and abide by all applicable standards, rulings, regulations and requirements of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), TJC or DNV, Medicare, Medicaid and any other federal, state, or local governmental agency, third-party payor or accrediting body having jurisdiction or exercising authority over the Hospital, Baylor Care, and Rehab Unit or any programs or services offered by the Hospital, Baylor Care, and Rehab Unit.

If the physician serves as the medical director of an inpatient rehabilitation unit, the physician will be provided with protected time to perform duties: Physician shall provide clinical and administrative services of twenty (20) hours per week as is required to comply with federal Medicare regulations or other federal, state, or local laws and regulations relating to the operations of the Acute Rehabilitation Unit (ARU).

Job Duties

• Provide inpatient clinical services at BSLMC Hospital McNair Campus and/or as assigned.
• Proved inpatient consult services at BSLMC Hospitals and/or as assigned.
• Provide outpatient clinical services at BSLMC McNair Campus and/or as assigned.
• Provide call coverage at BSLMC Hospitals
• Physician shall maintain a day-to-day reporting relationship with the Chief of Service, Chair, and CEO or a designee of the Hospital where the clinical service/Rehab Unit is located
• Participate in education and training of residents, fellows, and medical students
• Provide call coverage at BSLMC Hospitals and other as assigned
• Participation in committees, among other administrative duties.
• Attendance of faculty meetings, grand rounds, and other special lectures.
• Participation in quality improvement and patient safety efforts.
• Comply with regulatory requirements related to patient care, and Baylor College of Medicine.
• Active Participation in faculty reviews and other departmental meetings, retreats, and activities.
• Perform other discipline and specialty specific duties as assigned.
• In good standing on the medical staff of the Hospital and meets all criteria related to experience and training under the regulations and medical staff by-laws. Physician has a current controlled substances registration issued by each jurisdiction in which Physician is licensed and by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration in each jurisdiction in which Physician is licensed, which registrations have not been surrendered, suspended, revoked or restricted in any manner.
• Has never been excluded from participation in any state or federal health care program, including but not limited to Medicare or Medicaid.
• Will admit, manage, and discharge the inpatient rehabilitation patients.
• Will consult and follow the consult patients as appropriate and as assigned.
• Will evaluate, manage and treat the patients in the outpatient clinic as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Successful Completion of ACGME Approved Residency program in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
• Current Texas Medical License, and said licenses and registrations have not been suspended, revoked, or restricted in any manner.
• Current ABPM&R Certification in General PM&R.
• Current DEA Certification, and said licenses and registrations have not been suspended, revoked, or restricted in any manner.

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

Requisition ID: 21242

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Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

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